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Amazon API Changes
by Nicole Engard 08 Sep '10

08 Sep '10

Hi all, Got this today - do we need to make any changes to Koha code to accommodate this? ----------- Dear Product Advertising API Developer, On November 8, 2010 the Reviews response group of the Product Advertising API will no longer return customer reviews content and instead will return a link to customer reviews content hosted on Amazon.com. You will be able to display customer reviews on your site using that link. Please refer to the Product Advertising API Developer guide found here for more details. The Reviews response group will continue to function as before until November 8 and the new link to customer reviews is available to you now through the Product Advertising API as well. Thank you for advertising products for sale on Amazon.com. Sincerely, The Product Advertising API Team

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September Newsletter: Call for Articles
by Nicole Engard 07 Sep '10

07 Sep '10

It's that time again, the next newsletter will be published in 8 days. I need any and all announcements/tips/tricks/news/koha events sent to me by the 13th of September if I'm to get the newsletter out on time. Articles should be short and if you have a lot to say then send along a link to the full article. Remember you don't have to write a whole lot, just a short 2 liner is A-OK! Thanks in advance, Nicole C. Engard

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Another tutorial request - generating public ssh keys
by Nicole Engard 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi all, To access the manual people need to generate public ssh keys - I used to have this documented somewhere, but can't find it. I'm wondering if someone could write up a tutorial for the wiki on how to generate a public ssh key for the various different operating systems that people might be using? Thanks in advance! Nicole

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Customizing Cataloging Screen
by charl＠prograbiz.com 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Is it possible to put the advanced search link in the opening cataloging screen? (Currently only the basic "Cataloging search" is available) Thank you!

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Signing off on Patches
by Nicole Engard 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Is there a tutorial on how to sign off on someone's patch on the wiki or elsewhere? If not, can someone write one since this is the new process we want to try and follow for all 3.4 patches? Thanks a bunch! Nicole

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Customizing Opac
by charl＠prograbiz.com 01 Sep '10

01 Sep '10

Can anyone please advise how to move the Cart and Lists buttons more to the right and swop them around? With other words first Lists button then Cart button and position them more to the right. Thanks for any help!

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General meeting on IRC
by Chris Cormack 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hi All Our next IRC meeting is on September 1 2010, 19:00 UTC on the #koha irc channel on irc.katipo.co.nz The agenda is here http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_Meeting,_1_September_2010 Please feel free to edit the agenda to add any issues you would like to talk about, and feel free to attend the meeting using your favourite irc client. Chris

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Changes to the MARC format: for Katipo
by Ann Barrie 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Good morning, We are emailing to update you on changes to the MARC format. RDA Resource Description and Access (RDA) is the new cataloguing code that is intended to replace the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2). AACR2, and its revisions, have been used by libraries since 1978, so the change is a substantial shift in direction for cataloguing. RDA is currently being tested by North American libraries and the results of this testing will not be available until around March/April 2011. OCLC's WorldCat database, http://www.worldcat.org/, has been updated to support RDA records. Worldcat is an online catalogue of the collections of approximately 70,000 libraries from over 100 countries. MARC changes In order to accomodate records created using RDA, there have been changes to the MARC format. These changes are summarised in the document RDA in MARC which is available at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/RDAinMARC29.html The changes include the following: · Three new fields 1. MARC field 337 - Content type - a term and/or code indicating type of content e.g. text, sounds, performed music 2. MARC field 338 - Media type - a term and/or code showing what kind of general device is need to view a resource e.g. computer, projected, unmediated 3. MARC field 339 - Carrier type - a term and/or code giving the specific carrier of the content supplied in field 337 e.g. online resource, audio disc These fields collectively replace the 'h' subfield of the MARC 245 (title) field. The 'h' subfield currently contains the "general material designation" and is used mainly for non-print or non-textual resources. · RDA code MARC field 040 - Cataloguing Source - subfield 'e' "Description conventions" - contains a code 'rda' for records created using the new rules · Relator terms Relator terms show the role or relationship between added entries and the item being described. They are already valid in MARC as subfield 'e' or '4' of various access fields, however more terms have been added and a new subfield 'i' has been added for linking fields (76X-78X) Other new fields are described in the document referred to above. When will these changes affect NZ libraries? These changes were added to MARC in the October 2009 update, but they have not yet been implemented in the National Library of New Zealand's Voyager databases. While some records containing these fields may be loaded to the National Union Catalogue during the test phase, we are not expecting to see many records at this time. The National Library of New Zealand is expecting to implement RDA in mid 2011 and we will update the MARC format in our databases to support this process. What do I need to do as a system vendor? 1. look at the MARC changes 2. Consider how you could implement these changes in your library system, noting that the new fields 337 and 339 provide format information to catalogue users. These changes may seem relatively minor but they signal a significant shift in direction for the recording of bibliographic data and improved service for library users. Who can I contact? If you would like more information on RDA and its potential impact on library systems please contact: Karen Rollitt Email: karen.rollitt(a)natlib.govt.nz Tel: +64 4 474 3099 Kind regards, Ann Barrie Ann Barrie Customer Support Consultant Digital Solutions National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa Wellington 6140, New Zealand http://www.natlib.govt.nz/librarians Tollfree: 0508 837 862

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(sort of) Refactoring rebuild_zebra
by Tomas Cohen Arazi 26 Aug '10

26 Aug '10

Hi everyone, I'm writing a replacement for zebraqueue-daemon.pl so that we can set the reindexing interval for authorities (and biblios) via systempreferences and we can set intervals in seconds (for our impatient librarians) wich cannot be acknowleged using cron jobs. I'll be posting the script soon, but I've been thinking of kind-of refactoring rebuild_zebra into a reusable library so that the daemon doesn't spawn a perl interpreter every (for example) 30 seconds. A question related to the topic is: why we don't trigger the update whenever a cataloguer click "save" for a biblio or auth record? Perhaps this refactoring serves for an implementation of this. Any suggestions? Opinions? Thanks To+

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3.4 Development - Need input
by savitra sirohi 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Folks, we are about to start a development project in the areas of: Acquisitions: Approvals & payments Serials: Budgeting and improvements in subscriptions Article Indexing/Analytical records SDI We expect this to be between 250-350 person days of effort. Since this is our first involvement in software development, I will appreciate any input in how to proceed. We are essentially concerned about making sure that most or all of the code is accepted. And the patches are accepted into 3.4 not in later versions. We also don't want to work on stuff others are already working on. Thanks, Savitra Sirohi Nucsoft OSS Labs http://www.osslabs.biz

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