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Why is Dewey in the su index?
by Magnus Enger 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

Hi, all! I just had a library ask me about how they could best search for a specific Dewey number (and not as part of a call number, but on it's own). After a bit of head-scratching I discovered that searching for the Dewey-number as a subject gave good results (e.g. /cgi-bin/koha/catalogue/search.pl?idx=su&q=355&op=and&idx=kw&op=and&idx=kw&sort_by=relevance). Now the trouble is I was unable to leave well enough alone, and started trying to figure out why Dewey is included in the su index. And I'm still scratching my head... Normally I would expect to find the answer in one of the following files, but this seems like a dead end: etc/zebradb/marc_defs/normarc/biblios/record.abs melm 082 Dewey-classification:w,Dewey-classification:s etc/zebradb/biblios/etc/bib1.att att 13 Dewey-classification etc/zebradb/ccl.properties #Classification-Dewey 13 A classification number from 082 # the Dewey Decimal # Classification, developed by # Melvyl Dewey. #Dewey-classification 1=13 I have tried also tried grep'ing throught the source for Dewey-classification, with meager results (the mention in Search.pm is just in a list of "available indexes"): C4/Search.pm: 'Dewey-classification', etc/zebradb/biblios/etc/bib1.att:att 13 Dewey-classification etc/zebradb/ccl.properties:#Dewey-classification 1=13 etc/zebradb/marc_defs/unimarc/biblios/record.abs:melm 676$a Dewey-classification:w,Dewey-classification:s etc/zebradb/marc_defs/normarc/biblios/record.abs:melm 082 Dewey-classification:w,Dewey-classification:s etc/zebradb/marc_defs/marc21/biblios/record.abs:melm 082 Dewey-classification:w,Dewey-classification:s koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/modules/opac-browser.tt: <a href="opac-search.pl?q=Dewey-classification:[% LEVEL_LOO.classification |uri %]">[% LEVEL_LOO.description |html %]</a> koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/nb-NO/modules/opac-browser.tt: <a href="opac-search.pl?q=Dewey-classification:[% LEVEL_LOO.classification |uri %]">[% LEVEL_LOO.description |html %]</a> If anyone could shed some light on why Dewey-numbers are available in the su index I would be eternally grateful! Best regards, Magnus Enger libriotech.no

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Translation bug 6278 (XSLT subfield select pars)
by Marcel de Rooy 28 Apr '11

28 Apr '11

Could not reach the translate list, but this may be interesting for dev too: If your translation file translates the English word "at", please check your XSLT files for >at<. See problem below. English XSLT contains constructs as: <xsl:call-template name="subfieldSelect"> <xsl:with-param name="codes">at</xsl:with-param> </xsl:call-template> The translated Dutch XSLT contains: <xsl:call-template name="subfieldSelect"> <xsl:with-param name="codes">bij</xsl:with-param> </xsl:call-template> Since at is not a word here, but just two subfields a and t, they should not have been translated of course. Incidentally, bij is the Dutch translation of the English at. The word gets translated and so subfields a and t are replaced by b, i and j. In most cases resulting in no information. Note: Occurs 5 times in MARC21slim2OPACDetail.xsl. And affects display of fields 490/8XX, 773, 780/785.

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Label Batch Management Broken?
by Bernard Shiundu 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hi all, Just giving 3.4 a spin on a clean install and find that "Manage Batches" does not pick the branch details and therefore breaks. "Manage Templates" et al correctly register the branch and work fine in my cursory test. Anyone else seen this before I raise a bug report? Bernard Shiundu Strathmore University Library Nairobi, Kenya ________________________________ Strathmore University provides all-round education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for use by the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email and/or any files attached to it from your computer. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Strathmore University. The University accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred, or suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and/or its attachments. The University warrants neither the integrity of the e-mail nor its freedom from errors, viruses, interception or any other form of interference. ............................................................................ Website: www.strathmore.edu

