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Patrons and circulation

Liste d’utilisateurs

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Patron lists

Patron lists are a way to store a group of patrons for easy modification via the batch patron modification tool or reporting.

View of all patron lists and New patron list button

Pour créer une nouvelle liste, cliquez sur le bouton “Nouvelle liste d’adhérents”

New patron list form

Enter a list name.

Checking the “Shared” box will make this list visible to all users with the manage_patron_lists permission.

Save the list.

View of patrons in the list and search form to add new patrons to the list

Each list has an “Actions” menu with more list options.

Action menu available on each patron list

Pour ajouter des adhérents à la liste cliquez sur le bouton « Ajouter des adhérents » à droite de la liste des noms.

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Saisir le nom ou le numéro de carte du lecteur dans la zone de recherche et cliquer sur le résultat pour ajouter le lecteur.

Alternatively, you can click on the “Enter multiple card numbers” link and scan (or type in) barcodes in the box.

View of selected patron ready to be added to the list

Lorsque vous avez choisi tous les adhérents que vous souhaitez ajouter à la liste, cliquez sur le bouton “Mettre à jour”.

View of all patrons of the list after adding patrons

Note

  • You can customize the columns of this table in the “Table settings” section of the Administration module (table id: patron-list-table).

Clubs d’utilisateurs

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Patron clubs

Patron clubs create clubs in which patrons may be enrolled. It is useful for tracking summer reading programs, book clubs and other such clubs.

Important

Staff will need the clubs permissions to edit clubs, templates and enroll patrons. To learn how to set patron permissions, go to the patron permissions section of this manual.

Creating a new club template

Click on the “New club template” button. Here you can add fields that can be filled out at the time a new club is created based on the template, or a new enrollment is created for a given club based on the template.

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The name is required. This could be something like “Adult book club”, “Children’s book club” or “Summer reading program”. Remember these templates will be starting point for each club you create.

The description can be any additional information.

Allow public enrollment: if this box is checked it will allow patrons to enroll in a club based on this template from the OPAC.

Require valid email address: if this box is checked only patrons with a valid email address can enroll. So they will need a email address to enroll.

The library drop down gives you the flexibility to let staff from specific branches create clubs with this template. If you let it set to blank, staff from any branch will be able to create a new club using this template.

Club fields: these fields will be used when creating a club based on this template. For example, this can be the name of the club, the name of the animator, the theme, etc.

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“Name” is the label of the field

“Description” is additional information about this field.

You can connect authorized values here.

Enrollment fields: you can add any additional fields you want to have filled out by your patrons when they enroll in a club base on this template.

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“Name” is the label of the field

“Description” is additional information about this field.

You can connect authorized values here.

Creating a new club based on a template

Click on the “New club” dropdown menu and select the template you want to use. Here you can add information about a new club using a template you created.

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The name is required, this will be the name of the specific club using the template you created. For example, “Summer 2018 reading club”.

The description can be any additional information.

Start and End date will depict when this club runs, the entire duration of the club. Once the club expires, enrollment will not be possible.

The library drop down gives you the flexibility to enroll patrons from specific branches. If you let it set to blank, patrons from any branch will be able to enroll.

Enrolling a patron in a club from the staff interface

To enroll a patron in a club from the staff client, go to the patron’s account.

On the “Details” page or the “Check out” page, click on the “Clubs” tab. All ongoing clubs will be displayed in this tab.

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Click on the “Enroll” button and fill in the fields.

You can also cancel enrollment by clicking on the cancel enrollment.

Enrolling a patron in a club from the OPAC

If you allow public enrollment, the club will be visible on the OPAC.

Patrons have to sign into their account. In the “Your summary” section, they will be able to click on the “Clubs” tab and enroll.

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Viewing enrollments

You can monitor the enrollments in each club by going to the “Patron clubs” tool page and choosing “Enrollment” from the “Actions” button.

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Placing a hold for a patron club

You can place holds for a patron club - holds are placed for club members in a random order.

To place a hold for a patron club:

  1. Go to the patron clubs tool (“Home > Tools > Patron clubs”).

  2. Click the “Actions” button for the club and select “Search to hold”.

  3. Search for a title and select a record.

  4. Select “Place hold for [CLUBNAME]” from either the action links for the record, or from the “Place hold” action in the menu bar.

  5. The place holds page is displayed and lists the club members.

  6. Click the “Place hold” button.

Result: Holds are placed for all club members.

Commentaires

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Comments

Tous les commentaires ajoutés aux notices bibliographiques par des adhérents via l’OPAC nécessitent une modération par les bibliothécaires. S’il y a des commentaires en attente de modération ils seront listés sur la page principale de l’interface professionnelle en dessous de la liste des modules :

View of alert that there are comments wainting on Koha main page

and next to the Comments tool on the Tools page

View of alert that there are comments wainting on Koha tools page

To moderate comments click on the notification on the main dashboard or go directly to the Comments tool and click “Approve” or “Delete” to the right of the comments awaiting moderation.

List of comments to moderate with action buttons

La page vous informera de l’absence de commentaires

List of comments moderation when no comments

Vous pouvez également réviser et désapprouver des commentaires que vous aviez initialement approuvés en allant dans l’onglet “Commentaires approuvés”

List of comments to approved with action buttons

Patron import

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Import patrons

L’outil d’import d’adhérents est utilisé pour importer des adhérents en masse. Il est généralement utilisé par les établissements d’enseignement au moment de la rentrée d’un nouveau groupe d’étudiants.

Creating a patron import file

You can download a blank CSV file with a header from the start page of the patron import tool that you can use as a template for your patron import. The header contains all fields that can be used with the patron import tool. You can delete fields and columns you don’t need with the exception of a few mandatory ones. When overlaying, if your new .csv includes blank columns, any existing values in patron records will be overwritten with blanks. It is best to remove any blank columns in a .csv to ensure no existing data is removed.

Important

cardnumber, surname, and all fields you have defined in the BorrowerMandatoryField preference are required and must match valid entries in your database.

Important

Le « mot de passe » devrait être stocké en texte, et sera converti en Bcrypt.

Si vos mots de passe sont déjà cryptés, voyez votre administrateur système pour envisager des solutions.

Important

Date formats should match your dateformat system preference, and must be zero-padded, e.g. “01/02/2008”. Alternatively you can supply dates in ISO format (e.g. “2008-12-01”).

Important

If your data contains special characters or diacritics, make sure your file is encoded in UTF-8. Otherwise, the special characters will not be imported correctly.

Note

If loading patron attributes, the “patron_attributes” field should contain a comma-separated list of attribute types and values.

  • Le code du type d’attribut et une colonne doivent précéder chaque valeur.

    • Par exemple : « INSTID:12345,BASEBALL:Cubs »

    • Ce champ doit être mis entre guillemets si des valeurs multiples sont définies.

