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Koha user group meeting 30th June
by Moyra McAllister 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Hello everyone There is to be a Koha Users Meeting on Thursday June 30th at 6pm at the Athenaeum Library. Thanks to the Athenaeum Library for the use of their venue, it is much appreciated. I do hope that you as many Koha Users as possible will be able to attend. I am trying to get a speaker to give us a first hand account of the recent Kohacon 2016. You are most welcome to come to a meal after the meeting in a restaurant locally, details to be confirmed. Please let me know if you are able to attend the meeting and if you would like to come to the dinner. I apologise for the rather short notice, but I do hope you can fit this in to your schedule. 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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Kohacon2016 : Some useful information and links
by Irma Birchall 31 May '16

31 May '16

Greetings! The Library & Information Centre at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, is this year's host to the international Koha conference "KohaCon2016", and it is on right now. The presentations session are held from Monday 30th of May to 1st of June, then a day trip is offered on Wednesday 2nd of June followed by a hackfest from Friday 3rd to Saturday 4th of June. The programme: http://kohacon2016.lib.auth.gr/?page_id=2417 To watch the live stream (when the conference is in session - Greece is 7 hours behind eastern Australia): http://kohacon2016.lib.auth.gr/ Warning: Requires flash player The World Clock - Time Zone difference from Greece – Thessaloniki http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/difference.html?p1=1428 To see the videos available (Day 1 videos are now available): http://www.livemedia.com/kohacon16 Twitter search #kohacon16: https://twitter.com/hashtag/kohacon16?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash Blogs from Chris Cormack: http://blog.bigballofwax.co.nz/ Hope you can take some time out to follow the conference. Cheers, Irma www.calyx.net.au

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Fwd: [Koha] Koha 16.05 Released
by Bob Birchall 27 May '16

27 May '16

Forwarding from the general list. Koha 16.05 is an awesome release. There are enhancements throughout the application and when reading the release notes (go on, you should! https://koha-community.org/koha-16-05-released/) one can't but be impressed by the size (and output) of the developer team. Some highlights of this release are the introduction of EDIFACT features into the Acquisitions module, addition of a Forgotten Password facility to the OPAC and the ability to pay fines via PayPal. Debian packages for this release will be available shortly. Congratulations to Nic van Oudtshoorn of Perth Bible College for his work on bug 10988. <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10988> Note the change of release version numbering (16.05). This was agreed by the Koha community in March <http://meetings.koha-community.org/2016/genereal_irc_meeting_9_march_2016.2…> and brings to an end the 3.xx series. Future releases will be 16.11 (November), 17.05 (May next year), 17.11 etc. I wouldn't recommend racing out to implement this today, but its great to see how Koha just keeps getting better and better. Enjoy! Bob Birchall Calyx -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Koha] Koha 16.05 Released Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 13:05:33 -0700 From: Brendan Gallagher <info(a)bywatersolutions.com> To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Koha 16.05, a major release of the Koha open source integrated library system. Koha 16.05 is a major release, that comes with many new features and enhancements. See the full release notes here: https://koha-community.org/koha-16-05-released/ Download http://koha-community.org/download-koha/ Debian Packages will soon be available in the repository. Thank you to everyone who helped make this work! Koha!!! Please note – Ubuntu 16.04 support is still WIP and isn’t supported at the moment, due to stricter MySQL version 5.7. All installs and updates should be done on versions previous to MySQL 5.7. Cheers, Brendan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brendan A. Gallagher ByWater Solutions CEO Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Installation, Data Migration, Training, Customization, Hosting and Complete Support Packages Headquarters: Santa Barbara, CA - Office: Redding, CT Phone # (888) 900-8944 http://bywatersolutions.com info(a)bywatersolutions.com _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Fwd: [Koha] Koha 3.22.7 security release
by Bob Birchall 27 May '16

27 May '16

Forwarding from the general list. As this is a security release, if you are running Koha 3.22, an upgrade is recommended. Bob Birchall Calyx -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Koha] Koha 3.22.7 security release Date: Wed, 25 May 2016 14:28:37 +0200 From: Julian Maurice <julian.maurice(a)biblibre.com> To: koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.22.7. This is a security release and contains many bugfixes. The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-3-22-7-security-release/ -- Julian Maurice <julian.maurice(a)biblibre.com> BibLibre _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha

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Koha Users Group Melbourne notes of meeting February 8th
by Siobhan Foster 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Greetings to all Koha Users, Please find attached the notes on our recent meeting held at the Athenaeum Library on Monday February 8th. I am grateful to Moyra for checking my notes as there were a few details I needed confirmed. Thanks to Moyra for organising the meeting on this occasion at short notice, I was snowed under with family commitments. With kind regards, Siobhan 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 User Group meeting reminder
by Moyra McAllister 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Thanks to all who have already responded to the original invitation, which is reposted below Since our special guest is Chris Cormack this will be a great opportunity to raise issues and questions. It would be good if you could let me have these in advance. If you are unable to attend the meeting you may still submit questions. Reposting You are invited to the first Koha-Oz User Group meeting for 2016, featuring special guest Chris Cormack. The Koha-Oz User Group allows libraries using the Koha Library Management System to keep in touch and up to date about developments in Koha and we encourage you to join. Chris is one of the original developers of Koha, employed in 1999 at Horowhenua Library Trust by Katipo Communications. Chris now works for Catalyst IT in Wellington, New Zealand and continues to be a leading figure in the international Koha project. When: Monday 8 February, 6pm to be followed by dinner at a restaurant! Where: Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins St RSVP: Moyra McAllister (contact details below) Please let me know if you will be joining us for dinner. Moyra McAllister Tel:(03) 9482 6412 Mob: 0409463663 E-mail: moyrab(a)internode.on.net