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DB Documentation
by Nicole Engard 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hello all, I see that no one volunteered to do the DB Documentation for Koha 3.6 and I'm willing to take this on under the Documentation Manager role. I just wanted to ask for a refresher on what we decided was the way we were going to manage this project. There is the 'COMMENT' option in MySQL or we can just use the '--' notation after every field. Once I know what we want to use I can start documenting the database to the best of my ability so that it will make reporting easier on people new to Koha and Koha language (borrowers instead of patrons, reserves instead of holds, etc etc). Thanks Nicole C. Engard

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Request for discussion: bugs 3674, 6220, 6224 and 6218
by Fernando Canizo 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

I found bug 6220, the bug is the first paragraph only, the rest is me rambling on because I thought there were some default password for newly created koha users when no password was provided. 6224 explains the same bug better and without rambling. 3674 is an implementation of users with disabled login from biblibre. And 6218 has a tiny patch to auto generate logins upon user creation if none provided. These all leave me thinking: 1. what's the purpose of creating users? and 2. what would be desirable upon user creation? And those two questions is what I want to discuss here so answer may clear my view on this. There was some prior talking in the comments to bug 6220 with Katrin Fischer. The answer to my first question is pretty simple to me: we create users to use the system! But this leads to some defaults we were not enforcing: - they will require a login (implemented on my patch for 3674), we cannot allow users on database without a login - they will require a password. I think, but on biblibre it seems they need users with no password at all and also disabled users, which was implemented by making borrowers.password = '!'. It's not clear to me if they need both or just the = '!' one. This leads to the second question: - do we need empty passwords? or can we cope with disabled ones (='!') - if we allow disabled logins, then shouldn't we provide a way to disable/enable them (right now you can only get a disabled login upon user creation, and you cannot disable it again once you enabled it) - should it be desirable to have auto-generated passwords? If so, we need to decide if they would be viewable by superlibrarian upon creation (to tell it to the user), or if we silently will send it by mail directly to the user. If the second option is choosen, then we need to get sure KohaAdminEmailAddress is a valid email on installation and also require upon user creation to provide an email (and what if the user doesn't have one?) - KF also suggested these auto-generated passwords should be made 'one time only' and force user to provide a new one on first login, which means we would need to add a new column to database, something like borrowers.password_valid_until which should be a timestamp. I might be rambling again, so I'll summarize: - I think database should not have users which don't have a login defined. Then we should enforce it by default making systempreferences.BorrowerMandatoryField include OPAC login field, and also provide a mechanism to avoid empty logins just in case some superlibrarian modifies it. - I would like to hear from you to know how to close all these bugs/enhancements propositions. -- Fernando Canizo (a.k.a. conan) - http://conan.muriandre.com/ GCS d? s:+ a C++ P--- L++++ E--- W+++ w--- M-- PE-- !tv b+++ h---- y+++

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Perl Docs?
by Nicole Engard 26 Apr '11

26 Apr '11

Hi all, I'm wondering who's managing this page: http://perldoc.koha-community.org/v3.04.00/ - it looks like it's repeating things an awful lot. Nicole

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Special 3.4 Issue: Official Koha Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 4: April 2011
by Nicole Engard 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Official Koha Newsletter (ISSN 2153-8328) Volume 2, Issue 4: April 2011 Special Issue Table of Contents Introduction Koha 3.4 Koha 3.4 Released Koha 3.4 Statistics Koha 3.4 Documentation Koha 3.4 Release Notes Introduction by Nicole C. Engard In honor of the timely release of Koha 3.4 and the amazing community who made it happen this issue of the Koha Newsletter will focus on the release. The following articles will provide you with all of the information you’ll need to learn about Koha 3.4. Please read the entire newsletter on the official Koha site at: http://koha-community.org/koha-newsletter-volume-2issue-4-april-2011/ Newsletter edited by Nicole C. Engard, Koha Documentation Manager. Please send future story ideas to me.