    • Puisque les valeurs peuvent contenir des espaces, des doubles guillemets supplémentaires peuvent être exigés :

      • « INSTID:12345,BASEBALL:Cubs, » »BASEBALL:White Sox » »

Note

It’s possible to set restrictions using the patron import tool. If the expiration date and comment match an existing restriction, the one in the import file will be skipped. So a patron import can be repeated multiple times without creating duplicate restrictions. But if one of the criteria is different, a new restriction will be added.

Importing patrons

Once you have created your file, you can use the patron import tool to bring the data into Koha.

  • Choisissez votre fichier CSV

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  • Choose to match on “cardnumber” or “username” to prevent adding of duplicate card numbers to the system. Additional matchpoints can be set up using patron attributes marked as unique.

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  • Ensuite vous pouvez choisir les valeurs par défaut à appliquer à tous les adhérents que vous importez

    • For example, if you’re importing patrons specific to one branch you can use the field on the import form to apply the branch code to all those you are importing.

  • Finally, you need to decide on what data you want to replace if there are duplicates.

    • Un doublon est trouvé en utilisant le champ que vous avez choisi en tant que critère de concordance.

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    • When using patron attributes in your installation, you can choose how they are handled on import. You can either decide to always overlay all patron attributes or you choose to only replace patron attributes included in your import file. This will leave other attributes untouched.

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Notices & slips

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Notices & slips

All notices and circulation receipts (or slips) generated by Koha can be customized using the Notices & slips tool. The system comes with several predefined templates that will appear when you first visit this tool.

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Note

  • You can customize the columns of this table in the “Table settings” section of the Administration module (table id: lettert).

Chaque notification peut être modifiée, mais très peu peuvent être supprimées, pour éviter une erreur système lors d’un envoi de message dont le modèle aurait été supprimé. Chaque notification ou ticket peut être modifié par son site et par défaut, vous les verrez tous pour tous les sites.

If you have a style you’d like applied to all slips you can point the SlipCSS preference to a stylesheet. The same is true for notices, using the NoticeCSS preference to define a stylesheet.

You will also want to review the Customising notices and slips wiki page for more information on formatting these notices.

Adding notices and slips

Ajouter une nouvelle notification ou ticket

  • Click “New notice”

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  • Choisissez pour quel site est cette notification ou ce ticket

  • Choisissez le module auquel associer la notification.

  • Le Code est limité à vingt caractères.

  • Utilisez le champ Nom pour décrire la notification.

    • Note

      With overdue notices, be sure to put your branch name in the description as well so that it will be visible when setting up your triggers.

  • Ensuite vous pouvez personnaliser la notification pour chacune des méthodes de distribution possibles

    • Chaque notification devrait avoir un modèle de courriel de paramétré

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    • If you’re using the TalkingTechItivaPhoneNotification service you can set up a Phone notification

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    • Si vous prévoyez d’imprimer ce message, vous pouvez paramétrer le modèle d’impression ensuite

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    • If you have enabled SMS notices with the SMSSendDriver preference you can set the text for your SMS notices next

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  • Chaque notification vous propose les mêmes options

    • If you plan on writing the notice or slip in HTML check the “HTML message” box, otherwise the content will be generated as plain text

    • Message subject is what will appear in the subject line of the email

    • Dans le corps du message n’hésitez pas à taper n’importe quel message qui vous semble le meilleur, utilisez les champs du côté gauche pour entrer des données personnalisées issues de la base de données.

      • Note

        Review the Customising notices and slips wiki page for more information.

      • Important

        Overdue notices can use <<items.content>> tags by themselves, or use <item></item> to span all of the tags. Learn more about the Overdue notice markup

        • On overdue notices make sure to use <<items.content>> tags to print out the data related to all items that are overdue.

        • The other option, only for overdue notices, is to use the <item></item> tags to span the line so that it will print out multiple lines. One example for the <item></item> tag option is:

          <item> »<<biblio.title>> » by <<biblio.author>>, <<items.itemcallnumber>>, Barcode: <<items.barcode>> , Checkout date: <<issues.issuedate>>, Due date: <<issues.date_due>> Fine: <<items.fine>> </item>

      • Important

        Only the overdue notices take advantage of the <item></item> tags, all other notices referencing items need to use <<items.content>>

      • Note

        To add today’s date you can use the <<today>> syntax

      • Note

        Si vous ne voulez pas imprimer le nom entier de l’adhérent sur vos tickets ou notifications vous pouvez saisir une valeur dans les champs Autre nom ou Initiales pour chacun des adhérents et utiliser cette valeur à la place.

    • The system preference TranslateNotices will add tabs for each installed language to the notices editor. The notice defined in the “Default” tab will be used if there is no preferred language set for a patron.

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Preview notice templates

For some notices it is possible to preview the notice template showing how it would look to a specified patron for a particular item or record.

If a notice template is previewable the notice template header will contain a field to enter preview data

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Fill in the necessary information for the template then click the Preview button below the message body. The preview dialog will indicate if there are any problems generating the notice template preview.

Overdue notice markup

When creating your overdue notices there are two tags in addition to the various database fields that you can use in your notices. You will also want to review the Customising notices and slips wiki page for information on formatting item information in these notices.

Important

Pour l’instant, ces nouvelles étiquettes fonctionnent uniquement sur les notifications de retard, pas sur les autres notifications en lien avec la circulation.

These tags are <item> and </item> which should enclose all fields from the biblio, biblioitems, and items tables.

Un exemple d’utilisation de ces zones dans un modèle de notification pourrait être :

The following item(s) is/are currently overdue:

<item>"<<biblio.title>>" by <<biblio.author>>, <<items.itemcallnumber>>, Barcode: <<items.barcode>> Fine: <<items.fine>></item>

Ce qui, en supposant qu’il y ait deux exemplaires en retard, doit donner la notification suivante :

The following item(s) is/are currently overdue:

"A Short History of Western Civilization" by Harrison, John B, 909.09821 H2451, Barcode: 08030003 Fine: 3.50
"History of Western Civilization" by Hayes, Carlton Joseph Huntley, 909.09821 H3261 v.1, Barcode: 08030004 Fine: 3.50

Existing notices and slips

Among the default notices are notices for several common actions within Koha. All of these notices can be customized by altering their text via the Notices and slips tool and their style using the NoticeCSS system preference to define a stylesheet.

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Review the Customising notices and slips wiki page for information on formatting item information in these notices.

Here are some of what those notices do:

  • 2FA_DISABLE

  • 2FA_ENABLE

  • 2FA_OTP_TOKEN

    • This notice is used to send a time-based one-time password to a staff user for them to use to log into the staff interface if they have enabled the two-factor authentication on their account.

  • ACCEPTED

  • ACCOUNT_PAYMENT

  • ACCOUNT_WRITEOFF

  • ACQCLAIM (Acquisition claim)

    • Used for claiming orders in the aquisitions module.

    • ACQCLAIM is the code of the sample notice, but it’s possible to define several notices choosing any code. Only the module “Claim acquisition” will be taken into account. All notices with this module will appear in the pull down on the late orders page.

