October 2010 - Koha-devel - lists.koha-community.org

Re: [Koha-devel] [Koha] Koha cataloging Error
by Chris Nighswonger 28 Oct '10

28 Oct '10

Please 'reply-to-all' to keep on list. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Geovana de Paula Santos Tarricone < geovanatarricone(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Chris! > Here is an example: > > 020 $a - 85-326-1263-6 > 245 $a - Avaliação Psicopedagógica da Criança de Zero a Seis Anos > > When I save these book the error appears.... > Any chance you can send along the entire record? Kind Regards, Chris

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Koha - Patron card creator
by VinodKumar BL 27 Oct '10

27 Oct '10

Dear Sir/Madam, Please send us the details for generating patron card in koha. -- Regards *VinodKumar BL* Dy.Librarian Saraswati Central Library, Prashanti Kutiram, #19, Eknath Bhavan, Gavipuram, KG Nagar, Bangalore -560 019 Mobile - 9986928980

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Scraping online web catalogues to provide Z39.50 server
by Dobrica Pavlinušić 25 Oct '10

25 Oct '10

I wrote simple Z39.50 server which uses WWW::Mechanize to scrape web pages and produce MARC records which can then be imported in Koha. Short announcement is at: http://blog.rot13.org/2010/10/z3950_server_which_scrapes_web_catalogues_for… and source code is on github: http://github.com/dpavlin/Biblio-Z3950 Source is important, because you will have to modify it, even to use another Aleph instance because my instance uses Croatian language, and there are regexes inside which include few words of language to find number or results. But, I hope this will motivate someone to provide a data source or two over Z39.50 :-) -- ...2share!2flame... http://blog.rot13.org

