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Notes from Koha Users Group meeting August 18th 2016
by Siobhan Foster 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Good morning everyone, Thank you for such an interesting meeting last Thursday. Please find attached notes from the meeting. I hope our interstate attendees got home safely, thank you for coming! I will be updating our records from the email list you filled out, but I hope these notes reach you on this Koha Oz forum. Kind regards, Siobhan Foster 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 Users in Papua New Guinea
by Decka David 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Hi Koha Oz, I recently discovered from librarians in Papua New Guinea that there a number of organizations and institutions that are using Koha ILS. Is there a way forward that we can meet up and organize for the country to put forward something for libraries in Papua New Guinea. We can get help from the Koha communities from Australia and New Zealand for trainings and Koha developments. I have been interested about Koha when did install, customize the Koha for Unitech Library. Hope to hear from other Koha users from Papua New Guinea. Thank you Decka David PNG - Unitech

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Sydney : Monday, August 22, 2016 : Meeting with Librarian and CEO Joann Ransom ~ Building Strong Libraries for Strong Communities
by Irma Birchall 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Dear all, Please check your diary for Monday August 22 and see if you can cancel anything that is not important for the future, so that you can have a conversation with Joann Ransom <https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannransom>. This is an invitation for a coming together during the day on Monday August 22nd somewhere in the Sydney region. You suggest the time <http://doodle.com/poll/5scm8hq6txx3xzft> and place <https://www.google.com.au>. Joann is open to meet anyone who wishes to share their current situation and she will respond drawing from her extraordinary contributions and achievements within her local community of Levin in New Zealand and the global implications of her work. This is also an invitation for a coming together from 17:30 PM for a Koha-OZ meet-up somewhere in Sydney's CBD with our guest speaker, Joann Ransom. Dinner afterwards for those who can stay. Complimentary refreshments on arrival. Meet-up location suggestions are welcome. Librarian extraordinaire Joann Ransom has recently left Te Horowhenua Library Trust in New Zealand, where Koha <https://koha-community.org/> was developed in 1999 and where she had been the CEO for the last 6 years. Joann’s roles have been many including to lead Te Takeretanga o Kura-Hau-Pō, the Horowhenua Culture and Community Centre, to become the multi-functional heart and hub of the community. What's in a name? The meaning of takeretanga is the ‘dispersal of knowledge’. The Takere is also the hull of the waka where treasures are kept for safety. Like the hull of the waka, Te Takere holds many taonga for the benefit of all. Since early 2016, Joann was ready for fresh challenges and these are including 3 months of travelling the globe meeting the Koha community members who have grown the original Koha into one of the world’s most popular library management systems today. The world tour includes Sydney, Malaysia, Mumbai, Pune, London, Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Marseille, New York, Montreal, Chicago, Kansas, Oregon, San Francisco,Utah, Texas and Argentina. “Releasing Koha under an open source licence made so much sense to us; we were a public library not a software development company and we needed a much wider pool of librarians to develop the software further”. Today, Koha is one of the world’s most widely used library management systems with a strong development community that provides 24/7 support. Koha is used in an increasing number of libraries in Australia and some of these libraries are listed here <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_Users_Worldwide> or can be found on this map <http://librarytechnology.org/map.pl?ILS=Koha>. In addition to her work on Koha, which won the 2000 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries, Joann was the first librarian outside of USA to be named an American Library Journal Mover and Shaker – Tech Leader, largely for her work developing Kete <http://www.tetakere.org.nz/horowhenuas-history/kete-horowhenua/>, another open source project that won the 2008 3M Award for Innovation in Libraries and a 2007 World Summit Awards : Special Mention (North America and Oceania) in the e-inclusion section. Thanks to her vision and passion, Joann also brought into being and then managed Te Takere <http://www.tetakere.org.nz/>. Horowhenua’s new library, culture and community centre. The project was developed by the Horowhenua District Council and the Horowhenua Library Trust in consultation with the Muaupoko Tribal Authority. This is what locals say "We are so incredibly lucky to have Te Takere in our community, locals, travellers, tourists....don't miss it." "Te Takere is a safe, supervised and all-inclusive family/whanau destination. It is “the place to go” in the Horowhenua providing quality activities and opportunities to positively engage and extend everyone." Here is a short list of Services & Facilities available in Te Takere, an absolute change agent for the local community: Open seven days a week, it offers a wide range of services to both the community and to visitors to the Horowhenua District, including: Library materials and resources Visitor Information AA Vehicle licensing and driver testing Toilets and baby changing facilities Lounges to relax in and spaces for study Fully equipped meeting and function facilities Exhibitions, performances and a range of programmes to suit all ages Family and local history displays and resources A well resourced children’s area Business, Council and Community support services. A large youth space and a recording studio Self contained and fully equipped education spaces A Chinese garden and outdoor play area. Library and information services are also available at the Foxton, Tokomaru and Shannon Libraries. Since the opening of Te Takere in 2012, the town of Levin has seen a 50% reduction in the rate of petty crime and un-employment has significantly reduced. This is your opportunity to hear from Joann how a mix of library and community services can have strategic impact in a community. Joann's world tour starts in Sydney. You are invited to meet with Joann on Monday August 22, 2016. Suggest a time and location. For further information and RSVPs please contact Irma <irma(a)calyx.net.au> Birchall founder of CALYX information essentials, a Koha support company since 2003. With kind regards, Irma ------------------ Irma Birchall CEO & Founder : CALYX information essentials Open Source Software Koha LMS and Digital Repositories Installation, Data Conversion, Configuration, Training, Hosting, Support T: +61 (2) 9437 4848 <%2B61%20%282%29%209437%204848> ~ M: +61 (0) 413 510 717 <%2B61%20%280%29%20413%20510%20717> irma(a)calyx.net.au ~ www.calyx.net.au ~ http://koha-community.org/ ~ https://kohaforschools.com.au/ Office : North Sydney, NSW, Australia For Australian Koha users communications and events, join the e-list: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-oz