    • This notice is sent if several criteria are met:

      1. The staff patron triggering the email has a valid email address.

      2. The vendor contact marked as “Contact about late orders?” has a valid email address.

  • ACQORDER (Acquisition order)

    • Used in the acquisitions module to send order information to the vendor

    • The notice is triggered manually from the basket summary page using the “Email order” button in the toolbar.

    • This notice is sent if several criteria are met:

      1. The staff patron triggering the email has a valid email address.

      2. The vendor contact marked as “Primary acquisitions contact” and “Contact when ordering” has a valid email address.

  • ACQ_NOTIF_ON_RECEIV

  • AR_CANCELED

    • This notice is sent to the patron when an article request is cancelled by staff.

  • AR_COMPLETED

    • This notice is sent to the patron when an article request is marked as completed by staff.

  • AR_PENDING

    • This notice is sent to the patron when an article request is changed to “pending” status

  • AR_PROCESSING

    • This notice is sent to the patron when an article request is marked as being processed by staff.

  • AR_REQUESTED

  • AUTO_RENEWALS

    • This notice is sent to the patron if automatic renewals are enabled and the patron has chosen to receive it in their messaging preferences.

    • In order to send this notice, you must set the AutoRenewalNotices system preference to « according to patron messaging preferences ».

    • This notice is set so that, depending on the result of the renewal, whether is was successful or not, the message will be different.

  • AUTO_RENEWALS_DGST

    • This notice is sent to the patron if automatic renewals are enabled and the patron has chosen to receive the digest in their messaging preferences.

    • In order to send this notice, you must set the AutoRenewalNotices system preference to « according to patron messaging preferences ».

    • This notice is set so that, depending on the result of the renewal, whether is was successful or not, the message will be different.

  • AVAILABLE

  • CART

  • CANCEL_HOLD_ON_LOST

    • This notice is sent to a patron who placed a hold on an item and staff marked this items as lost from the “Holds to pull” list.

    • This notice is sent if the CanMarkHoldsToPullAsLost system preference is set to “Allow to mark items as lost and notify the patron”.

  • CHECKIN

    • Cette notification est envoyée en tant que notification de « Retour » pour tous les exemplaires qui sont retournés

    • Cette notification est utilisée si deux critères sont présents&nbsp;:

      1. The EnhancedMessagingPreferences is set to “Allow”

      2. L’adhérent a demandé à recevoir cette notification

  • CHECKOUT

    • Cette notification est envoyée comme notification de « Retour » pour tous les exemplaires qui sont retournés

    • Cette notification est utilisée si deux critères sont présents&nbsp;:

      1. The EnhancedMessagingPreferences is set to “Allow”

      2. L’adhérent a demandé à recevoir cette notification

  • CHECKOUT_NOTE

  • DISCHARGE

  • This notice is used to generate a PDF to document a successful discharge request

  • The PDF can either be downloaded by the patron from their patron account or from the staff interface when discharging a patron

  • The discharge feature is controlled by the useDischarge system preference.

There are also a set of predefined slips (or receipts) listed on this page. All of these slips can be customized by altering their text via the Notices & slips tool and their style using the SlipCSS preference to define a stylesheet. Here is what those slips are used for:

  • ACCOUNT_CREDIT

    • Used to print a receipt for a credit (either a payment, writeoff or other credit).

    • The slip or receipt can be printed manually with the “Print” button next to a credit type account line in the patron’s accounting tab.

    • The slip or receipt can also be printed semi-automatically when paying or writing off a charge if the FinePaymentAutoPopup system preference is enabled.

    Note

    It is possible to set specific notices for different credit types. To do so, create a new notice with the code CREDIT_ followed by the credit type code.

    For example, to have a specific slip for writeoffs, create a new notice with the code CREDIT_WRITEOFF.

  • ACCOUNT_DEBIT

    • Used to print an invoice for a debit (any type of charge, such as a lost item fee, or overdue fine).

    • The slip or invoice can be printed manually with the “Print” button next to a debit type account line in the patron’s accounting tab.

    Note

    It is possible to set specific notices for different debit types. To do so, create a new notice with the code DEBIT_ followed by the debit type code.

    For example, to have a specific slip for lost items, create a new notice with the code DEBIT_LOST.

  • ACCOUNTS_SUMMARY

    • Used to print a summary of outstanding charges and unused credits in the patron’s account.

    • The slip can be printed manually with the “Print account balance” option in the “Print” button at the top of the patron’s details page.

  • AR_SLIP

  • CHECKINSLIP

    • This slip lists all items that were checked in today for this patron

    • To print this slip, click Print > Print checkin slip from the patron file

    • You can also print this slip from the Check in page

  • ISSUEQSLIP

  • ISSUESLIP

    • Used to print a full slip in circulation

    • La notification ou le reçu indique les exemplaires empruntés aujourd’hui ainsi que les exemplaires qui sont déjà en prêt.

  • HOLD_SLIP

  • OVERDUE_SLIP

  • RECALL_REQUESTER_DET

    • Used to print the details of the patron who has requested a recall on an item, when receiving the recall.

  • RECEIPT

  • TRANSFERSLIP

    • Utilisé pour imprimer un ticket de transfert

    • Le ticket de transfert est imprimé lorsque vous confirmez un transfert d’un site vers un autre dans votre réseau

This tool also allows you to modify database entries for some specific purposes. So far, only the overdue fine description is available.

  • OVERDUE_FINE_DESC

    • This template is used to generate the description for overdue fines in a patron’s account.

      Note

      The information available to this customization come from the checkouts (issues), items and patrons (borrowers).

Overdue notice/status triggers

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Overdue notice/status triggers

In order to send the overdue notices that you defined using the Notices & slips tool, you need to first set the triggers to have these messages.

Important

In order to have overdue notices sent to your patrons, you need to set that patron category to require overdue notices.

Important

Depending on the value of your OverdueNoticeCalendar preference the delay may or may not include days the library is closed based on the holiday calendar.

The Overdue notice/status triggers tool gives the librarian the power to send up to three notices to each patron type notifying them of overdue items

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  • Le délai est un nombre de jours avant que le prêt le plus ancien soit pris en compte et qu’une action soit lancée.

    • Important

      Si voulez que Koha déclenche une action (envoyer une lettre ou mettre des pièges sur un adhérent), une valeur pour le délai est exigée.

  • Pour envoyer des notifications supplémentaires, cliquez sur les onglets Deuxième et Troisième

  • Si vous voulez empêcher un adhérent de faire des prêts, en raison par exemple de ses retards, activez le blocage “Suspendu”. Un message apparaîtra au moment du prêt informant le bibliothécaire que l’adhérent est bloqué en raison de ses retards.

    • If you choose to restrict a patron in this way you can also have Koha automatically remove that restriction with the AutoRemoveOverduesRestrictions preference.

