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Shall we develope preference "IndependentBranches" or add preference "Limit staff search"?
by Quoc Uy 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

When IndependentBranches is ON, the staff can search for result all libraries. (We have a Limit OPAC search in their own branch only, but don't have Limit STAFF search). And when staff open a item belongs to another branch, they still can change it, change record, item and status... Far more than this, they can see patrons, who place hold or borrowed this item, and by this way, they can access to these patrons, and still can change their password, upload another picture... Please remember that, staff can't search patrons, check in-out for patrons belong to another libraries, when IndependentBranches is ON, but by above way, they can find some patrons and can access their profile.This is not Independedent at all. We can solve this problem, make totally Independent Branches, if we can add a preference like "Limit Staff search on their own library, where they are registed." In relations, i want to talk about "Refine your search", where we can choose branch library, where results belong to. So maybe it's not hard to make a preference like that. More than this, i checked out, in Koha 4.12 (Koha.org) they added this feature. So i hope someone can do it. I specially thank Waylon Robertson <wrobertson1981(a)yahoo.co.nz> for paying attention and help.

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ldap / uid
by Samuel Desseaux 21 Nov '12

21 Nov '12

Hi, I've a technical question about ldap. My connexion with the ldap is enabled. The mapping is correct but we would like to use "SupannAliasLogin" instead of "uid". Why? Our uid is like this [year of entry in the school]+supannAliasLogin example:2012desseauxs 2012:year of entry in the school desseauxs:SupannAliasLogin I don't know how to do and i i have to change the principal name Actually, we have the following configuration <ldapserver id="ldapserver" listenref="ldapserver"> <hostname>*******</hostname> <base>ou=people,dc=ecp,dc=fr</base> <user>cn=syncrepl,ou=applications,dc=ecp,dc=fr</user> <pass>******</pass> <replicate>1</replicate> <update>1</update> <auth_by_bind>1</auth_by_bind> <principal_name>uid=%s,ou=people,dc=ecp,dc=fr</principal_name> <mapping> <firstname is="givenname"></firstname> <surname is="sn"></surname> <address is="">Ecole Centrale Paris</address> <city is="">Chatenay-Malabry</city> <zipcode is="">92290</zipcode> <branchcode is="">ECAM</branchcode> <userid is="uid"></userid> <password is="userpassword"></password> <cardnumber is="ecpbadgenumber"></cardnumber> <email is="mail"></email> <categorycode is="supannetudiplome">employee</categorycode> <phone is="telephonenumber">903-566-7654</phone> <dateenrolled is="">2012-09-01</dateenrolled> <dateexpiry is="">2013-09-01</dateexpiry> </mapping> </ldapserver> Many thanks samuel

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Time for releases : works related to Drupal => First koha-restful
by Claire Hernandez 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hello, Time for release for Drupac team too after 4 scrum sprints of 2 weeks. Just wanted to tell you, I put a first tag (simply some notes and documentation) on "koha-restful" module : http://git.biblibre.com/?p=koha-restful;a=tag;h=refs/tags/1.0-alpha1 The purpose of this module is to provide REST services for Koha (we worked with 3.8.5 version) because Ilsdi wasn't suffisant and we did this technical choice (not ncip or other). You can use it, share it, send us patches and what you want. Feedback is welcomed. We should release other Drupal things soon (Opac module for example: http://drupal.org/project/opacor koha_connector). Claire.

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Encumbrance and Expenditure in Acquisition manual
by Mathieu Saby 20 Nov '12

20 Nov '12

Hello In http://manual.koha-community.org/3.10/en/acqadmin.html#funds I read : "Encumbrance ?? Expenditure ??" Could somebody tell me if these 2 features are working ? And what are they supposed to do ? M. Saby -- Mathieu Saby Service d'Informatique Documentaire Service Commun de Documentation Université Rennes 2 Téléphone : 02 99 14 12 65 Courriel : mathieu.saby(a)univ-rennes2.fr

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Koha 3.10 nicely formatted enhancements description
by Paul Poulain 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Hi translators, My plan with the 3.10 is to publish the version, the release notes, and a nicely formatted document with all enhancements. I made a lot of work on our release note tool last week. They'll generate the release notes in txt and html format. I've retrieved the enhancements from the html, put them in a LibreOffice document, made some nice formatting (using colors/style of koha-community.org website), added screenshots,... In case one of you would like to translate this document to his own language, here it is ! PS: I'll take care of translation to french (unless someone want it ;-) ) -- Paul POULAIN - BibLibre http://www.biblibre.com Free & Open Source Softwares for libraries Koha, Drupal, Piwik, Jasper

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"Sponsored-by: " in commits
by Paul Poulain 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

