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Re: [Koha-oz] Koha meeting Monday 30th June at 5pm at
by David Cook 25 Jun '14

25 Jun '14

Cheers, Irma! I won't be able to make it to the meeting as I'll be in Sydney, but I would love to hear how this goes. I'm especially curious to hear thoughts about "Koha and Libraries Australia Authority Control" and "Koha and RDA and MARC Frameworks". As the author of the Z39.50 search for authorities in Koha, I would love to know if people are using it and any ideas they might have for improvements. I'm also quite interested in how people use frameworks and how they'd like frameworks to work. Personally, I'm working a bit on better ways of keeping frameworks current (especially in terms of making sure MARC fields added by RDA are present). For the technically minded, I've created a bug report in the hopes of fostering some discussion about how to improve MARC Frameworks in Koha (http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12477) Happy to chat more directly with CALYX folk about this too! I'm copying Kathleen Fitzgerald into this email as well, as she's been interested in attending meetings with other Koha librarians in Melbourne. Perhaps someone would be willing to take some notes about the meeting and report back to the listserv for those of us who can't make it to the meeting? Re-posting the meeting details for convenience: There will be a meeting of Koha Users on Monday June 30th @ 5.00pm. It will be held at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library Ist Floor 188 Collins St Melbourne 3000 Tel: 03 9650 3100 Hope everyone enjoys the meeting! -David Cook Prosentient Systems -----Original Message----- Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:17:21 +1000 From: Irma Birchall <irma(a)calyx.net.au> To: Koha-Oz <koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org> Subject: Re: [Koha-oz] Koha meeting Monday 30th June at 5pm at Melbourne Athenaeum Library Message-ID: <CALPHr=iU6cOONsezaPLKtwwUVW_pPZPpRFm4VS6FYo+BTHTF5g(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Greetings Thanks for this Siobhan and thanks for stepping up to organise the evening. We'd just like to emphasise that this is not a Calyx event. We're happy to present some info to start the conversation but its really then a forum for Koha librarians and others who are interested - all welcome (including other support vendors). Hope to see many of you there. Irma CALYX

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Re: [Koha-oz] Koha meeting Monday 30th June at 5pm at Melbourne Athenaeum Library
by Irma Birchall 24 Jun '14

24 Jun '14

Greetings Thanks for this Siobhan and thanks for stepping up to organise the evening. We'd just like to emphasise that this is not a Calyx event. We're happy to present some info to start the conversation but its really then a forum for Koha librarians and others who are interested - all welcome (including other support vendors). Hope to see many of you there. Irma CALYX -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Koha-oz] Koha meeting Monday 30th June at 5pm at Athenaeum Library Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 23:26:35 +1000 From: Siobhan Foster <fostersiobhan(a)hotmail.com> <fostersiobhan(a)hotmail.com> To: Koha OZ Forum <koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org> <koha-oz(a)lists.koha-community.org> Dear Koha Users and Koha-curious, At the last Koha meeting in Melbourne Moyra McAlister asked if someone would step in to organise the Koha meetings. I offered with some tentativeness as I am the least technically minded of people. However I appreciate all the work Moyra has put into setting up our Koha group in Melbourne so I felt I would have a go. The Athenaeum Library kindly said they would continue to host the meetings as they offer such a central place. Irma and Bob Birchall are attending the forthcoming ANZTLA Conference July 2nd - 5th and they kindly offered to speak on the following three topics, so a meeting has eventuated. My apologies for the short notice. Here are the details: There will be a meeting of Koha Users on Monday June 30th @ 5.00pm. It will be held at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library Ist Floor 188 Collins St Melbourne 3000 Tel: 03 9650 3100 Website: http://melbourneathenaeum.org.au/ There will be a presentation by Irma and Bob Birchall on the following topics: Koha and Libraries Australia Authority Control, Koha and RDA and MARC Frameworks, Koha and the Bootstrap Responsive Design for the OPAC. Please let me know if there are any issues you would like to raise and Ill put together an agenda or feel free to raise them on Monday. I do hope as many people as possible can attend. With best wishes, Siobhan Foster Librarian Yarra Theological Union - Divine Word Missionaries Library Yarra Theological Union - Redemptorist Seminary Library *The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way in which its animals are treated. * *-- Mahatma Gandhi*

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Koha meeting Monday 30th June at 5pm at Athenaeum Library
by Siobhan Foster 23 Jun '14

23 Jun '14

Dear Koha Users and Koha-curious, At the last Koha meeting in Melbourne Moyra McAlister asked if someone would step in to organise the Koha meetings. I offered with some tentativeness as I am the least technically minded of people. However I appreciate all the work Moyra has put into setting up our Koha group in Melbourne so I felt I would have a go. The Athenaeum Library kindly said they would continue to host the meetings as they offer such a central place. Irma and Bob Birchall are attending the forthcoming ANZTLA Conference July 2nd - 5th and they kindly offered to speak on the following three topics, so a meeting has eventuated. My apologies for the short notice. Here are the details: There will be a meeting of Koha Users on Monday June 30th @ 5.00pm. It will be held at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library Ist Floor 188 Collins St Melbourne 3000 Tel: 03 9650 3100 Website: http://melbourneathenaeum.org.au/ There will be a presentation by Irma and Bob Birchall on the following topics: Koha and Libraries Australia Authority Control, Koha and RDA and MARC Frameworks, Koha and the Bootstrap Responsive Design for the OPAC. Please let me know if there are any issues you would like to raise and I’ll put together an agenda or feel free to raise them on Monday. I do hope as many people as possible can attend. With best wishes, Siobhan Foster Librarian Yarra Theological Union - Divine Word Missionaries Library Yarra Theological Union - Redemptorist Seminary Library The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way in which its animals are treated. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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Library Stars 2014 - REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN - Melbourne 15 September 2014
by Irma Birchall 18 Jun '14