  • Next you can choose the delivery method for the overdue notice. You can choose from Email, Phone (if you are using the i-tiva Talking Tech service), Print and SMS (if you have set your SMSSendDriver).

Patron card creator

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patron card creator

The patron card creator allow you to use layouts and templates which you design to print your custom patron cards on your printer. Here are some of the features of the patron card creator module:

  • Personnaliser les modèles de cartes d’adhérent avec le texte récupérer à partir des données d’adhérent

  • Personnaliser les templates des cartes pour imprimer les cartes d’adhérent (correspondre aux planches d’étiquettes)

  • Créer et gérer des lots de cartes adhérent

  • Exporter (comme PDF) un ou des lot(s) à imprimer

  • PREDUEDGST

Formats

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patron card creator > Manage > Layouts

Le format définit le texte et les images qui seront imprimés sur la carte et leur emplacement.

Note

Jusqu’à trois lignes de texte, le numéro d’adhérent sous forme de code à barres et jusqu’à deux images peuvent être imprimé sur la carte

Add a layout

If you have no layouts defined, you will add a new layout by clicking the “New” button and choosing “Layout”.

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Vous pouvez aussi choisir de cliquer sur « Gérer les modèles » sur le côté gauche.Là une liste des modèles disponibles que vous pouvez choisir pour l’édition vous est proposée .Mais en haut de la page il y a toujours le bouton « Nouveau modèle ».

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  • Le nom que vous attribuez au format est pour vous, nommez le d’une façon qui vous permette de l’identifier aisément par la suite

  • La liste des unités vous permet de choisir l’unité de mesure utilisée dans votre mise en page.

    Dropdown list of measurement units used in the patron card creator tool, PostScript Points, Agates, US Inches, SI Millimeters, and SI Centimeters

    • Note

      A Postscript Point is 1/72 », an Adobe Agate is 1/64 », an Inch is 25.4 SI Millimeters

  • Next, note if this layout is for the front or the back of the patron card

    • Note

      Vous aurez besoin d’un modèle à la fois pour le recto et le verso de votre carte si vous avez des cartes de bibliothèque à deux faces, cette option ne vous permet pas d’imprimer des cartes à deux faces, elle ne vous permet que de savoir quel côté de la carte vous créez.

  • You have the option of adding up to 3 lines of text to your card. Your text can be static text of your choosing and/or fields from the patron record. If you want to print fields from the patron record you want to put the field names in brackets like so - <firstname>

  • Pour chaque ligne de texte, vous pouvez choisir votre police de caractères, sa taille et l’emplacement du texte sur la carte en utilisant les coordonnées inférieures X et Y

  • In order to show the barcode and the patron card number you will need to check the “Print card number as barcode” option. This will turn the patron card number into a barcode. If you want the number to print in human readable format you will need to check the “Print card number as text under barcode” option.

  • Enfin vous pouvez choisir jusqu’à deux images à imprimer sur la carte.

    • One can be the patron image which you can resize to meet your needs.

    • The other image can be something like a library logo or symbol that you uploaded using the “manage images” module of the patron card creator Tool.

    Important

    C’est la responsabilité des concepteurs de définir les lignes de texte, code à barres et images de sorte qu’il n’y ait pas de chevauchement.

Après enregistrement, vos profils seront visibles sur la page « Gérer les profils ».

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Modèles

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patron card creator > Manage > Card templates

Un modèle décrit l’agencement des étiquettes sur la planche d’étiquettes ou le stock de cartes que vous utilisez.Ce doit être Avery 5160 pour les étiquettes d’adresse, Gaylord 47-284 pour les étiquettes de dos ou Avery 28371 pour vos cartes d’adhérents, pour donner quelques exemples.Toute l’information dont vous avez besoin pour formater un modèle peut être dans le package, et sinon il peut habituellement être trouvé sur le site du fournisseur ou mesuré à partir d’un échantillon.

Add a template

Pour ajouter un nouveau modèle, cliquez sur le bouton « Nouveau modèle » en haut de votre page, cela vous amènera directement sur le formulaire d’édition de modèle.

"New" button in the patron card creator is open, the mouse cursor is on the "Card template" option

Using the form that appears after pressing either “Edit” or “New template” you can define the template for your sheet of labels or cards.

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  • L’ID du gabarit est simplement un identifiant unique généré par le système

  • Template code should be the name of this template to identify it on a list of templates

  • You can use the template description to add additional information about the template

  • La liste déroulante “Unités” vous permet de choisir l’unité de mesure utilisée dans la définition du profil.

    Dropdown list of measurement units used in the patron card creator tool, PostScript Points, Agates, US Inches, SI Millimeters, and SI Centimeters

    • Note

      A Postscript Point is 1/72 », an Adobe Agate is 1/64 », an Inch is 25.4 SI Millimeters

  • Les mesures (hauteur, largeur de la page, largeur et hauteur de la carte) peuvent être dans le package, et sinon peuvent habituellement être trouvés sur le site web du fournisseur ou peuvent être mesurés sur un échantillon.

  • Un profil est un jeu de réglages appliqué à un modèle donné juste avant l’impression qui corrige les anomalies uniques et particulières à une imprimante donnée (à laquelle le profil est attaché).

    • Avant de sélectionner un profil d’étiquette, essayez d’imprimer quelques exemples, vous pourrez plus facilement définir un profil qui correspond à votre combinaison d’imprimante et d’étiquettes

    • After finding and documenting any anomalies in the printed document, then you can create a profile and assign it to the template.

    • Important

      Ne pas préciser un profil si cela n’est nécessaire, par exemple ne cliquez pas pour définir un profil d’imprimante.Il n’est pas possible de retirer un profil d’un modèle mais vous pouvez basculer sur un autre profil.

    • Note

      Si vous utilisez différents modèles d’imprimantes vous serez peut-être amenés à définir plusieurs modèles qui sont semblables à l’exception des différents profils définis.

Après enregistrement, vos profils seront visibles sur la page “Gérer modèles de cartes”.

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Profils

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patron card creator > Manage > Profiles

A profile is a set of « adjustments » applied to a given template just prior to printing which compensates for anomalies unique and peculiar to a given printer. This means if you set a template up and then print a sample set of data and find that the items are not all aligned the same on each card, you need to set up a profile for each printer (or even different tray selections on the same printer) to make up for the differences in printing styles, such as the shifting of text to the left, right, top or bottom.

Si vos cartes s’impriment exactement comme vous voulez, vous n’aurez pas à utiliser un profil.

Add a profile

To add a new profile, you want to click on the “Profiles” button at the top of your page and choose “New profile”

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To add a new profile, you want to click on the “New profile” button at the top of your page. Using the form that appears you can define the values to correct the card misalignment on your label sheet. You may also choose “Manage profiles” on the left side and select one of the currently available profiles for editing.

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  • The Printer name and Paper bin do not have to match your printer exactly, they are for your reference so you can remember what printer you have set the profile for.

