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Koha meeting long overdue
by Moyra McAllister 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hi everyone It’s been ages since our last Koha meeting in Melbourne and there have been a few new subscribers to our (not very active) email list. So I hope a number of you can make it to a meeting on Monday 16th April @ 6.00pm. Sorry for the short notice. The venue will be The Athenaeum Library 188 Collins St Melbourne Our meetings usually last for about 1 hr. Please let me know if you wish to come to dinner afterwards. RSVP to Moyra McAllister Mob: 0409463663 E-mail: moyrab(a)internode.on.net

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Fwd: Re: [Koha-devel] RFC for MARC holdings record support
by Bob Birchall 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Forwarding from the Koha General List (with the usual apology to readers of both lists). There's a call for librarian comment here. Regards, Bob Calyx https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/MARC_Holdings_Records_RFC -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] RFC for MARC holdings record support Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:11:00 +0000 From: Nick Clemens <nick(a)bywatersolutions.com> To: Ere Maijala <ere.maijala(a)helsinki.fi>, Koha <koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> CC: Koha Devel <koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org> There was some discussion of this at the IRC meeting today, forwarding on to the general list as well for librarian input/feedback On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 3:33 AM Ere Maijala <ere.maijala(a)helsinki.fi <mailto:ere.maijala@helsinki.fi>> wrote: Hi Katrin, Thanks for the comments. I'll try to clarify the RFC. --Ere Katrin Fischer kirjoitti 1.4.2018 klo 17.32: > Hi Ere, > > thx for your work on that! I've added some comments and questions at the > bottom of the RFC page. I think key is to break the big development down > into multiple steps that can be easily tested. > > Katrin > > > On 26.03.2018 12:58, Ere Maijala wrote: >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I've written an RFC for adding support for MARC holdings records, >> available here: >> <https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/MARC_Holdings_Records_RFC>. I'd >> be grateful for any feedback on this. I know there have been some >> initiatives to add (back) holdings records, but this proposal is a bit >> different in that it relies on the MARC format and I already have it >> working in a local custom branch apart from OPAC support. >> >> Regards, >> Ere >> > > _______________________________________________ > Koha-devel mailing list > Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org <mailto:Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> > http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel > website : http://www.koha-community.org/ > git : http://git.koha-community.org/ > bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ -- Ere Maijala Kansalliskirjasto / The National Library of Finland _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel(a)lists.koha-community.org <mailto:Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org> http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ -- Nick Clemens Sonic Screwdriver (Development Support) ByWater Solutions IRC: kidclamp

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Koha in Singapore
by Lynn 24 Mar '18

24 Mar '18

Hello Koha users Is there a Koha rep in Singapore or South East Asia? Can you supply contact information? Lynn lynntobias20(a)gmail.com Sent from my iPad

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Koha everywhere (and further)
by Irma Birchall 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Hi all, Here is a link to a News blog post from BibLibre in France. About a new Koha user in Antwerp, Belgium (yes my original homeland). https://www.biblibre.com/en/blog/koha-everywhere-and-further/ This give you a little insight <> * ...."But the most interesting aspect was search. Indeed, each director looking for a play suitable for the cast available in the group, requires a search facility that does exactly that, e.g. searching on the number of roles – per category – required to stage a play. A group with two women and one men won’t be interested in plays written for 6 children. So we setup specific indexes and setup a dedicated interface for searching on these criteria! " .....* I hope this sends you into the weekend inspired. Enjoy! Irma Irma Birchall CEO & Founder : CALYX information essentials Open Source Koha ILS and Digital Repositories Services *Celebrating 15 years of Koha Services in Australia* M: 0413 510 717 <%2B61%20%280%29%20413%20510%20717> irma(a)calyx.net.au https://calyx.net.au https://kohaforschools.com.au https:// Koha-community.org 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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Learning through play - board games Free PD opportunity (NOT Koha related)
by Shannon Parsons 17 Mar '18

17 Mar '18

Interested in how play of different board games develops skills? Check out this awesome free PD opportunity with Phil Minchin of Brimbank Libraries!! (See attachment) Starts tomorrow :-) Shannon Parsons (Miss) *Creative information solutions* ___________________________________ LinkedIn <http://au.linkedin.com/pub/shannon-parsons/5/25a/17a/en> [image: @upsilonarts] <https://twitter.com/upsilonarts> http://upsilonarts.wordpress.com 0417 071 364 Email <shannonparsons(a)gmail.com> -

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Marketing survey on special libraries and collections Museums Victoria
by Irma Birchall 07 Mar '18

