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New to Koha
by Scott Corwin 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Hi all, my name is Scott and I'm just getting started in the Koha process. I'm not a librarian nor do I have any background in the field. I'm currently testing using one of the configured appliances using version 3.00.01.005. I'll be attempting to convert our existing bibliographic database, which has no standard MARC formatting into a MARC format using MARCEdit....at least that's my plan. Thanks to all the FOSS community on this project so far looks very useful an malleable to our purposes. Scott

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Connection failed to z3950.loc.gov
by Richard Forristall 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Hi, My librarian is trying to do cataloging via z3950 server - and is getting this error: Connection failed to z3950.loc.gov (it happens with all servers). I searched Google and saw an IRC chat log that suggested trying to telnet into the server. I did that (telnet z3950.loc.gov 7090) and got this: Trying 140.147.249.38... Connected to ilsweb.loc.gov. Escape character is '^]' So it looks like I can get to the server, but I can't do it from within Koha. Has anyone else run into this problem and come up with a solution? Thanks, Rick ------------------------------------------- Rick Forristall Programmer Analyst Goodwill of Central AZ 602.535.4078 -------------------------------------------

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Koha - Searching for Lexile Range
by Richard Forristall 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Good day all! I'm new to the Koha system - we're using it for our charter high school library. We've only had it installed for about 2 months and I'm now responsible for maintenance and enhancements. In our library, we need the ability for users (high school students) to be able to search for books using a lexile number range. For example: Find all the books that have a lexile number between 100 and 200. I don't see this as an option anywhere in the advanced search so I was going to try and create the option. Here are my questions: 1. Has anyone done this yet? 2. I'm assuming there has to be something in the Zebra indexing system that allows this - being ignorant of Zebra, can anyone assist? Thanks, Rick ------------------------------------------- Rick Forristall Programmer Analyst Goodwill of Central AZ 602.535.4078 -------------------------------------------

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rewrite-config.PL
by Thomas Krichel 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi, I had problems with rewrite-config.PL with a commercial hosting company where the hostname() gave a wrong answer. I suggest to replace to call to hostname() in rewrite-config.PL with calls to system utilities that a user could use to verify the state of the system. From the code of 3.00.04_fixed, I suggest a new rewrite-config.PL as diff rewrite-config_org.PL rewrite-config.PL 63,65c63,73 < $myhost = hostname(); < $mydomain = $myhost; < $mydomain =~ s/^.*?\.//; --- > # set host and domain using dns utility calls > my $myhost = `hostname`; > chomp $myhost; > my $mydomain= `dnsdomainname`; > chomp $mydomain; > # use earlier method if this fails > if(not $myhost or not $mydomain) { > $myhost = hostname(); > $mydomain = $myhost; > $mydomain =~ s/^.*?\.//; > } Cheers, Thomas Krichel http://openlib.org/home/krichel http://authorclaim.org/profile/pkr1 skype: thomaskrichel

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Improving Koha's OPAC Search
by Chad G. Hansen 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

I am part of a team of researchers in the Brigham Young University Computer Science department who are interested in improving the searching used by Koha's OPAC interface. Others on the team have come up with a fast and effective way to do searching using folksonomies and we are interested in adding that system to one of the open-source library systems out there. We are considering both Koha and Evergreen for this. We would like to have the Koha communities involvement as much as possible. We would like to either enhance the existing search algorithm of Koha or replace it with our own search. We would like to know if anyone is interested in being involved with this? We would also like to get any pointers on how possible and how difficult this might be for our team to do this, keeping in mind that we are newish to the library specific protocols and formats (MARC, Z39.50, etc). Thanks for your consideration. -- Thank you, Chad Hansen e. cgh(a)byu.edu p. 801-477-0295

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Serials module issues:
by Christopher Curry 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

Hello all, I'm sending these issues to the lists first to see if anyone has experienced them in the past. I will submit them as bugs if I don't learn that they are the result of a configuration problem. I'm using Koha 3.00.05.001 (3.0.x from git) on Debian Lenny. 1. When setting up a subscription, I set up the following parameters: Under "Serials planning" First issue publication date: "01/18/2010" "1/week" from the "Frequency" drop-down. "Volume, Number" from the "Numbering pattern" drop-down. Starting with Volume "1"; Number "1" Rollover at "52" Subscription start date: "01/18/2010" Subscription length: "Number of issues": "52" I test the Prediction Pattern, which returns: Based on the information entered, the Numbering Pattern will look like this: Vol 1, No 1 Vol 1, No 2 Vol 1, No 3 Vol 1, No 4 Vol 1, No 5 Vol 1, No 6 Vol 1, No 7 Vol 1, No 8 Vol 1, No 9 Vol 1, No 10 Vol 1, No 11 Vol 1, No 12 When I save the subscription, everything works as it should.01/17/2011 is projected as the "End date" If, instead, I enter "01/01/2010" as the "First issue publication date" & "Subscription start date," the "End date" is projected as "12/31/2009." Since the end date is before today and the start date, the issues in the subscription cannot be received and the "End date" cannot be corrected. Everything works fine if I use a frequency other than "1/week" so it seems the bug is related to this frequency type. 2. If I enter all data as in #1, with the exception of: Subscription length: "Number of months": "12" After saving, this field is automatically changed to "Number of issues." I can't get this field to stick on either of the other two choices in the "Subscription length" drop-down box. -- Cheers, Christopher Curry Assistant Technical Librarian / Assistant IT Officer American Philosophical Society 105 South Fifth Street Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386 Tel. (215) 599-4299 ccurry(a)amphilsoc.org <mailto:ccurry@amphilsoc.org> *For technical support, please use helpdesk(a)amphilsoc.org <mailto:helpdesk@amphilsoc.org>* Main Library number: (215)440-3400 APS website: http://www.amphilsoc.org