    • Note

      Par exemple&nbsp;: vous pouvez si vous voulez utilisez le n° de modèle d’Imprimante comme nom d’imprimante, ou vous pouvez l’appeller « l’imprimante de mon bureau »

  • Template will be filled in once you have chosen which template to apply the profile to on the template edit form

  • La liste des unités vous permet de choisir l’unité de mesure utilisée dans la définition du profil.

    Dropdown list of measurement units used in the patron card creator tool, PostScript Points, Agates, US Inches, SI Millimeters, and SI Centimeters

    • Note

      A Postscript Point is 1/72 », an Adobe Agate is 1/64 », an Inch is 25.4 SI Millimeters

  • Offset pourra être utilisé quand l’image entière n’est pas centrée verticalement ou horizontalement. Le glissement décrit une condition où la distance entre les étiquettes change dans la largeur ou la hauteur de la page

    • Pour les valeurs de décalage et de fluage, les nombres négatifs déplacent les informations d’impression vers le haut et la gauche de la page imprimée et les nombres positifs les déplacent vers le bas et la droite

    • Exemple: le texte est imprimé à 0.25 » du côté gauche sur la première étiquette, à 0.28 » du côté gauche sur la deuxième étiquette, et à 0.31 » du côté gauche sur la troisième étiquette. Ceci signifie que le décalage horizontal devrait être configuré à (négatif) -0.03 » pour combler cette différence.

After saving, your profiles will appear on the “Manage printer profiles” page.

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Une fois que vous avez enregistré votre nouveau profil; vous pouvez retourner à la liste des modèles et choisir de modifier le modèle correspondant à ce profil.

Lots

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patron card creator > Manage > Card batches

Un lot est un ensemble d’adhérents pour lesquels vous souhaitez générer les cartes

Add a batch

Pour ajouter un nouveau lot, veuillez cliquer sur le bouton « Nouveaux lots » en haut de votre page.En choisissant l’élement « Gérer les étiquettes » du menu de gauche, affichera une liste de lots déjà définis.Dans cet affichage vous pouvez soit sélectionné un lot pour le modifier soit en ajouter un nouveau.

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For a new batch a message pops up and directs you to select patrons to be processed in this batch.

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After choosing the “Add patron(s)” button the Patron Search window pops up.

Pop up window for patron search

From here you can search for patrons to add to your batch by any part of their name, their category and/or library. Entering * in the search box will display all the patrons.

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From the results you can add patrons to the batch by clicking the “Add” button. After adding patrons from the results you can start over and perform another search or click “Close” at the bottom of the screen to indicate that you are done. You will then be presented with your batch.

image1228 If you are satisfied with your batch you can proceed to export. If you want to correct or even delete that batch the buttons to do so can be found at the top of your screen. You can always come back here through the “Manage > Card batches” button.

Si vous désirez exporter toutes les cartes d’utilisateurs que vous venez de créer, cliquez sur “Exporter le lot de cartes”. Autrement vous pouvez choisir des utilisateurs spécifiques dont vous voulez imprimer les cartes en cochant la boîte sur la droite de leur nom et choisir “Exporter les cartes sélectionnées”.

La fenêtre d’export qui apparait vous demande de choisir un modèle à appliquer, un format et une position de départ (à partir de quelle carte commencer l’impression).

Note

Concernant la position de départ, si les 6 premières étiquette sont déjà utilisées vous pouvez commencer à partir de la position 7. Les étiquettes sont numérotées de gauche à droite et de haut en bas.

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Once you click “Export” you will be presented with a PDF of your labels for printing

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Lorsque vous ouvrez le PDF vous verrez les cartes à imprimer

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The above image shows a layout that is made up of two textlines. The first one is just plain text, the second one is composed of the <firstname> <surname> fields. A patron image is printed (if available) and the barcode of patrons number is displayed in code 39. All this is printed on a template with three columns and 8 rows using position 1-3 here. When printing this PDF please take care that your printer doesn’t rescale the PDF (e.g do not fit to paper size) otherwise the printer will not be able to print to the right place per your templates.

Manage images

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patron card creator > Manage > Images

Images uploaded using this tool will appear on the menu when creating patron card layouts. You are limited in how many images you can upload (not counting patron images) by the ImageLimit system preference.

Important

Les images doivent avoir un poids inférieur à 500 Ko.

Note

Les images chargées avec cet outil doivent avoir une résolution minimale de 300 ppi, ce qui est un minimum pour imprimer une image.

Au centre de l’écran se trouve un formulaire de chargement. Parcourez votre ordinateur pour trouvez le fichier idoine et donnez-lui un nom.

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Une fois le fichier chargé sur le serveur, un message de confirmation est affiché.

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L’image sera affichée avec le reste sur la droite de la page.

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À savoir&nbsp: Pour supprimer une ou plusieurs de ces images, cochez la case à droite de chaque image que vous voulez supprimer puis cliquez sur le bouton “Supprimer”.

Batch patron deletion/anonymization

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Batch patron deletion/anonymization

Cet outil vous permet, par lots, d’anonymiser l’historique de circulation ou de supprimer des comptes adhérents. Cela signifie que le système conserve un lien entre prêts et exemplaires, mais supprime le lien avec l’adhérent.

Important

Patrons with outstanding fines or items checked out are not saved. They are not completely removed from the system (they are only moved to the delete_borrowers table), but this tool does not provide as many checks as one may desire.

Important

Avant d’utiliser cet outil il est recommandé de faire une sauvegarde de votre base.Les changements faits ici sont permanents.

Important

The anonymization will fail quietly if AnonymousPatron preference does not contain a valid value.

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Pour supprimer ou anonymiser des adhérents

  • Check the “Verify” box on the task you would like to complete (delete or anonymize)

  • Entrez la date avant laquelle vous voulez modifier les données.

  • Lors de la suppression d’adhérents vous pouvez aussi choisir des utilisateurs qui :

    • n’ont pas emprunté depuis une date spécifique;

    • ont des comptes qui vont expirer avant une date spécifique;

    • are in a specific patron category

    • are in a patron list

  • Cliquez sur “Suivant”

  • Une demande de confirmation est affichée.

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  • En cliquant sur Finir, vos données seront supprimées ou anonymisées.

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Modification d’un lot d’utilisateurs

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Batch patron modification

With this tool you can make edits to a batch of patron records. Simply load in a file of cardnumbers (one per line), choose from a list of patrons or scan patron card numbers in to the box provided.

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Une fois votre fichier chargé ou les codes à barres scannés, cliquez sur “Continuer”. Vous verrez la liste des adhérents et des changements effectués.

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Il y a une case à cocher à gauche de chaque bloc de texte. Cliquer sur cette case va effacer le texte.

Important

Note : Si le champ est obligatoire, vous ne pourrez supprimer la valeur qu’il contient.

If you have multiple patron attributes you can change them all by using the “+ New” link to the right of the text box. This will allow you to add another attribute value.