07 Mar '18

Hi all, Below is the information about and link to an interesting survey. It could be of interest to some of you. Your participation will be appreciated. Irma CALYX ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Diana Richards <Diana.Richards(a)alia.org.au> Date: 7 March 2018 at 18:15 Subject: [Aliarare] Marketing survey on special libraries and collections - Museums Victoria To: "aliaRARE(a)lists.alia.org.au" <aliaRARE(a)lists.alia.org.au> Special libraries and collections <https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4228476/Marketing-special-libraries-and-coll…> Gemma Steele from Museums Victoria would like participants to complete a survey she is undertaking on methods, vehicles and activities which may be used to market or promote special libraries and collections. Survey | Closes 1 April 2018 *Diana Richards *BA GradDipLib AALIA* | *ALIA Rare Books and Special Collections <https://www.alia.org.au/groups/alia-rare-books-and-special-collections> mobile 0414 510 606 | diana.richards(a)alia.org.au [image: ALIA-email-signature-2014.jpg] <http://www.alia.org.au/> _______________________________________________ aliaRARE mailing list aliaRARE(a)lists.alia.org.au http://lists.alia.org.au/mailman/listinfo/aliarare_lists.alia.org.au

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Fwd: [Koha] GDPR IRC meeting
by Bob Birchall 20 Feb '18

20 Feb '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Koha] GDPR IRC meeting Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 09:44:17 +0000 From: Josef Moravec <josef.moravec(a)gmail.com> To: Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz <Koha(a)lists.katipo.co.nz> Hello all, based on the poll, I have chosen date and time of GDPR meeting to mondey 26. 2. 2018 19:00 UTC The agenda will be here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/GDPR_IRC_meeting_26_February_2018 Feel free to add your points. Cheers Josef _______________________________________________ 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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Data Protection and Privacy in Koha
by Bob Birchall 15 Feb '18

15 Feb '18

Anyone with a particular interest in data protection and privacy might be interested in this development proposal: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Improve_data_protection_and_patron_pri… and this meeting announcement: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2018-February/049973.html Enjoy! Bob Birchall Calyx

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Vala next week - who will be there?
by Donna Benjamin 13 Feb '18

13 Feb '18

Hi Everyone, Will any of you be at VALA next week? I will be, and we have a stand in the exhibit hall, so please do drop by and say Hi! - Donna -- Donna Benjamin Project Lead Catalyst IT Australia PTY LTD desk: +61 9020 5761 mobile: +61 418 310 414 email: donna(a)catalyst-au.net web: http://www.catalyst-au.net/ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email is intended for the named recipients only. It may contain privileged, confidential or copyright information. If you are not the named recipients, any use, reliance upon, disclosure or copying of this email or any attachments is unauthorised. If you have received this email in error, please reply via email or telephone +61 2 8203 9777.

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Can anyone help with these queries?
by Lynn Pryor 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

I am a retired librarian who has been helping libraries in several areas of the world since my retirement 9 years ago. A contact in Central Asia (Russian language region), Kathatarina, has sent me the queries below which I am unabe to supply solutions. Can anyone help please? I'd be grateful for any assistance. <Part of my job is helping theological libraries in the former Soviet Union to sort out their operations, and software is often something that they cannot sort out themselves. Too big, too scary, don't know much about it, not enough money. Several libraries have decided to migrate to Koha. At the moment I'm helping a library in St. Petersburg to install and start using Koha. They are part of the EAAA, the Euro-Asian Accreditng Associaton, which is more about supporting each other rather than accrediting. They are migrating from an ancient system and we have found no way to get their data out of it, except by asking the company, who had sold them the system 17 years ago, to export the data for a payment into the RusMarc format. This is the official format in the country and it is a variation of UniMarc. Now they have received the bib-records and we have imported them into their Koha installation. Everything looks good so far, except the 'Items' didn't transfer. The company didn't put any data into the 900-fileds and the 'Items-page' isn't there. From what I understand the 'Items' page should create automatically, see Wiki at https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_(9xx)? From data that it takes from the 942 field? Some who use MARC21 also talk about 952, which in UniMarc corresponds to 995. I'm sure you have migrated many data before - what is your advice? We will go back to the company and request that they fill the 900 fields, but what if they don't do it? They say it is local information and this is our responsibility. I'm sure you're also familiar with MarcEdit. From what I've read, it is possible to add fields using MarcEdit. Are you familiar with the process? And is this something that we should revert to in case that the company refuses to provide bib-records with 942 and 955 fields? Do you have instructions/experience on how to do it? The next question that came up is how to get the search to work. Even though the data have been imported into Koha, search doesn't find anything. So I assume this is something that needs to be fine-tuned on the server. So far I'm connecting to their Koha installation using TeamViewer, next week I'm traveling to St. Petersburg and hope that we can solve some of these issues. But I know only the 'librarian' side of things, not the IT or server side of things. I can do some settings but when it comes to the server I'm lost (and their IT seems lost as well!). So if you could guide us a bit from the distance, that would be great. I'm sure you could receive access through TeamViewer as well. > Lynn Pryor lynntobias20(a)gmail.om

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