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Perl compatability
by Joe Ellis 17 Jan '10

17 Jan '10

The notes on installing koha on Ubuntu states that there may be a problem using a version later than 5.8. I am trying to use Ubuntu 9.1 which has perl 5.10. Does anyone know if this combination will work or will I have to downgrade my perl installation? Thanks J Ellis

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Grabbing data from biblioitems.marcxml
by Rick Welykochy 16 Jan '10

16 Jan '10

Hi all I need to copy some data from the MARC XML field biblioitems.marcxml into another table in Koha. I plan to write a script that calls C4::Record::marcxml2marc($xml_from_biblioitems) and then extract what I need from the returned MARC record. Would this be the recommended way to proceed? tia, rickw -- _________________________________ Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services A computer is a state machine. Threads are for people who can't program state machines. -- Alan Cox

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KUDOS - ALA—Boston Public Library at 3 PM on Saturday, January 16. Proposed Agenda
by David Schuster 15 Jan '10

15 Jan '10

Vicki is going to bring a few paper copies as well. Please read through the bylaws as they have been posted for quite some time found at: http://kudos.koha.org/?s=bylaws - The Mission and Section 5 membership are changing, but those are included in this email. ALA—Boston Public Library at 3 PM on Saturday, January 16. Proposed Agenda 1. Welcome 2. Introduction of officers 3. General information sharing (need to have time limit) 4. How we got here/history presentation 5. Report on minutes from today’s meeting 6. Present Bylaws (Mission statement, membership categories and dues structure) - should a vendor employee be allowed to be an officer of the organization? 7. Approval of bylaws - for you to read through - I am working to get the modification added 8. Status of 501 c3 filing with IRS 9. Discussion of membership services (what do they want?) 10. Virtual conference program suggestions 11. Future meetings · Mission: The purposes of the Corporation are educational, literary, and scientific, specifically: to promote the study, improvement and support of the Koha Integrated Library System for the benefit of North American libraries and to foster cooperation with the global Koha community. o Library/Consortia based on a single installation of Koha. Dues and number of votes will be based on number of bibliographic records, TBD (suggestion is to start at $5/50,000 bibs/1 vote and go up from there with a cap) Standard, voting membership:(sorry these may not line up right via the email.) Number of Biblios Annual cost Votes 1 - 49,999 $5 1 50,000 - 99,999 $10 2 100,000-149,999 $15 3 150,000-199,999 $20 4 200,000-249,999 $25 5 250,000-299,999 $30 6 300,000-349,999 $35 7 350,000-399,999 $40 8 400,000-449,999 $45 9 450,000-499,999 $50 10 500,000 - 549,999 $55 11 550,000 - 599,999 $60 12 600,000 - 649,999 $65 13 650,000 - 699,999 $70 14 700,000 - 749,999 $75 15 750,000 - 799,999 $80 16 800,000 - 849,999 $85 17 850,000 - 899,999 $90 18 900,000- $100 19 o Membership should be for installations of Koha in North America o Membership benefits: vote on administrative budget, vote to appoint members to board, vote to appoint members to development committee, annual meeting, newsletter and website access to shared member services o A non-voting membership will be available with access to same resources, but no voting rights. This will typically be for vendors supporting Koha. Dues will be based on the highest dues assigned a Library/Consortia member. Non-voting membership Member Type Annual cost Individual Developer $10 Small company (2-4 developers) $30 Large company (5+ developers) $50 David Schuster -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/KUDOS---ALA%E2%80%94Boston-Public-Library-at-3-PM-on-… Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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Koha3, loading locale data, contribs and funcionality
by Toni Rosa 14 Jan '10

14 Jan '10

Hi, Two years ago we installed Koha 2.7 and have been using it since. We fully translated it into Catalan, as the "official" translation was just half-baked, and we added some new functionalities into it. One of this new funcionalities that added was that we programmed some new OPAC and Intranet screens to allow users select "Automatic notification for new biblios in the user topics of interest". Thus, the library patrons can fill-in an email address (which defaults to the informed one if it is in place), one or more topics of interest and a periodicity (daily /weekly...). Then a ".pl" cron job checks for new biblios matching each of the users selected topics and sends the notification messages where necessary. Now we are considering a migration to version 3, and we have installed it in a spare machine, but we have some doubts about it... Does version 3 (or any soon-to-be-stable version) have a functionality like the one we implemented? If such this functionality is not available, Is there a way to contribute our code as an addon to Koha or similar? Another question is that While installing this Koha3 I couldn't find whether it is included a way to load translated data into the datababase (e.g. userflags descriptions, system prefs descriptions, etc...) for the selected locale. Back in version 2.7 we exported tables to "csv" and then imported (replaced) the values once they were translated by our translator. Is there a method to load localized data in version 3, and if so, where is this data? Many thanks and regards, Toni

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