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German translation offered
by Markus Fischer 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

Hallo I am following the development of Koha with great interest. I work in a library for health care in Switzerland and I would like to eventually help with a german translation of Koha. Is that of interest for you? Since I am a Linux newbie I would need a little help with the installation process: I tried to install Koha on my intranet at home (consisting of 1 Suse Linux PC and a iMac OS 9.1). It actually worked fine with installer.pl, but I couldn¹t establish a connection (http://linux:80/) So I erased with phpMyAdmin the existing Koha database and tried to install with installer.pl a new configuration. Unfortunately I now get the information that Koha 2.0.0 already is installed, prohibiting to install a new configuartion and because I erased the Koha database I am a little bit lost... I would appreciate any kind of help very much and would look forward to help with a german translation from myside. Yours Markus Fischer

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North Carolina Supreme Court
by Stephen Hedges 07 Jun '04

07 Jun '04

I met this morning with Ron Diener from the North Carolina Supreme Court library. Although they're not ready to make any formal announcements, he did say it was OK to share the news that the Court library is about to begin a 90-day assessment of Koha to replace their current (SIRSI) system. The library does not circulate anything, so they are primarily looking for a system that will handle storing and retrieving their rather complex MARC records. They plan to announce a decision early in September. Meanwhile, they have some pretty high-caliber technical staff, and if they see areas of Koha that they feel could be stronger, they may be making some proposals for some new Koha code. -- Stephen Hedges Skemotah Solutions, USA www.skemotah.com -- shedges(a)skemotah.com

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Re: [Koha-devel] koha-2.0.1 frozen, now in arch, will release soon
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Have been out of the loop for a while, does this include the use of the LC catalog numbers for the books? thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > Subj:[Koha-devel] koha-2.0.1 frozen, now in arch, will release soon > Date:6/3/2004 8:52:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time > From:mjr@dsl.pipex.com > To:koha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > Sent from the Internet > > > > I am declaring a freeze for koha-2.0.1 and have taken a snapshot of > the CVS. I will test install this a few times in a few ways and then > release. Admins, am I allowed to upload the final tarball to > sourceforge when ready, or do you have to do that? > > Now, info for developers, users and anyone wanting to be a new > download mirror: > > Info for developers > ------------------- > > As previously mentioned, I have moved koha 2.0.x into a GNU Arch as a > test. If you have tla, you can find the archive name > (mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20) location > (http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/) project name > (koha--release2--0.1) and some instructions on how to checkout working > copies at http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/ > > Please, developers, help koha development by trying arch out. I am Thanks Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC - - See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. library - please advise if you have anything we can use. Coury House / SMECC 5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522 Glendale Az 85301 USA CONFIDENZIALE: Questo messaggio e gli eventuali allegati sono confidenziali e riservati. Se vi è stato recapitato per errore e non siete fra i destinatari elencati, siete pregati di darne immediatamente avviso al mittente. Le informazioni contenute non devono essere mostrate ad altri, né utilizzate, memorizzate o copiate in qualsiasi forma. CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain reserved information. If you are not one of the named recipients, please notify the sender immediately. Moreover, you should not disclose the contents to any other persons, nor should the information contained be used for any purpose or stored or copied in any form.

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koha-2.0.1 frozen, now in arch, will release soon
by MJ Ray 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

I am declaring a freeze for koha-2.0.1 and have taken a snapshot of the CVS. I will test install this a few times in a few ways and then release. Admins, am I allowed to upload the final tarball to sourceforge when ready, or do you have to do that? Now, info for developers, users and anyone wanting to be a new download mirror: Info for developers ------------------- As previously mentioned, I have moved koha 2.0.x into a GNU Arch as a test. If you have tla, you can find the archive name (mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20) location (http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/) project name (koha--release2--0.1) and some instructions on how to checkout working copies at http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/ Please, developers, help koha development by trying arch out. I am happy to answer questions by email, or I can join IRC sometimes (but may be slow to answer). I will update my docs in response to questions. Info for users -------------- Well, if you read -devel, you must want to follow bleeding-edge code, right? If you don't have arch, you should be able to use the prerelease 2.0.1-beta0 anyway. The signed md5 checksum is at http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/koha/koha--release2/koha--release2--0.1… and it contains the (long) filename of the 4Mb-ish tar.gz file. Info for mirror sites --------------------- I need mirrors! My ISP probably won't allow infinite downloads! It's only 4Mb now, but it will probably grow. I will set up other UK mirrors if I need to, but if you have 20 or 30Mb of public http or ftp space spare, accessible as a local disk, sftp, ftp or webdav, I think you can mirror koha-2.0.1 with the commands: tla register-archive mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20-SOURCE http://www.mjr.dsl.pipex.com/koha20/ tla make-archive --mirror-from mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20-SOURCE PATH/TO/YOUR/FILESPACE/ tla mirror-archive mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com--koha20 So, if your space is accessible for uploads over sftp at the URI sftp://user@www.webhost.com/var/www/koha/, then put that as the last thing on the make-archive line. Add that mirror-archive command to some timed execution. Tell me the URL people can access it through, where in the world it is (Country and ISP?) and how often it updates so I can add it to my page. Again, I'm very happy to answer questions about this, especially if I got the command above wrong. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing Help hack the EuroParl! http://mjr.towers.org.uk/proj/eurovote/

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Online help on Koha => REQUEST FOR HELP
by Paul POULAIN 03 Jun '04