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Une fois fois les changements effectués, vous pouvez cliquer sur “Enregistrer” et Koha vous affichera toutes les modifications apportées à l’adhérent.

Batch extend due dates

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Batch extend due dates

This tool allows you to update due dates in bulk, this can be useful if a library needs to close unexpectedly and cannot accept returns.

Batch extend due dates selection page

  • You can filter the selection of checkouts based on patron category, library or a combination of both. You can select multiple options in the dropdown lists if needed.

  • Next, specify a date range for the current due date of the materials on loan. For example, you may want to extend the due dates for recent checkouts but exclude long overdue loans.

  • Choose to extend the due dates either to a new hard due date or by a number of days. Using the number of days option can prevent large numbers of loans being due on the same date.

  • You can choose whether to preview the results of your selections.

Batch extend due dates preview results page

  • If you preview the results you will see a table which shows you the current due date and the new due date so that you can check your selections. You can untick checkouts if they are incorrect or go back and change your selection.

  • Click on the Modify selected checkouts button to see a confirmation screen showing the checkouts that have been modified.

Note

Access to this tool requires the Tools permission batch_extend_due_dates.

Tag moderation

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Tags

Depending on your tagging system preferences, librarians may need to approve tags before they are published on the OPAC. This is done via the tag moderation tool. If there are tags awaiting moderation they will be listed on the main staff dashboard under the module labels:

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Pour modérer les tags, allez dans l’outil “Tags”. En allant pour la première fois dans cet outil, vous verrez une liste des tags qui sont en attente d’approbation ou de rejet par un bibliothécaire

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  • Pour voir tous les titres auxquels ce tag a été ajouté, cliquez simplement sur le terme

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    • A partir de cette liste de titres, vous pouvez supprimer un tag sans pour autant empêcher son utilisation dans le futur, en cliquant sur « Retirer tag » à droite du titre.

  • Pour valider un commentaire, vous pouvez soit cliquer sur le bouton « Approuver » en face du commentaire sélectionné, soit sélectionner tous les termes que vous souhaitez valider et cliquer sur « Accepter » en bas de la page.

  • To reject a tag, you can either click the “Reject” button in line with the term, or check all terms you want to reject and click “Reject” below the table.

Après qu’un tag a été approuvé ou rejeté, il est déplacé dans la liste de tags qui convient. Un résumé de tous les tags est affiché sur la droite de la fenêtre.

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Qu’il soit approuvé ou rejeté, un tag peut à tout moment rejoindre l’autre liste. Dans la liste des tags approuvés, chaque tag a une option de rejet :

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To check terms against the approved and rejected lists (and possibly against the dictionary you have assigned for tag moderation) simply enter the term into the search box on the bottom right of the screen to see the status of the term

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Enfin, vous pouvez trouver des tags en utilisant les filtres sur la gauche.

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Upload patron images

  • Get there: More > Tools > Patrons and circulation > Upload patron images

Patron images can be uploaded in bulk if you are allowing patron images to be attached to patron records. These images can also be used when creating patron cards.

  • Créez un fichier texte et nommez-le « DATALINK.TXT » ou « IDLINK.TXT »

  • Sur chaque ligne du fichier texte, entrez le numéro de la carte de l’adhérent suivi d’une virgule (ou d’une tabulation), puis du nom du fichier image.

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    • Veillez à ce que votre fichier soit bien en plein texte (txt) et pas en rtf.

  • Compressez au format ZIP votre fichier texte et vos fichiers image.

  • Go to the Upload patron images tool

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  • Pour une seule image, vous avez simplement à pointer le fichier image et à entrer le numéro de carte de l’adhérent.

  • Pour plusieurs images, téléchargez un fichier compressé ZIP.

  • Après envoi en serveur, un écran de confirmation s’affiche.

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    Important

    Attention, il y a une limite de taille de l’image de 100 ko, nous vous conseillons une image de 200x300 pixels, mais les plus petites tailles fonctionnent également.

Rotating collections

  • Get there: More > Tools > Catalog > Rotating collections

Rotating collections is a tool for managing collections of materials that frequently get shifted from library to library. It adds the ability to store not only an item’s home library and current location but also information about where it is supposed to be transferred to next to ensure that all items in the collection are sent to the correct library. When an item in a rotating collection is checked in, library staff is notified that the item is part of a rotating collection and which branch it should be sent to if it is not at the correct one.

Important

The AutomaticItemReturn system preference must be set to « Don’t automatically transfer items to their home library when they are returned » for rotating collections to function properly.

  • To create a new rotating collection, click the « New collection » button, fill in the title and description, and click « Submit ». Once submitted you’ll see « Collection name added successfully »; click « Return to rotating collections home » to return to the main Rotating collections management page (or click Rotating collections in the sidebar).

  • To add items to a collection, click « Actions » and choose « Add or remove items » next to the collection’s name in the list of collections. Under « Add or remove items » scan or type in the barcode of the item you wish to add to the collection, and hit enter or click “Submit” if necessary.

  • To remove an item from a collection, either click “Remove” next to the item’s barcode in the list of items within the collection or check the « Remove item from collection » box next to the Barcode text box under « Add or remove items », and scan or type in the barcode, clicking « Submit » or hitting Enter if necessary. Note: The « Remove item from collection » checkbox will remain checked as long as you are on the « Add or remove items » page, unless you uncheck it, to facilitate quickly removing a number of items at a time by scanning their barcodes.

Transfer a rotating collection

Le transfert d’une collection sera:

  • Remplacer la localisation actuelle des exemplaires de cette collection par la bibliothèque dans laquelle celle-ci sera transférée

  • Entreprendre un transfert de sa localisation d’origine courante/bibliothèque d’attache à sa localisation courante/bibliothèque d’attache où il doit retourner. Lorsqu’une bibliothèque reçoit une collection, elle doit effectuer un retour des documents afin de compléter le transfert.

Vous pouvez transférer une collection d’une de ces deux façons:

  • From the main Rotating collections page, click on « Actions » and choose « Transfer » next to the title of the collection you wish to transfer; choose the library you wish to transfer the collection to and click « Transfer collection ».

  • Or, from the « add or remove items » page for a collection, you can click the « Transfer » button, choose the library you wish to transfer the collection to and click « Transfer Collection ».

    Important

    Pour compléter le processus de transfert, la bibliothèque recevant la collection tournante devrait enregistrer chaque exemplaire de la collection au moment où il sont reçus. Cela terminera le transfert en faisant en sorte que les exemplaires ne seront plus affichés « en transit ».

Si un exemplaire d’une collection tournante est retourné dans une bibliothèque différente de celle dans laquelle il a été transféré, une notification indiquera au personnel de la bibliothèque que l’exemplaire fait parti d’une collection tournante et leur précisera dans quelle bibliothèque l’exemplaire doit être envoyé.