A reminder: the script that generates the release notes automatically detect when there is a "Sponsored-by: Some Library that sponsored" and put "Some library that sponsored" in the release notes. This feature was used only twice in the 3.10 release, I think it's an undocumented feature ;-) So, for next patches, don't hesitate to add the "Sponsored-by: " tag in your commits. (I've added the hint on http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/SubmitingAPatch) Note: for 3.10, the 2 that were already here are: * Centre collégial des services regroupés (CCSR) * Universidad Nacional de Córdoba I'm adding the following ones with the patch bumping kohaversion to 3.10.0: Sponsored-by: Central Kansas Library System (CKLS), Plum Creek Library System and Washoe County Library System Sponsored-by: Los Gatos Public Library and Harrison Carmel Public Library Sponsored-by: Talking Tech Sponsored-by: VOKAL Sponsored-by: Brooklyn Law School Library Sponsored-by: North Central Regional Library (NCRL) Sponsored-by: Washoe County Library System Sponsored-by: Corpus Christi Public Libraries Sponsored-by: Northeast Kansas Library System (NEKLS) Sponsored-by: Université d'Aix-Marseille Sponsored-by: Université de Rennes 2 Sponsored-by: Université de Lyon 3 Sponsored-by: Université de St Etienne Sponsored-by: BDP de la Meuse If there are more to add, let me know ! -- Paul POULAIN - BibLibre http://www.biblibre.com Free & Open Source Softwares for libraries Koha, Drupal, Piwik, Jasper

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Koha 3.10 release in 4 days (reminder)
by Paul Poulain 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Hello world, Just a reminder = the Koha 3.10.0 release is expected for the end of this week (friday). You have up to thursday to work on translations ! -- Paul POULAIN - BibLibre http://www.biblibre.com Free & Open Source Softwares for libraries Koha, Drupal, Piwik, Jasper

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Why not change IndependantBranches?
by MJ Ray 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

So there's this text in the kohadocs.git en/manual.xml about IndependantBranches that says "It is important that this value be set before going live and that it NOT be changed." The kohadocs.git log message of when that IndependentBranches warning line was added is commit c2885b75d1dd8085df072fcd0af17d1bbe046f90 "integrate wayne state manual contents" Anyone know why it's important that this value not be changed after going live? Anecdotes after asking on IRC a few times and by direct mail suggests that some have tried changing it and not noticed anything break - just the behaviour changes and some patrons might not be visible by any staff except a superlibrarian. Thanks in advance for any answers, -- MJ Ray, Software Engineering Specialist, www.software.coop member. Emails 3 x daily: please use info(a)software.coop for faster answer. Turo Technology LLP, reg'd in England+Wales, number OC303457 Registered Office: 12 Canada Road, Erith, LONDON, DA8 2HE

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Field 001 auto-increment problem in 3.8.5
by Paul 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

I have finally resolved my problem with the 001 field (new table in the Koha db and new Perl script) and put it into our production server. However, I *may* have discovered a bug and would appreciate if someone could confirm whether it is intrinsic to 3.8.5 or to our specific installation [both my sandbox and production server exhibit the same behaviour, but use the same db.] If it is a bug, I will be happy to supply my solution if there is not a more elegant fix. Basically, in the MARC Frameworks Constraints / Other Options / Plugin, it does not matter what plugin script name is used, Koha continues to use callnumber.pl regardless. However, at item level, 952$o ("full call number") will accept and run a differently named script, e.g. our_callnumber.pl I have checked the relevant row in marc_subfield_structure as: ([] added for clarity) 1 @ [control field] [control field] 0 0 [blank] 0 [blank] [blank] controlnumber.pl 0 0 [blank] \N [blank] [blank] 9999 and do not have a working script called controlnumber.pl -- I have an empty file and just added it to 001 / Constraints / Other Options / Plugin to demonstrate that callnumber.pl is in fact being used - modified for our use -- and if I remove or rename callnumber.pl the system fails. I haven't found anywhere that callnumber.pl might be "hardcoded" ... perhaps somewhere, I just haven't had time to go beyond a quick grep. Best - Paul

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Field 001 auto-increment problem in 3.8.5
by Paul 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

I have finally resolved my problem with the 001 field (new table in the Koha db and new Perl script) and put it into our production server. However, I *may* have discovered a bug and would appreciate if someone could confirm whether it is intrinsic to 3.8.5 or to our specific installation [both my sandbox and production server exhibit the same behaviour, but use the same db.] If it is a bug, I will be happy to supply my solution if there is not a more elegant fix. Basically, in the MARC Frameworks Constraints / Other Options / Plugin, it does not matter what plugin script name is used, Koha continues to use callnumber.pl regardless. However, at item level, 952$o ("full call number") will accept and run a differently named script, e.g. our_callnumber.pl I have checked the relevant row in marc_subfield_structure as: ([] added for clarity) 1 @ [control field] [control field] 0 0 [blank] 0 [blank] [blank] controlnumber.pl 0 0 [blank] \N [blank] [blank] 9999 and do not have a working script called controlnumber.pl -- I have an empty file and just added it to 001 / Constraints / Other Options / Plugin to demonstrate that callnumber.pl is in fact being used - modified for our use -- and if I remove or rename callnumber.pl the system fails. I haven't found anywhere that callnumber.pl might be "hardcoded" ... perhaps somewhere, I just haven't had time to go beyond a quick grep. Best - Paul

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