03 Jun '04

Hello, I just commit on CVS a new feature, that will be available for 2.2 : online HELP On each template, a "HELP" link has been added. it opens a popup, filled with an help template. the help template is in the help/ directory. The help.pl files builds the online help using the name of the caller page (referer). If the user clic on "help" when on page "admin/itemtypes.pl", the "help/admin/itemtypes.tmpl" is opened. If the "help/admin/itemtypes.tmpl" does not exists, a default "sorry, no help on this topic" page is shown. Works fine, but now, the big work has to be done : create the online help pages... So, we need candidate to create the "help files". The help file can be a simple text file, only with cariage returns. If there are some candidate here, please say here which file or part of Koha you can do, and send me the help files. I'll include them in the official release, with HTML code added where needed. This task should not be done by a developper, but by librarians. Anyone sending me files will have it's name added to the contributor list, in "about" page of Koha. His name will be reminded forever by ppl all around the world ;-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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solved
by Markus Fischer 02 Jun '04

02 Jun '04

I got it working on Suse 9.0 and I am eager to explore Koha! Thanks to Joshua for his valuable manual at http://kados.org/LibraryScience/installing_koha.html and thanks to Benedict for the information making possible the necessarily uninstallation. And I still got this idea to help for a german translation... Greetings Markus Fischer

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Re: [Koha] koha setup: problems, information request for the same
by KSS Vijaya Bhaskar 31 May '04

31 May '04

Dear Koha Dev [Rachel], Thank you very much your response for my queries. But, we are still facing the problems in making Koha setup up and running. We are here with giving you a snapshot of the setup of what we have and try to address our major concern. Our Concern:Koha system is not allowing us to issue a book with out entering the bar code. We are struck at the screen in the below URL [keeping at a URL, because attachments clog your mail boxes] http://www.angelfire.com/indie/vijayk/koha/circulation.html We want to know which parameter should be turned off inorder to avoid entering bar code. The system parameters in our setup are as shown in the following URL http://www.angelfire.com/indie/vijayk/koha/systempreferences.html We will be really thankful to have your inputs and any further setup we have to do. Thanks in advance, Vijay --- vijay.kankipati(a)tcs.com wrote: > ----- Forwarded by Vijay Kankipati/HYD/TCS on > 05/26/04 08:07 PM ----- > "Rachel Hamilton-Williams" <rachel(a)katipo.co.nz> > wrote on 05/11/200402:41:58 AM: > > Dear Vijay > >> > 1. Is there a screen through which, we can > 'Issue a book?'. We triedand> > found a screen like that. But, has not > been > able to figure out, how> > exactly, we say 'issue a book' > >> Yes - the word you are looking for is > "Circulations" and is where youboth> issue and return books. > >> > 2. Is it mandatory to use 'barcode system' to > issue books?. If> yes, could you > > > please provide any links/resources from which we > can have technical > > > specifications of the barcode to be acquired for > the s/w setup. > >> You must have some way to identify each individual > book if you want toissue> them - it does not need to be a printed > barcode, > you can just put inyourown> numbers as long as each one is unique. If > you > have many books thatyou're> needing to issue (like a public library), > then > printed barcodes are good > because you can get barcode readers which is > a lot > quicker than typingin the> numbers. > >> Hope it helps > >> Cheers > > Rachel > >>>> _____________________________________________________________ > >> Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo > Communications> WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 > 128 or +64 04 934 1285> mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box > 12487, > Wellington > > http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand > > Koha Open Source Library System > > http://www.koha.org > >>> -- IM : kssvbhaskar (AOL, YAHOO, MSN) 133028959 (ICQ) Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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MARC Authority management ideas on wiki
by paul POULAIN 29 May '04

29 May '04

http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=MarcAuthorities pls read & feedback if you modify the wiki, pls post it here (nothing is sent when a wiki is modified. Would be a nice feature to "subscribe" to a wiki page to be warned when a modif is done) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Enhancements
by Owen Leonard 29 May '04

29 May '04

We've had a few people recently expressing interest in contributing to Koha. I think it would be great if people who were new to the project could take a look at the list of enhancement bugs and pick a first task from there. It would give new developers a chance to get familiar with the code, and it would give users a welcome update. Just my 2 cents. Pat, maybe you could weigh in? -- Owen ---- Web Developer Nelsonville Public Library http://www.athenscounty.lib.oh.us

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Re: [Koha-devel] Please restart IRC logger
by COURYHOUSE＠aol.com 28 May '04

28 May '04

I think it is a great tool and asset. yes please restart the logger. Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > > > MJ Ray a écrit : > > > On 2004-05-27 17:46:42 +0100 robweir(a)alum.drexel.edu wrote: > > > >> Could someone please restart the IRC logger? [...] > > > > The logger has gone? Cool, that's one less reason for me not to be > > there. I hate public-logged IRC channels. > > sometimes I want to tell some private things. In this case, I just open > a private channel... > > Otherwise, I agree with Owen it's an invaluable tool. > > -- > Paul POULAIN > Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres > responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g > Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. > Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id149&alloc_id66&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/l Thanks Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC - - See the Museum's Web Site at www.smecc.org We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. library - please advise if you have anything we can use. Coury House / SMECC 5802 W. Palmaire Ave. Phone 623-435-1522 Glendale Az 85301 USA CONFIDENZIALE: Questo messaggio e gli eventuali allegati sono confidenziali e riservati. Se vi è stato recapitato per errore e non siete fra i destinatari elencati, siete pregati di darne immediatamente avviso al mittente. Le informazioni contenute non devono essere mostrate ad altri, né utilizzate, memorizzate o copiate in qualsiasi forma. CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain reserved information. If you are not one of the named recipients, please notify the sender immediately. Moreover, you should not disclose the contents to any other persons, nor should the information contained be used for any purpose or stored or copied in any form.

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