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Additional tools

Calendrier

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > Calendar

Libraries can define library closings and holidays to be used when calculating due dates. You can make use of the calendar by turning on the proper system preferences:

  • useDaysMode: Choose the method for calculating due date - either include days the library is closed in the calculation or don’t include them

  • finescalendar: This will check the holiday calendar before charging fines

View of the calendar

Adding events

Avant d’ajouter des jours, choisissez le site pour lequel vous voulez définir des jours de fermeture. Lorsque vous ajouterez des jours, vous pourrez préciser s’il se rapporte à un site ou bien à tous les sites. Pour ajouter un jour :

  • Cliquez sur la date du calendrier que vous voulez marquer comme jour de fermeture

    Add new holiday form

  • Dans le formulaire qui apparaît au-dessus du calendrier, saisissez les informations de fermeture (Pour plus d’informations sur chaque option, cliquez sur le point d’interrogation [?] )

    • L’information sur le site sera renseigné automatiquement en fonction du site que vous avez choisi.

    • L’information sur la date sera également renseignée automatiquement en fonction de la date que vous avez choisie dans le calendrier

      • If this holiday extends on more than one day, enter the end date in “To date”

    • In the “title” enter the name of the holiday or the reason for the closing

    • In the “description” enter more information about this holiday

    • Ensuite, vous spécifiez si le jour de fermeture est unique ou s’il est répété.

      • “Holiday only on this day”: this is a one day holiday

      • “Holiday repeated every same day of the week”: this is a weekly closing (if you’re closed every Sunday, for example)

      • “Holiday repeated yearly on the same date”: this is an annual holiday closing (if you’re closed on January 1st each year, for example)

      • “Holiday on a range”: this is a holiday that extends on several days

        Note

        Make sure to enter a “To Date” at the top if you choose “Holiday on a range”

      • “Holiday repeated yearly on a range”: this is a holiday that extends on several days each year (such as summer holidays for schools)

        Note

        Make sure to enter a “To Date” at the top if you choose “Holiday repeated yearly on a range”

    • Finalement, décidez d’appliquer ce jour de fermeture à toutes les bibliothèques ou bien uniquement à celle que vous avez sélectionnée initialement

      • Si vous préférez saisir toutes les fermetures et ensuite toutes les copier d’un coup vers un autre site, vous pouvez utiliser le menu Copier en-dessous du calendrier

        Drop down menu of all libraries from which to choose to which library to copy the holidays

  • Après avoir sauvegardé vous verrez les événements affichés sous le calendrier

    View of the calendar page showing the calendar and all the programmed holidays

Editing events

Pour modifier un jour de fermeture :

  • Cliquez dans le calendrier sur le jour que vous voulez modifier.

    Edit holiday form

  • Dans ce formulaire, vous pouvez modifier ou supprimer les jours de fermeture. Pour valider la modification ou la suppression, cliquez sur “Enregistrer”.

    • Dans ce formulaire, vous pouvez modifier ou supprimer les jours de fermeture. Pour valider la modification ou la suppression, cliquez sur “Enregistrer”.

  • En cliquant sur des jours de fermeture répétables vous obtiendrez des options sensiblement différentes

    Edit holiday form with the option of generating exceptions for repeating holidays

    • In the form above you will note that there is now an option to “Generate an exception for this repeated holiday” and “Generate exceptions on a range of dates” choosing one of these options will allow you to make it so that this date is not closed even though the library is usually closed on this date.

    • Dans ce formulaire, vous pouvez modifier ou supprimer les jours de fermeture. Pour valider la modification ou la suppression, cliquez sur “Enregistrer”.

Additional help

Quand vous ajoutez ou que vous modifiez des jours de fermeture, vous pouvez obtenir une aide supplémentaire en cliquant sur le plus bleu qui se trouve en regard des différentes rubriques du formulaire.

Text under "Delete this holiday": "This will delete this holiday rule. If it is a repeatable holiday, this option checks for possible exceptions. If an exception exists, this option will remove the exception and set the date to a regular holiday."

CSV profiles

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > CSV profiles

CSV profiles are created to define how you would like your cart or list to export.

Add CSV profiles

To add a CSV profile

  • Click on “New CSV profile”

    Add new CSV profile form

    • Le “Nom du profil” sera visible sur le menu déroulant d’export lorsque vous choisirez “Télécharger” à partir de votre panier ou d’une liste

      View of the cart with the Download pull down menu open and "CSV - Record export" is selected

    • Le “Type de profile” détermine quels types de champs vous planifiez utiliser (MARC ou SQL) pour définir votre profil

      • Si vous choisissez MARC alors vous devrez inscrire des champs MARC

        Add new CSV profile form filled with MARC information

      • Si vous choisissez SQL alors vous devrez inscrire des champs de base de données SQL

        Add new CSV profile form filled with SQL information

    • The “Usage” field is used to indicate what type of report this CSV profile is used with

    • The “Profile description” is for your own benefit, but will also appear in the OPAC when patrons download content, so make sure it’s clear for your patrons as well

    • Le Séparateur CSV est le caractère utilisé pour séparer les valeurs et les groupes de valeurs

      Note

      L’option la plus courante est la virgule car la plupart des tableurs savent ouvrir des données séparées par des virgules (en France, privilégier le point-virgule).

    • Le Séparateur de champ est le caractère utilisé pour séparer les champs dupliqués.

      • Exemple : Vous pouvez avoir plusieurs zone 650 et voici le séparateur qui apparait entre chaque dans la colonne

        CSV file opened in a spreadsheet software where we can see the pipes separating subject headings when there are more than one

    • Le Séparateur de sous-champs est le caractères utilisé pour séparer les sous-champs dupliqués.

      • Exemple : Vous pouvez avoir plusieurs sous-champs $a dans un champ.

    • La rubrique Encodage vous permet de définir l’encodage des caractères utilisé dans le fichier.

    • The “Only available on the staff interface” checkbox (only for MARC profile types) lets you limit this CSV profile to staff interface only, meaning patrons will not be able to use this profile to export their cart or lists from the OPAC

    • Finally format your CSV file using the “Profile MARC fields” or “Profile SQL fields” box

      • Define which fields or subfields you want to export, separated by pipes. Example : 200|210$a|301 for MARC or biblio.title|biblio.author for SQL

      • Note

        You can also use your own headers (instead of the ones from Koha) by prefixing the field number with a header, followed by the equal sign. Example: Personal name=100|title=245$a|300

When you have entered in all of the information for your profile, simply click “Submit” and you will be presented with a confirmation that your profile has been saved.

Blue box with the confirmation message "CSV profile added successfully."

Modify CSV profiles

Once you have created at least one CSV profile an “Edit profile” tab will appear next to the “New profile” button.

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  • Sélectionnez le profil que vous souhaitez éditer et modifier les champs nécessaires.

