February 2009 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Trouble using Koha
by Reza Payandehnik 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Dear Koha Developers This is Reza Payandehnik, the IT officer in American University of Afghanistan. I am really facing a problem with KOHA 3.00 installation over the network. Recently, I installed koha on Linux Debian 2.14, Apache 2.2, MySQL 5.0 and Perl 2.0. I used a KOHA installation manual to install all requirements and dependencies and then I installed KOHA. Everything is ok and Koha is working properly on the linux machine. There is no problem on working with KOHA on local linux machine. The problem is that KOHA is not accessible through the network. I mean windows machines can not get access to it, when someone browses to the http://koha:8080/cgi-bin/koha/mainpage.pl , Apache says that the URL can not be found on the server. Apache is working properly, becuase I installed other applications which they are accessible via the network easily, only KOHA can not work on the network. It will be very very kind of you to help me to solve this problem. Best Regards -- Reza Payandehnik IT Officer, Databases, AUAF IT Department Tel: +93 (0) 797 44 31 10 Email: rpayandehnik(a)auaf.edu.af

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Koha Project Announces KohaCon 2009
by paul POULAIN 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

February 3, 2009-- The creators and developers of Koha, the first open source Integrated Library System (ILS), today announced that KohaCon 2009-- a conference for current and interested users of the Koha Integrated Library System--- will be held in Plano, Texas, April 16 &17, 2009. KohaCon 2009 is the sequel to the first ever KohaCon--held in Paris, France in 2006-- which brought together users and developers worldwide. KohaCon 2009 will feature an international slate of speakers (both Koha users and active Koha contributors) conducting presentations and workshops on a diverse range of topics. Topics will include technical information on how to develop for the various modules of Koha, support options, and even panel discussions featuring users of Koha talking about their experiences with the software. "We expect this event to have wide appeal," said Paul Poulain, BibLibre, CEO and Release Manager of Koha 2.x "The conference is for both techies and non-techies. In addition to presentations on the technical side of Koha, the conference will serve as a hands-on introduction to how users and developers around the world collaborate to make the Koha open-source software possible," Poulain explained. "Kohacon 2009 will be huge, everything is bigger in Texas. Plus you get to hear from some of the veteran Koha developers, complete with funny accents. What more could you want?" said Chris Cormack, one of the original authors of the Koha version 1.0, and current Translation Manager for the Project. This is a FREE conference. There is no registration fee, but conference organizers are requesting that all attendees pre-register using the registration form found at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pMSkZuQLLHD_R8MFCGWz4OQ Details (travel, hotels, tentative agenda, etc) can be found on the Koha wiki at: http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=kohacon2009 About Koha Koha is the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). Gifted by Horowhenua Library Trust and now in use worldwide, its development is steered by a growing community of libraries collaborating to achieve their technology goals. The impressive set of features available in Koha continues to evolve and expand to meet the needs of its user base. Koha has lived up to its name, which means 'Gift' in the Maori language of New Zealand. To learn more about the Koha project, visit: http://koha.org Press Contact: Paul POULAIN http://www.biblibre.com Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc Tel : (33) 4 91 81 35 08

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OpenNCIP, Koha, and diverged SIP code
by Dan Scott 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

I'm curious about the divergence of the SIP code between the Koha and OpenNCIP code bases. For example, in http://openncip.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openncip/src/SIPServer.pm?view=l… one can see that a bug fix was applied 2008-03-11 to the OpenNCIP code that doesn't appear in the latest Koha version of the code at http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=history;f=C4/SIP/SIPServer.… - and it looks like a lot of changes have not flowed back from Koha to the OpenNCIP project. I should also point out that on 2008-03-19 attribution statements were added to the OpenNCIP code recognizing the copyright, identifying the author of the code, and posting the GPL header. These are not present in the Koha versions of the files, which were added to Koha's repository before the OpenNCIP code was so modified. IANAL, but the providence of the OpenNCIP code should probably be recognized somewhere in the Koha codebase. Are there plans to bring these repositories back into sync? There is, of course, no obligation to do so, but it would be nice to be able to track a single project for bug fixes and features rather than multiple projects. -- Dan Scott Laurentian University _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel

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Kudos.koha.org up and running!
by Kyle Hall 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Hello All, The KUDOS Koha Users and Developers Group website is up and running at http://kudos.koha.org/ . Thanks to Josh for the help setting it up. Please let me know if you have any suggestions / criticisms / complaints / what-have-you. There's not much content at the moment, so suggestions are very welcome. Let me know if it seems slow or anything like that, the servers is a virtual machine, so I can bump up the RAM if it gets a bit sluggish. If everything seems kosher, I'll post something up on the Koha and KUDOS mailing lists. Cheers, Kyle http://www.kylehall.info Information Technology Crawford County Federated Library System ( http://www.ccfls.org ) _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel

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Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha-patches] [PATCH] Removed RSS Option from UI
by MJ Ray 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

Can someone point me at the reasoning for removing RSS features from the user interface, please? Are they currently broken and, if so, where's the bug report? Thanks, -- MJ Ray (slef) Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237

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Re: [Koha-devel] Frameworks
by Owen Leonard 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