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Koha 3.2.0 package with all translations enabled now available
by Galen Charlton 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, A tarball of Koha 3.2.0 with all translations enabled is now available for download from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-all-translations.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-all-translations.tar.gz.sig http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-all-translations.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-all-translations.tar.gz.MD5… Given the size of the all-translations tarball, please download it only if you really need to install every translation. Otherwise, please the regular taball <http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00.tar.gz> and install just the languages you need. Instructions for installing a set of translated templates for a given language can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_of_additional_languages_fo… Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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3.2.x branched
by Galen Charlton 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, I have created a 3.2.x branch in the public Git repository. All commits for the 3.2.x series will land there, and master is now available for 3.4. Chris Cormack, the 3.4 release manager, now has push access to the master branch, while Chris Nighswonger, the incoming release maintainer for 3.2.x, now has push access to the 3.2.x branch. I am retaining push access for 3.2.x and master for the next few days to help Chris C. with some of the backlog and to deal with things in case a quick 3.2.1 is needed. After that, I'll revert back to common developer. For those of you who intend to start following 3.2.x right away, remember that when you rebase, you should rebase against origin/3.2.x. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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Koha 3.2.0 released
by Galen Charlton 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Hi, I am pleased to announce the release of Koha 3.2.0. The package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00.tar.gz You can use the following checksum and signature files to verify the download: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00.tar.gz.sig Here are the release notes: RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.2.0 - 22 October 2010 ======================================================================== Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The website for the Koha project is http://koha-community.org/ Koha 3.2.0 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation Koha 3.2.0 is a major feature release. New features in 3.2.0 ====================== ACQUISITIONS * The acquisitions module is significantly revamped: * Support for hierarchical funds and budgets * Budget planning by calendar and item type * Vendor contract periods * Generation of PDF purchase orders * Ability to place orders on a batch of bibliographic records imported into the catalog from a file or Z39.50 search ADMINISTRATION * Significant usability enhancements to the system preferences editor * Granular permissions are now always on; the GranularPermissions system preference is consequently removed * Many additional granular permissions are added CATALOGING * Bulk item editing * Revamped inventory/stock-taking * Ability to export bibliographic information in CSV format from the staff cart * New quick spine label print button * Support for temporary location and in-process item statuses * Usability enhancements to cataloging workflow: * Can now choose whether to edit items after saving a bib record * Option to move an item from one bib to another * Option to delete all items attached to a bib * Ability to clone an item * View bib in OPAC link from the staff interface * Ability to merge duplicate bibliographic record from the staff lists interface CIRCULATION * Ability to define library transfer limits * Email checkout slips * Option to enable alert sounds during checkin and checkout * Improvements in Koha's ability to express circulation policies * Option to charge fines using suspension days instead of money * Hold policies are now on the library/itemtype/categorycode level * Renewal policies are now on the library/itemtype/categorycode level * Ability to specify an expiration date for a hold request when placing it via the staff interface or OPAC * Daily batch job to cancel expired holds * Improvements to the interface to change the priority of hold requests for a bib in the staff interface * New messaging system for patron records, allowing an unlimited number of patron notes to be stored and managed * Changes to web-based self checkout * Ability to login in automatically to self-check, allowing for unattended self-check stations * Ability to display the patron image in self-check OPAC * Numerous enhancements to the bib display XML templates * Per-patron OPAC search history, with ability for patrons to manage the retention of their search history * Support for Syndetics, LibraryThing, and Babeltheque enhanced content * Support for RIS and BibTeX export * Bib details page includes which lists a bib belongs to * Can now customize the 'search for this title in' links * Preference to control whether patrons can change their details in the OPAC * OPAC icon set provided by vokal REPORTS * Guided reports can now take runtime parameters * Can now edit SQL reports SERIALS * Can now specify the subscription end date, library location, and grace periods * Option to automatically place hold requests for members of a serials routing list * Numerous bugfixes STAFF INTERFACE * The cart has been added to the staff interface * Staff can add items to lists in bulk from search results * Enhanced patron card and item label creator * Support for XSLT templates in the staff bib details display * Bib details page includes which lists a bib belongs to WEB SERVICES AND INTERFACE * Integration with SOPAC, including support for various web services defined by the ILS-DI recommendation * Support for CAS single sign-on * Improvements to OAI-PMH support INTERNATIONALIZTION * New initialization SQL files for German, Italian, and Polish * Revamped UNIMARC framework for English INTERNALS AND PACKAGING * Koha is now packaged for Debian Squeeze; installation of Koha can now be as simple as apt-get install koha * Improvements to the management of required