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Koha 3.4.0 released
by Chris Cormack 23 Apr '11

23 Apr '11

Kia ora tatou The Koha development team is happy to announce the release of Koha 3.4.0. Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release that contains major changes to underlying architecture (adoption of Template::Toolkit for templating) and performance enhancements (removal of item data from biblio records). These changes, in addition to the inclusion of many new features, mean a lot of new strings for translators to translate. For these reasons we recommend that people who are already running Koha in production delay their upgrade until 3.4.1, due May 22, to give the translators time to finish, and for the removing of item data to be streamlined. If you do wish to upgrade please make sure you read the UPGRADE section of the INSTALL document. The development team would like to thank all the people who have made this release possible. Please take time to read the release notes. RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.0 - 22 April 2011 ======================================================================== 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 3.4.0 is released in memoriam of Elizabeth Mae Gallagher-Mitchell December 20, 2010 - March 10, 2011. Haere. Mōu tai ata; mōku tai ahiahi Koha 3.4.0 can be downloaded from: http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.00.tar.gz Installation instructions can be found at: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release. New features in 3.4.0 ====================== ACQUISITIONS: * Can filter budgets by active status and date on the acquisitions homepage * Freetext field added to specify one-off delivery * addresses/comments * Can create multiple orders from a staged MARC file * New cronjob to delete old suggestions * Warning when ordering from an external source when a catalogue record already exists * Currency can be set when ordering ADMINISTRATION * Many additional granular permissions are added * Ability to replace the favicon from within the admin interface * Ability to import and export MARC frameworks * Separate field for library state/province * WYSIWYG editor for Koha News * Ability to add news items to slips * Label batch edit interface allows entry of items by scanning barcodes * Can choose the MARC framework when importing records CATALOGING * NORMARC support added * Edits to Authority records are now logged * 005 field updated when a Biblio or Authority record is edited * Added edit record/edit items to the search result if logged in user has cataloguing privileges * Add support of record linking by record control number in $w * 006/008 plugins much improved CIRCULATION * Callnumbers are displayed when an item is checked in * Waiting holds now show the date they were marked waiting * Show guarantees checkouts when checking out to a guarantor and * vice versa * Show holds waiting for a patron on check in * New report wizard for Holds * Syspref to disable the ability for borrowers to choose their pickup library for holds * Self Checkout supports login * Ability to set 'hard' due dates, which will not allow items to be checked out past that * Printed receipts can now include the library phone, address and other fields * Fast Add framework at circulation * Ability to define due dates in the past * Checkin page now lists fines owed by patron * Preferences for defining the fine level when a staff override is needed * Search to Hold feature OPAC * New system preference added to allow the librarians to hide items from the OPAC. See docs/opac/OpacHiddenItems.txt for more information. * Authority display improved in OPAC * Allow the patron to choose which library they wish to make a purchase suggestion for * Added the ability to hide the name of a reviewer/commenter in the OPAC * CSS/HTML and other UI improvements * Lists respect the XSLT bibliograhic display preferences * Truncation of facets now controllable by a system preference * Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in * the OPAC * User can renew multiple items at once * A new librarian-controlled column added to the 'My Summary' page * on the OPAC * Recent comments view for the OPAC (allow users to see recently * reviewed items) * Feature to make the OPAC private (allow only logged in users to * search/view items) * Ability to edit what displays when no results are found * Privacy feature allowing the user to specify when their reading (or circulation) records are anonymised * opacstylesheet can link to a url anywhere, not just a local file PATRONS * Separate field for state/province * Ability to duplicate a Patron * Print overdue and hold notices for patrons without email addresses REPORTS * Run a report immediately after creation * The list of saved reports has pagination and can be sorted * SQL formatting improvements when viewing a report * Parameters can be set in guided reports SEARCHING * NoZebra mode is officially deprecated. * Added shelf location to the indexes * Added a search link for analytics to serial records * Subjects can now search complete subfields * MARC21 tag 751 (geographical entry) is now searchable * UNIMARC EAN/UPC/Music fields added to the indices * usecontrolnumber syspref allows you to link the 78X fields to other names of the same serial SERIALS * 50 bugs fixed in serials management 5508 STAFF INTERFACE * Enumchron added to the biblio detail page * Improvements to suggestion management * Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in the staff interface. * Cart is emptied when a user logs out * IntranetUserCSS preference added to allow styling of staff * interface INTERFACE * New icon set for itemtypes (Nimes) * LibLime kids iconset resized to consistent size * Seshat itemtype iconset added (Naropa College) * CSS classes added to the XSLT results to enable styling INTERNATIONALIZTION * New initialization SQL files for Norwegian INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE * Koha now uses Template::Toolkit rather than HTML::Template::Pro * Improvements to test case coverage * .packages file for Ubuntu Maverick * Testing using Test::Perl::Critic * CGI::Session can now be stored in Memcached * mod_deflate added to save bandwidth * Move items out of biblioitems COMMAND LINE UTILITIES * Script to update all items and biblio * Script to set and get system preferences from the command line BUGFIXES * Approximately 633 tracked bugs and enhancement requests are addressed in this release System Preferences ====================== The following system preferences are new in 3.4.0: * AllFinesNeedOverride * AllowFineOverride * AllowPurchaseSuggestionBranchChoice * AllowSelfCheckReturns * AlternateHoldingsField * AlternateHoldingsSeparator * AuthoritiesLog * COinSinOPACResults * Display856uAsImage * displayFacetCount * FacetLabelTruncationLength * FineNotifyAtCheckin * HoldNotifyAtCheckin * IntranetFavicon * IntranetUserCSS * itemBarcodeInputFilter * maxItemsInSearchResults * maxRecordsForFacets * OPACAllowUserToChooseBranch * OPACDisplay856uAsImage * OpacFavicon * OpacHiddenItems * OPACMySummaryHTML * OPACNoResultsFound * OpacPrivacy * OpacPublic * SelfCheckHelpMessage * SelfCheckTimeout * ShowReviewer * StaffAuthorisedValueImages * TraceCompleteSubfields * TraceSubjectSubdivisions * UseAuthoritiesForTracings * UseControlNumber * UseTablesortForCirc * WaitingNotifyAtCheckin System requirements ====================== Changes since 3.2: * Template::Toolkit 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, only the english version of the Koha manual is available: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/ 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://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha 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-community.org/ Release Team ====================== The release team for Koha 3.4 is Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz> Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard(a)gmail.com> Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic(a)tamil.fr> Release Maintainer (3.2.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> Release Maintainer (3.4.x): Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger(a)foundations.edu> QA Manager: Colin Campbell Credits ====================== We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored new features in Koha 3.4: * Aix-Marseille University, France * East Brunswick Public Library, USA * Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations * Goddard College, USA * Hauraki District Council, New Zealand * Horowhenua Library Trust, New Zealand * La Trappe Monastery, France * Lyon3 University, France * Marlboro College, USA * MassCat, USA * Merrill Memorial Library, Maine, USA * Middletown Township Public Library, USA * Ministry of Culture, Spanish Government, Spain * Naropa College, USA * Nelsonville Public Library, USA * Nimes, France * Regionbibliotek Halland, Sweden * Rijksmuseum Research Library, Netherlands * SAN Ouest Provence, France * SAR, USA * St Etienne University, France * VOKAL, USA We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 3.4.0. * Alex Arnaud * Amit Gupta * Andrew Elwell * Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel * Brian Engard * Brice Sanchez * Chris Cormack * Chris Nighswonger * Christophe Croullebois * Christopher Hall * Cindy Murdock Ames * Claudia * Colin Campbell * D Ruth Bavousett * Daniel Grobani * David Schuster * Dobrica Pavlinusic * Doug Dearden * Edward Allen * Frédéric Demians * Frédérick Capovilla * Frère Sébastien Marie * Galen Charlton * Garry Collum * Henri-Damien LAURENT * Ian Walls * Jane Wagner * Janusz Kaczmarek * Jared Camins-Esakov * Jean-André Santoni * Jerome Charaoui * Jesse Weaver * Joe Atzberger * Johnboy * Jonathan Druart * Julian Maurice * Katrin Fischer * Koustubha Kale * Lars Wirzenius * Liz Rea * Magnus Enger * Marcel de Rooy * Mark Gavillet * Mason James * Matthew Hunt * Matthias Meusburger * MJ Ray * Nahuel ANGELINETTI * Nate Curulla * Nicolas Morin * Nicole C. Engard * Owen Leonard * Paul Poulain * Reed Wade * Ricardo Dias Marques * Robin Sheat * Salvador Zaragoza Rubio * Savitra Sirohi * Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик} * Sophie Meynieux * Spartaness * Srdjan Jankovic * Stéphane Delaune * Tomas Cohen Arazi * Will Stokes * Zach Sim * Zeno Tajoli We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed, please send a 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 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix releases) is 3.4.x. The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0. Bugs and feature requests ====================== Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug tracker at http://bugs.koha-community.org/ Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini -- Chris Cormack Catalyst IT Ltd. +64 4 803 2238 PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand