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Koha-Oz User Group Meeting
by Moyra McAllister 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

You are invited to the first Koha-Oz User Group meeting for 2016, featuring special guest Chris Cormack. The Koha-Oz User Group allows libraries using the Koha Library Management System to keep in touch and up to date about developments in Koha and we encourage you to join. Chris is one of the original developers of Koha, employed in 1999 at Horowhenua Library Trust by Katipo Communications. Chris now works for Catalyst IT in Wellington, New Zealand and continues to be a leading figure in the international Koha project. When: Monday 8 February, 6pm to be followed by dinner at a restaurant! Where: Melbourne Athenaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins St RSVP: Moyra McAllister (contact details below) Please let me know if you will be joining us for dinner. If you can’t make this session Chris Cormack will be attending the Vala2016 conference. You will probably find him at most of the social events! He is always happy to talk about Koha and open source for libraries. If you would like to meet up with Chris at another time during the week please email chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz or tweet @ranginui. Moyra McAllister Tel:(03) 9482 6412 Mob: 0409463663 E-mail: moyrab(a)internode.on.net

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Wikipedia, how we can help
by Siobhan Foster 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Calling all librarians! This message and link was posted on our ANZTLA Forum today and I thought it was worth sharing with the Koha Forum. Pass it on to any other librarians / library groups who might be interested. Cheers, 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 > From: librarian(a)carmelitelibrary.org > To: anztla-forum(a)anztla.org > Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:41:00 +1100 > Subject: [anztla-forum] Wikipedia, how we can help > > http://www.cilip.org.uk/blog/how-librarians-can-make-wikipedia-better-refer… > > On 15 January, Wikipedia celebrated its fifteenth birthday. To celebrate, the Wikipedia community are asking "every librarian on earth", whatever their discipline, to add at least one citation to a currently uncited fact. Doing so will not be onerous (we are told here) it’s the sort of simple task that can be completed "over a cup of coffee". Maybe two coffees. Maybe three? Maybe through lunchtime. > > Philip Harvey > > Librarian > The Carmelite Library > > 214 Richardson Street > Middle Park 3206 > Victoria > Australia > > Phone: +61 (03) 9682 8553 > Fax: +61 (03) 9699 1944 > http://thecarmelitelibrary.blogspot.com.au/ > librarian(a)carmelitelibrary.org > www.carmelitelibrary.org > www.anztla.org > > Hours: > Tuesday 12 noon - 8pm > Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9am - 5pm > Closed Mondays > > > __________ANZTLA - serving Theology and Librarianship since 1986_______________ > _________ANZTLA Forum is a list for sharing ideas, and asking questions _______ > anztla-forum mailing list > anztla-forum(a)anztla.org > http://webmail.anztla.org/mailman/listinfo/anztla-forum

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Koha Event Announcement - Hear Chris Cormack in Melbourne
by Irma Birchall 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Dear all, Chris Cormack is the original developer of Koha, employed in 1999 at Horowhenua Library Trust by Katipo Communications. Chris now works for Catalyst IT in Wellington, New Zealand and continues to be a leading figure in the international Koha project. Ahead of the VALA Conference, Chris will conduct an information session introducing Koha to new and potential users. The seminar will also be useful to existing Koha users and provides opportunity to meet Chris and to discuss the future of Koha. Presenter Chris Cormack will be attending the Vala2016 conference. You will probably find him at most of the social events! He is always happy to talk about Koha and open source for libraries. If you would like to meet up with Chris at another time during the week please email chrisc(a)catalyst.net.nz or tweet @ranginui. This event is being arranged by Catalyst IT Australia Pty Limited. We are delighted to pass on this information and encourage you to attend. *Event Details:* Date: Monday 8 February 2016 Time: 10.am to 11.30 am Morning tea will be provided. Cost: Free. Location: The venue for this event is the Catalyst IT Melbourne Office, Level 7, 276 Flinders St, Melbourne. *Registration:* There is no fee for this event but pre-registratoin is requested to assist in planning. Please follow this link to register: https://www.catalyst.net.nz/content/register-training?course=481 <http://calyxinformationessentials.cmail20.com/t/j-i-hklrktk-l-n/> *Questions?* Phone me on *0413 510 717*. Irma Birchall Calyx <http://www.calyx.net.au>

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Welcome to a new member!
by Siobhan Foster 18 Nov '15

18 Nov '15

Dear Koha User's Group in Melbourne, Just to let you know that Heather Rickard from PTC (Presbyterian Theological College) uses Koha and has joined our Koha User's Group, introduced by Kerrie Stevens at Harvest Bible College. heather.rickard(a)ptc.vic.edu.au With kind regards, Siobhan 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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