Perl modules * Improvements to test case coverage * Substantial progress on enabling the warnings pragma in all of Koha's Perl code BUGFIXES * Approximately 1,050 tracked bugs and enhancement requests are addressed in this release System Preferences ====================== The following system preferences are new in 3.2.0: * AcqCreateItem * AllowAllMessageDeletion * AllowHoldDateInFuture * AllowHoldPolicyOverride * AutoSelfCheckAllowed * AutoSelfCheckID * AutoSelfCheckPass * BranchTransferLimitsType * Babeltheque * casAuthentication * casLogout * casServerUrl * ceilingDueDate * CurrencyFormat * DisplayClearScreenButton * DisplayMultiPlaceHold * DisplayOPACiconsXSLT * EnableOpacSearchHistory * FilterBeforeOverdueReport * HidePatronName * ILS-DI * ILS-DI:AuthorizedIPs * ImageLimit * InProcessingToShelvingCart * intranetbookbag * LibraryThingForLibrariesEnabled * LibraryThingForLibrariesID * LibraryThingForLibrariesTabbedView * NewItemsDefaultLocation * numReturnedItemsToShow * OAI-PMH:ConfFile * OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown * OPACAllowHoldDateInFuture * OPACAmazonReviews * OPACDisplayRequestPriority * OPACFineNoRenewals * OPACFinesTab * OPACPatronDetails * OPACSearchForTitleIn * opacSerialDefaultTab * OPACSerialIssueDisplayCount * OPACShowCheckoutName * OrderPdfFormat * OverdueNoticeBcc * OverduesBlockCirc * PrintNoticesMaxLines * ReturnToShelvingCart * RoutingListAddReserves * ShowPatronImageInWebBasedSelfCheck * soundon * SpineLabelAutoPrint * SpineLabelFormat * SpineLabelShowPrintOnBibDetails * StaffSerialIssueDisplayCount * SyndeticsAuthorNotes * SyndeticsAwards * SyndeticsClientCode * SyndeticsCoverImages * SyndeticsCoverImageSize * SyndeticsEditions * SyndeticsEnabled * SyndeticsExcerpt * SyndeticsReviews * SyndeticsSeries * SyndeticsSummary * SyndeticsTOC * UseBranchTransferLimits System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.0: * The minimum version of Perl required is now 5.8.8. * There are a number of new Perl module dependencies. Run ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m to get a list of any new modules to install during upgrade. Upgrades ====================== The structure of the acquisitions tables have changed significantly from 3.0.x. In particular, the budget hierarchy is quite different. During an upgrade, a new database table is created called fundmapping that contains a record of how budgets were mapped. It is strongly recommended that users of Koha 3.0.x acquisitions carefully review the results of the upgrade before resuming ordering in Koha 3.2.0. Documentation ====================== As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/ As of the date of these release notes, several translations of the Koha manual are available: English: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/ Spanish: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-es/ French: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-fr/ The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary Translations ====================== Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages: * Chinese * Danish * English (New Zealand) * English (USA) * French (France) * French (Canada) * German * Greek * Hindi * Italian * Norwegian * Portuguese * Spanish * Turkish Partial translations are available for various other languages. The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/apb.html for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.2 is Release Manager: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt(a)gmail.com> Documentation Manager: Nicole Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: Chris Cormack <chris(a)bigallofwax.co.nz> Release Maintainer (3.0.x): Henri-Damien Laurent <henridamien.laurent(a)biblibre.com> Release Maintainer (3.2.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.2: * Aix-Marseille Universities, France * BrailleNet (http://www.braillenet.org/) * BULAC, France (www.bulac.fr) * East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA * Foundations Bible College & Seminary, Dunn, North Carolina, USA * Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, Germany (www.hfjs.eu) - XSLT changes to display 880 fields * Howard County Library, Maryland, USA (http://www.hclibrary.org/) * MassCat, Massachussetts, USA * Middletown Township Public Library, Middletown, New Jersey, USA * New York University Health Sciences Library, New York, USA * Northeast Kansas Library System, Kansas, USA * Plano Independent School District, Plano, Texas, USA * SAN Ouest Provence, France * vokal (Vermont Association of Koha Automated Libraries), Vermont, USA * www.digital-loom.com We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.2.0. * Alex Arnaud * Allen Reinmeyer * Amit Gupta * Andrei V. Toutoukine * Andrew Chilton * Andrew Elwell * Andrew Moore * Brendan A. Gallagher * Brian Harrington * Chris Catalfo * Chris Cormack * Chris Nighswonger * Christopher Hyde * Cindy Murdock Ames * Clay Fouts * Colin Campbell * Cory Jaeger * Daniel Sweeney * Danny Bouman * Darrell Ulm * David Birmingham * David Goldfein * Donovan Jones * D. Ruth Bavousett * Eric Olsen * Frédéric Demains * Galen Charlton * Garry Collum * Henri-Damien Laurent * Ian Walls * James Winter * Jane Wagner * Jared Camins-Esakov * Jean-André Santoni * Jesse Weaver * Joe Atzberger * John Beppu * John Soros * Joshua Ferraro * Katrin Fischer * Koustubha Kale * Kyle M Hall * Lars Wirzenius * Liz Rea * Magnus Enger * Marc Chantreux * Marcel de Rooy * Mason James * Matthew Hunt * Matthias Meusburger * Michael Hafen * MJ Ray * Nahuel Angelinetti * Nicolas Morin * Nicole Engard * Owen Leonard * Paul Poulain * Piotr Wejman * Ricardo Dias Marques * Rick Welykochy * Robin Sheat * Ryan Higgins * Savitra Sirohi * Sébastien Hinderer * Srdjan Jankovic * Stan Brinkerhoff * Stephen Edwards * Vincent Danjean * Will Stokes * Wolfgang Heymans * Zeno Tajoli We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send patch against these release notes to koha-patches(a)lists.koha-community.org. Revision control notes ====================== The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git The branch for Koha 3.2.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.2.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.4.0. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Naku te rourou, nau te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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CloneSubfields and problems with it
by Dobrica Pavlinusic 17 Oct '10