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issues with label creator item search
by Cole Hudson 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

Hi all, I seem to be having some trouble with label creator item search tool in Koha 3.02.06, running on Ubuntu 10.10. When I go to search for items to add to a batch, I have a couple problems. First, I'm not able to search with the added on date fields. I select a date, click search, and nothing appears. Also, when I manage to search for an item, I don't get all of my results. After about the first 20 or so results appear, I just get blank entries in the form of this: [], [], [], [], [], [], I checked my koha-error_log file and am getting the following errors. [Wed Apr 20 15:21:39 2011] [error] [client 35.12.33.50] [Wed Apr 20 15:21:39 2011] label-item-search.pl: Use of uninitialized value $biblionumber in hash element at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/labels/label-item-search.pl line 124., referer: http://koha.com.msu.edu:8080/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-item-search.pl [Wed Apr 20 15:21:39 2011] [error] [client 35.12.33.50] [Wed Apr 20 15:21:39 2011] label-item-search.pl: Use of uninitialized value $biblionumber in sprintf at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/labels/label-item-search.pl line 142., referer: http://koha.com.msu.edu:8080/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-item-search.pl [Wed Apr 20 15:21:39 2011] [error] [client 35.12.33.50] [Wed Apr 20 15:21:39 2011] label-item-search.pl: No item numbers retrieved for biblio number: at /usr/share/koha/intranet/cgi-bin/labels/label-item-search.pl line 142., referer: http://koha.com.msu.edu:8080/cgi-bin/koha/labels/label-item-search.pl I'm not really sure how to go about fixing this. Any suggestions? Thanks. Cole Cole Hudson Library Assistant Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine

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Bug 2453
by Paul 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

I've just been reading Bug 2453 - (very) large biblio/item handling; it appears to have received no comments since 2010-05-21. If I understand the situation correctly (from Paul Poulain's comments) if a biblio/items record exceeds 100Kb then zebra may fail. He suggests: [snip] 2 possibilities : - fix Koha to limit the size of a biblio/items (check that we don't ge more than 100kB) - fix the export during rebuild_zebra. I think the 1st solution is the best. I am currently defining our serials cataloguing policy - choices: one biblio for perhaps 1,200 items; one biblio per item (probably unmanageable in OPAC); or one biblio per year|volume. Currently the third choice is preferred, one (perhaps repetitive) biblio with up to 12 items, occasionally 52 (we do not handle dailies.) However, even at twelve items per biblio we will often go beyond 100Kb; we are a research library where abstracts, indexes and keywords are, by definition, fairly voluminous and are the "bread and butter" of our users. Should this bug prompt me to perhaps rethink the policy? Has 3.4 changed this situation? Is there anything else in the pipeline that I should be aware of? Many thanks for any guidance, Paul Tired old sys-admin

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