18 Jun '14

Dear Melbourne based colleagues, This is not directly related to Koha but I thought you might like to know about this event. Apologies if it is a duplication. The Library Stars 2014 forum showcases public libraries, recognizes their successes, achievements and inspires library practitioners to greater heights. The one day forum on 15 September 2014 at the Library @ The Dock, Melbourne, will be hosted by the Public Libraries Victoria Network as a satellite event to the ALIA 2014 Conference: Together We are Stronger. The keynote speaker is Marie Ostergaard, Project Manager, Aarhus Public Libraries, Urban Mediaspace Aarhus <http://www.urbanmediaspace.dk/en> – New Central Harbour Square and Mediaspace, City of Aarhus, Denmark. The presentations should be very interesting and highlight great examples of innovation and excellence in Australia as well as hearing about the largest public library <http://plusmood.com/2009/09/urban-mediaspace-schmidt-hammer-lassen-architec…> in Scandinavia project "Urban Mediaspace" Irma http://calyx.net.au ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karen Ward-Smith <KWard-Smith(a)mav.asn.au> Date: 18 June 2014 09:38 Subject: [aliaPUBLIC] Library Stars 2014 - REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN To: "aliaPUBLIC(a)lists.alia.org.au" <aliaPUBLIC(a)lists.alia.org.au> *Karen Ward-Smith* Executive Officer, Public Libraries Victoria Network Inc. ABN 62 734 551 228 Reg. No. 0023 190g Level 12/60 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 P: 03 9667 5542 (Monday to Wednesday) M: 0408 051 740 W: www.plvn.net.au [image: Description: Description: Description: Description: PLVN LogoOpt]

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Koha Development Opportunity : Display of images in OPAC from multiple sources (Funding has been secured)
by Irma Birchall 11 Jun '14

11 Jun '14

Dear Koha-OZ member, Recently, there was a call for community support to fund the development of a feature in Koha that needs improving. The funding was secured rapidly, work was started today and I am told "good progress is being made". I paste below the series of emails that show what can be achieved in a community like ours. Apologies for cross-posting these emails if you have already read them on the general Koha e-list. If you have a development requirement for your library or resources centre and you think it might be of interest to others as well, let us know and we will happily help you look for support in the wider Koha community. Best regards, Irma CALYX From: <kathryn(a)catalyst.net.nz> Date: 11 June 2014 10:22 Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Development Opportunity : Display of images in OPAC from multiple sources To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz, nzusergroup(a)mykoha.co.nz Cc: Melissa Clarkson <melissa.clarkson(a)nzica.com> Kia ora koutou, Just to let you know that Melissa found the required support for funding this enhancement to Koha, and development is now underway. Many thanks to the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants, Region Halland libraries (Sweden), South Taranaki District Libraries (NZ), NZ Education Institute and Libriotech of (Norway) for your contributions. Despite being on directly opposite sides of the globe from each other, we all want the same things :) Wishing you all a lovely day, Kathryn Kathryn Tyree Catalyst IT ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathryn Tyree <kathryn(a)catalyst.net.nz> Date: 23 May 2014 09:33 Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Development Opportunity : Display of images in OPAC from multiple sources To: Melissa Clarkson <melissa.clarkson(a)nzica.com> Cc: "koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz>, " nzusergroup(a)mykoha.co.nz." <nzusergroup(a)mykoha.co.nz> Hi everyone, For further info, here's a link to the RFC Robin wrote: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Covers_from_multiple_sources_RFC Cheers, Kathryn Kathryn Tyree for the Koha team at Catalyst IT kathryn(a)catalyst.net.nz On Wed, 2014-05-21 at 02:40 +0000, Melissa Clarkson wrote: > Hello everyone, > > My name is Melissa Clarkson and I am the Team Leader of the Library at the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. We have been on Koha for 2 ½ years. > > We have started scanning book cover images that are not available from Amazon to have them available in our OPAC and also our current awareness bulletin. They display great in the bulletin, but in the OPAC it creates formatting issues and looks plain ugly. > > I have approached Catalyst IT in Wellington New Zealand about this issue, and they have advised that it will take 28 hours. They will work through the bug that is creating this issue. The outcome will be that we can use multiple sources to get the book covers from, including local images uploaded in to Koha. I can’t justify paying for all of this given it is 28 hours, so I’m coming to the community to see if you would be interested in contributing to a joint development of this.> > > If you are interested, please respond by email by 4 June 2014, with how many hours you’d be able to contribute to this development. > > Thank you in advance > > Melissa> > > Melissa Clarkson| Team Leader – Library Services | ddi: +64 4 474 7871 > m: +64 021 0220 9720 | e: melissa.clarkson(a)nzica.com | w:nzica.com > NZICA National Office | New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants > Tower Building | 50 Customhouse Quay | PO Box 11342 | Wellington 6142ore > information visit smxemail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <Viktor.Sarge(a)regionhalland.se> Date: 23 May 2014 18:30 Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Development Opportunity : Display of images in OPAC from multiple sources To: melissa.clarkson(a)nzica.com Cc: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz, nzusergroup(a)mykoha.co.nz Hi! I would be interesting in contributing a part of the cost of this in order to make it happen. Kind regards/Viktor Viktor Sarge Utvecklingsledare Regionbibliotek Halland Kultur i Halland TFN: 035-17 98 73 E-POST: Viktor.Sarge(a)regionhalland.se< mailto:Viktor.Sarge@regionhalland.se> BESÖKSADRESS: Södra vägen 9, 30180 Halmstad WEBB: www.regionhalland.se/regionbibliotek< http://www.regionhalland.se/regionbibliotek>

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