17 Oct '10

We are running latest git in our production, and we have stumbled upon variation of bug reported at: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3264 We are having problems with cataloguing/addbiblio.tmpl which doesn't correctly clone subfields (it always clone first one) and after removing one subfield whole JavaScript breaks. After spending a day looking at current code, I decided to try to re-implement it. My motivation is following: - currently code is injected in html page. This makes page load slow, because browser has to stop everything until it parse JavaScript - there is variation of same methods in authorities/authorities.tmpl but it has it's own problems. Splitting code into separate, page-independent reusable code would benefit both of problems To do that I moved selected element into anchor of link, so it can be accessed (and updated) easily from JavaScript. Result is following code: function _subfield_id(a) { console.debug( '_subfield_id', a ); return a.href.substr( a.href.indexOf('#')+1 ); } function clone_subfield( from_a ) { console.debug( 'clone_subfield', from_a ); var subfield_id = _subfield_id(from_a); var $original = $('#' + subfield_id); var $clone = $original.clone(); var new_key = CreateKey(); $clone .attr('id', subfield_id + new_key ) .find('input,select,textarea').each( function() { $(this) .attr('id', function() { return this.id + new_key }) .attr('name', function() { return this.name + new_key }) ; }) .end() .find('label').attr('for', function() { return this.for + new_key }) .end() .find('.subfield_controls > a').each( function() { this.href = '#' + subfield_id + new_key; console.debug( 'fix href', this.href ); }) ; console.debug( 'clone', $clone ); $clone.insertAfter( $original ); } function remove_subfield( from_a ) { console.debug( 'remove_subfield', from_a ); var subfield_id = _subfield_id(from_a); $('#'+subfield_id).remove(); } with html change: <span class="subfield_controls"> <a href="#subfield" onclick="clone_subfield(this); return false;"><img src="/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/clone-subfield.png" alt="Clone" title="Clone this subfield" /></a> <a href="#subfield" onclick="remove_subfield(this); return false;"><img src="/intranet-tmpl/prog/img/delete-subfield.png" alt="Delete" title="Delete this subfield" /></a> </span> for comparison, take at look at 77 lines of CloneSubfield alone in current koha code. However, I'm very aware that my solution is very jquery-eske, and might be too much for people who haven't used jquery before. I also used $o notation in JavaScript for jQuery objects, and that might also be confusing. I would also love to use event bubbling using .live instead of attaching all click handlers, but I have to check how reliably it works with jquery 1.3.2 which koha uses. Would such a change be accepted into Koha and does it make sense to peruse this refactoring? If you want to follow along this experiment, there is a branch for it in our git: http://git.rot13.org/?p=koha.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/clone-subfields-jq… -- Dobrica Pavlinusic 2share!2flame dpavlin(a)rot13.org Unix addict. Internet consultant. http://www.rot13.org/~dpavlin

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Koha documentation patches list?
by Galen Charlton 17 Oct '10

17 Oct '10

Hi, Now that we're starting to get patches to the Koha manual, I propose that we create a separate documentation patches list (or perhaps a general Koha documentation mailing list that also accepts patches). That way documentation patches don't get hidden in the general flow of Koha software patches, but remain available for community review and discussion when they are submitted. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] Batch processes on records?
by Cab Vinton 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

I've just seen a list of new features for 3.2 -- http://bywatersolutions.com/?p=686 -- & I'm curious whether there's any provision for batch edits or deletion of Records. I see that there's batch edit/ deletion of Items, but would love to have the same ability for Records. We're hosted & don't currently have command-line access. Thanks in advance, Cab Vinton, Director Sanbornton Public Library Sanbornton, NH

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3.2.0 release candidate available
by Galen Charlton 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

Hi, I have uploaded the release candidate for Koha 3.2.0. Changes since the beta include: * fixes to the upgrade of acquisitions data from 3.0 * various bugfixes, particularly to acquisitions, serials, and label creation * improvements to test case coverage * all required test cases now pass * adding back the ability to save and manage local system preferences * the rotating collections feature is now deferred to 3.4.x * security fixes * translations Pending confirmation of successful installations and upgrades, this will become the general release of 3.2.0. At this point, string changes, enhancements, and non-super-critical bugfixes will not be accepted for 3.2.0; only truly critical bugfixes, improvements to upgrade and installation processes and documentation, and translations will be pushed. The tarball can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-rc.tar.gz Checksum and signature files for verifying the package can be retrieved from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-rc.tar.gz.MD5 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-rc.tar.gz.MD5.asc http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00-rc.tar.gz.sig Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton gmcharlt(a)gmail.com

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