[Koha-oz] Koha Development Opportunity : Display of images in OPAC from multiple sources (Funding has been secured)

[Irma Birchall]

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 at 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 at lists.katipo.co.nz, nzusergroup at mykoha.co.nz
Cc: Melissa Clarkson <melissa.clarkson at 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




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From: Kathryn Tyree <kathryn at 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 at nzica.com>
Cc: "koha at lists.katipo.co.nz" <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>, "
nzusergroup at mykoha.co.nz." <nzusergroup at 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 at 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 at 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

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From: <Viktor.Sarge at 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 at nzica.com
Cc: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz, nzusergroup at 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 at regionhalland.se<
mailto:Viktor.Sarge at regionhalland.se>
BESÖKSADRESS: Södra vägen 9, 30180 Halmstad
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