Jane, I hope you don't mind I'm CC'ing the devel list since you replied only to me and I'm not an expert on this: > So the framework is only used in staff mode > for creating/editing bibs? What about the connection (if any) to the > actual MARC standard? They keep making changes to that -- I just did a > bunch of format policy edits on a Sirsi system to update to the latest > fields/subfields. Yes, the framework is only used to define what fields are displayed on the MARC edit screen. I suppose that as the MARC standard changes the Koha developers should be making changes to the default frameworks that come with Koha, but otherwise it's the job of the Koha user to alter the frameworks as they see fit. -- Owen -- Web Developer Athens County Public Libraries http://www.myacpl.org

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FW: [Koha] PTFS Support for the Koha Community
by Wagner, Jane 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

John Yokley, our CEO, posted the following message to the main Koha list. He is not subscribed to koha-devel, so he asked me to forward it to this list. I have been subscribed to the various Koha lists for some time, since I joined PTFS. I have 20 years' experience in the ILS world, 13 of them as a Sirsi system administrator and programmer at the U.S. Courts, NASA, and University of Virginia Health Sciences Library. Several of you already know me from that environment. I haven't posted anything yet because I am still learning the system. I thought it would be a courtesy to do my homework before posting newbie questions either here or to the main Koha list. However, I certainly plan to actively participate in the community, as do our developers. From my years in the Sirsi world, I know how valuable a resource a good user/developer community can be, and I look forward to building some good friendships with you. When I was a brand-new Sirsi admin, I got a lot of help from the older sites, and I have always tried to pay that debt forward by helping other sites in turn. I think personal relationships will be even more valuable in the open source world than in the vendor world. I look forward to a lot of good conversations! Jane Wagner, PMP Library Systems Analyst PTFS Inc. Content Management and Library Solutions 6400 Goldsboro Road, Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20817 (301) 654-8088 x 151 jwagner(a)ptfs.com <mailto:jwagner@ptfs.com> From: koha-bounces(a)lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Yokley, John Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 12:56 PM To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz Subject: [Koha] PTFS Support for the Koha Community Dear members of the Koha user community. Please note that the press release posted to the Koha.org site on January 29th was inappropriate and deceptive. Here are the facts: PTFS submitted an application to be included on the Koha support list Web page on 11/03/2008 and we fully complied with the policies posted at that time. The rules to allow a company to be listed on that page were subsequently changed after our application was submitted and we received a rejection email on 11/06/2008. PTFS sent another email on 1/15/09 indicating that we were now ready to resubmit our application and asking for clarification on the latest policies. We are now able to comply with the revised rules that now include client contracts, references and a working Koha installation. We fully intend to resubmit our application. Note that PTFS is well equipped to support this marketplace and we are just beginning to gear up to do so. We currently employ over twenty librarians on staff who implement, configure, train and support software management solutions for libraries. We also have a software development group well suited to support Koha development. I have been advised that there are community concerns over code submission. While we have not yet completed a Koha development project, we fully intend to provide the source code to our customers for submission to the community. PTFS, Inc. is a company that has been in the information industry since 1995. We have been installing and supporting commercial ILS systems for over a dozen years and are now focusing our expertise to provide high quality support and development to the Open Source ILS community. We also think we can add significant value to the library community by integrating our ArchivalWare content management system with the Koha Open Source ILS. See press release from SLA, June of last year http://www.ptfs.com/company/press_releases_current.aspx <http://www.ptfs.com/company/press_releases_current.aspx> . I do not typically post notes to lists but felt I needed to respond to this issue personally. In addition, I do not think this list is the forum for this type of conversation. If you want more information on PTFS or this issue we would be happy to talk to you directly by phone or email. John Yokley CEO Please contact Patrick Jones pjones(a)ptfs.com <mailto:pjones@ptfs.com> 301-654-8088x127 John Yokley P | T | F | S Content Management and Library Solutions 6400 Goldsboro Road Suite 200 Bethesda, MD 20817 (301) 654-8088, ext. #111 FAX: 301-654-5789 Cell: 240-447-8970 jyokley(a)ptfs.com www.ptfs.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Re: [Koha-devel] Frameworks
by Zeno Tajoli 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Dear Jane, same answer to your question: >* It defines the MARC format, and must be updated when the MARC standard >changes (new fields defined, new subfields defined, fields >repeatable/not repeatable, etc.). Does the Koha framework set the MARC >standard for the system? No, the decision of MARC format to use is in the admin preferecence 'marcflavour' Now the value can be 'MARC21' or 'UNIMARC' > Do site administrators need to modify it manually? Yes, the definiton of the framework with all MARc fields is a long number of SQL lines in installer/data/mysql/en/marcflavour/unimarc/mandatory/unimarc_framework_DEFAULT.sql [for Unimarc] and in installer/data/mysql/en/marcflavour/marc21/mandatory/marc21_framework_DEFAULT.sql [for MARC21] >Do updates happen automatically with Koha version upgrades? No, during Koha update you mantain the frameworks that you have. >* The Sirsi format policy controls index settings. I understand that in >Koha those are handled separately, through the Zebra setup. Is that >correct? Yes, frameworks and indexes are not connect. Bye Zeno Tajoli Zeno Tajoli CILEA - Segrate (MI) tajoliAT_SPAM_no_prendiATcilea.it (Indirizzo mascherato anti-spam; sostituisci quanto tra AT con @)

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