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Koha User Group Meeting 18 Aug
by Moyra McAllister 16 Aug '16

16 Aug '16

Just a reminder that the next Koha Users Meeting will be on Thursday August 18th at 6.00 pm at Melbourne Athenaeum Library 188 Collins St (upstairs in the Theatre building) Alvet Miranda from Ebsco will speak on the KohaCon 2016 and the EBSCO Discovery plug-in for Koha Bob and Irma Birchall will speak briefly about some innovative work that Calyx has done on public Reports. David Cook from Prosentient in Sydney will also be attending. As usual we will be going for dinner after the meeting RSVP to fostersiobhan(a)hotmail.com and let her know if you will be attending if you have any agenda items if you want to join us for dinner. Moyra Tel:0394826412Mob:0409463663moyrab@internode.on.net

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Koha user list admission
by Jezzine Library 12 Aug '16

12 Aug '16

Please add me to the KOHA user group list. Regards -- Anne Laguna Librarian Army Museum North Queensland, Jezzine Barracks jezzinelibraryamnq(a)gmail.com Tuesday 9am - 12pm Friday 9am - 12pm

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Koha User meeting 18th August
by Moyra McAllister 06 Aug '16

06 Aug '16

Hello everyone, Just confirming the next Koha Users Meeting will be on Thursday August 18th at 6.00 pm at Melbourne Athenaeum Library 188 Collins St (upstairs in the Theatre building) Alvet Miranda from Ebsco will speak on the KohaCon 2016 and the EBSCO Discovery plug-in for Koha Bob and Irma Birchall will speak briefly about some innovative work that Calyx has done with the Bureau of Meteorology. David Cook from Prosentient in Sydney will also be attending. As usual we will be going for dinner after the meeting RSVP to fostersiobhan(a)hotmail.com and let her know 1.. if you will be attending 2.. if you have any agenda items 3.. if you want to join us for dinner. Moyra McAllister Mob: 0409463663 E-mail: moyrab(a)internode.on.net

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Koha search stopped working
by Phil Pope 04 Aug '16

04 Aug '16

Hi All, I set up Koha with an instance called glenora on Lubuntu 14.04 a few days ago and it has been working fine with the 5 records I created to test with up until today. Today I added another 30 or so books using the z39.50 search and now when I search the catalogue from the OPAC or INTRANET page it does find any records. I tried rebuilding the zebra index without success. It seems that zebra is not running as I cannot see it with a ps -ef | grep zebrasvr command. When I try koha-restart-zebra glenora I get this back. Invalid --pidfiles argument: '/var/run/koha/glenora/' (Directory does not exist) I do not under stand this problem as I never had a /var/run/koha directory and everything has been working until today. The only other thing I did around the time that it stopped was install webmin on the server so I could configure samba. Has anyone else had this issue and fixed it? Everything else on Koha is working ok. I can search patrons and check books in and out. Just can't do catalogue searches. Regards, Phil

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Koha copy cataloguing : LOC Z39.50 search re-established
by James Baker 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

Hi everyone, A quick update to follow up Irma's email yesterday, The Library of Congress Z39.50 search is no longer timing out. -------------------- Best Regards, James CALYX Support Team support(a)calyx.net.au

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Koha copy cataloguing : LOC Z39.50 search timing out
by Irma Birchall 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

Hi all, This is why a LOC Z39.50 search is timing out <> Connection timeout to lx2.loc.gov. "The Library of Congress since Sunday morning, July 17, has been the target of a denial-of-service attack that has caused intermittent disruption of hosted websites, online services and email. The Library is working to maintain access to its online services while ensuring security. Thanks for your patience." With kind regards, Irma ------------------ Irma Birchall CEO & Founder : CALYX information essentials Open Source Software Koha LMS and Digital Repositories Installation, Data Conversion, Configuration, Training, Hosting, Support T: +61 (2) 9437 4848 <%2B61%20%282%29%209437%204848> ~ M: +61 (0) 413 510 717 <%2B61%20%280%29%20413%20510%20717> irma(a)calyx.net.au ~ www.calyx.net.au ~ http://koha-community.org/ Office : North Sydney, NSW, Australia Your referrals are your greatest compliment, thank you. For Australian Koha users communications and events, join the e-list: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-oz

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Rescheduled Koha meeting
by Moyra McAllister 24 Jun '16

24 Jun '16

Hello everyone The meeting for June 30th has had to be re-scheduled as the speaker we wanted is away in June / July. So the new date is: Koha Users Meeting on Thursday August 18th at 6pm at the Athenaeum Library. Come and hear Alvet Miranda speak about KohaCon2016 and Koha / Ebsco. Alvet works at Ebsco. The team from Calyx will also be there, fresh from Koha-US so there will be a lot to talk about. Thanks to the Athenaeum Library for the use of their venue, it is much appreciated. You are most welcome to come to a meal after the meeting in a restaurant locally, details to be confirmed. Please note this new date in your diaries. We will probably send a reminder closer to the time but you can confirm now if you wish. With best wishes, Siobhan fostersiobhan(a)hotmail.com 0412 674 602 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way in which its animals are treated. -- Mahatma Gandhi Moyra McAllisterTel:0394826412Mob:0409463663moyrab@internode.on.net

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