  • Après avoir soumis vos modifications, vous verrez un message de confirmation en haut de l’écran

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  • Pour supprimer un profil, cochez l’option “Supprimer le profil sélectionné” avant de cliquer “Valider”

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Using CSV profiles

Your CSV profiles will appear on the export list or cart menu under the “Download” button in both the staff client and the OPAC

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Log viewer

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > Log viewer

Actions within the Koha system are tracked in log files. Your system preferences can be changed to prevent the logging of different actions. These logs can be viewed using the log viewer.

Screenshot of the log viewer tool

Note

The warning sign next to a module name indicates that the actions in this module are not logged. Change your logs preferences to log actions from a module.

En choisissant différentes combinaisons parmi les options proposées, vous produirez un fichier log spécifique.

A query for all logs related to the Circulation module produces a result

Log viewer results table

Note

You can customize the columns of this table in the “Table settings” section of the Administration module (table id: logst).

Nouvelles

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > News

Le module des annonces permet aux bibliothécaires de poster des informations qui apparaîtront dans l’interface publique (OPAC) ou professionnelle.

News tool main page

To add news to either the OPAC, the staff interface or a circulation receipt:

  • Click “New entry”

    New news entry form

    • Code: enter a unique code for this news item

    • Display location: choose where to put the news

      Drop-down menu of display locations for news

      • Librarian and OPAC interfaces: content will appear on the staff interface main page as well as in the news block on the OPAC

      • Librarian interface: content will appear on the staff interface main page

        A news block on the main page of the staff interface, followed by a quote of the day

      • OPAC: content will appear in the top middle part of the OPAC page

        • Below the news in the OPAC there will be an RSS icon allowing you and your users to subscribe to library news

          View of a news item on the OPAC with an RSS icon next to the text 'RSS feed for system-wide library news'

        • You can allow your users to choose to see branch-specific news with the OpacNewsLibrarySelect system preference

      • Slip: content will appear on the circulation receipts

        Issue slip with news at the bottom

        Note

        This can be activated or deactivated in the Notices & slips tool

    • Library: choose the library for which this news item will be shown

      • Prior to end users logging in to the OPAC only news items listed to appear for “All libraries” will display unless your system administrator has configured an “OPAC_BRANCH_DEFAULT” override in virtual host configuration. See installation for details.

    • Publication date: use the publication date field to control from which date your news item appears

      • Examples: (these assume today’s date as 7 May 2019)

        • Publish on current date: set publication date as 7 May 2019

        • Schedule for publishing in future: set date later than 7 May 2019

        • Backdate the news item: set date earlier than 7 May 2019

    • Expiration date: use the expiration date field to automatically stop showing the news item when it is no longer relevant.

      • If this field is empty the news item will be shown until you remove it manually

    • Appear in position: you decide in what order your news items appear

      • If the field is left empty, the news will appear from newest to oldest

      • In this field, 0 is the top-most position; the larger the number, the lower in the list the news will appear

    • You can enter the news title and text for each language installed

Note

You can choose which type of editor to use here (either a text editor or a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor) with the AdditionalContentsEditor system preference.

  • After filling in all of the fields, click “Save” at the top of the page.

    • Alternatively, click the arrow next to the “Save” button and choose “Save and continue editing” if you need to stay on this page to continue editing the news item.

Depending on your choice for the NewsAuthorDisplay system preference, you will also see the person who created the news item (this uses the logged in person).

HTML customizations

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > HTML customizations

Koha’s HTML customizations tool allows staff to post content to the OPAC.

Additional content / HTML customizations main page

To add content to the OPAC:

  • Click “New entry”

    New additional content entry form

    • Code: enter a unique code for this additional content item

    • Display location: choose where to put the content

      Drop-down menu of display locations for additional content

      The following image shows where each block is displayed on the OPAC’s main page

      View of the main page of the OPAC with each customizable section highlighted

      Note

      The Quote of the day feature is found in the tools module, and the news are managed in the news tool. The rest of the customizable blocks are managed in the HTML customizations tool.

      • ArticleRequestsDisclaimerText: content will appear and patron will have to accept before they can continue to the article request form; use for any copyright/disclaimer patrons need to be aware of regarding photocopies or scans of articles or chapters

      • CatalogConcernHelp: content will appear at the bottom of catalog concern form when reporting a concern in the OPAC, or reporting a concern in the staff interface. The default text is « Please describe your concern clearly and the library will try to deal with it as quickly as possible ».

      • CatalogConcernTemplate: content will appear in the main text area of the catalog concern form when reporting a concern in the OPAC, or reporting a concern in the staff interface. The default text is

        **Describe the concern**
        
        A clear and concise description of what the concern is.
        
        **To Reproduce**
        
        Steps to reproduce the behavior:
        1. Go to '...'
        2. Click on '....'
        3. Scroll down to '....'
        4. See error
        
        **Expected behavior**
        
        A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
        

        Astuce

        Since this will be in a text field, there is no way to add formatting. Make sure to use the text editor, not the WYSIWYG editor, in order to have line breaks in your text.

      • opaccredits: content will appear at the bottom of the page

      • OpacCustomSearch: content will replace the simple search bar at the top of the page

      • opacheader: content will appear at the top of the OPAC page

      • OpacLibraryInfo: content will appear in the “Libraries” page in the OPAC, as well as in the holdings table in the OPAC

      • OpacLoginInstructions: content will appear under the login box on the OPAC’s main page

      • OpacMainUserBlock: content will appear in the middle of the OPAC’s main page

      • OpacMoreSearches: content will appear under the search box at the top of the OPAC. By default (and depending on system preferences) there is a link for Advanced Search, Course reserves, Authority search, and Tag cloud. Any new searches will be added to the right of the already present links.

      • OpacMySummaryNote: content will appear above the patron’s summary and below the welcome message when the patron logs in to the OPAC and views their “your summary” tab.

        Top of the your summary page, under the title of the page, it is written Welcome Mary Burton, Click here if you're not Mary Burton and below that is a text that says This is OpacMySummaryNote.

      • OpacNav: content will appear on the left hand column of the main page and patron account on the OPAC. When on the patron account page, the content in OpacNav will appear before the account tabs (summary, charges, personal details, etc.)

      • OpacNavBottom: content will appear on the left hand column of the main page and patron account on the OPAC. When on the patron account page, the content in OpacNavBottom will appear after the account tabs (summary, charges, personal details, etc.). On the main page, the content in OpacNavBottom appears right below the content in OpacNav.

      • OpacNavRight: content will appear on the right side of the OPAC page

      • OpacSuggestionInstructions: content will replace the text at the top of the purchase suggestion form on the OPAC

    • Library: choose the library for which this content will be shown

      • Prior to end users logging in to the OPAC only content blocks listed to appear for “All libraries” will display unless your system administrator has configured an “OPAC_BRANCH_DEFAULT” override in virtual host configuration.

    • Publication date: use the publication date field to control from which date your content appears

      • Examples: (these assume today’s date as 7 May 2019)

        • Publish on current date: set publication date as 7 May 2019

        • Schedule for publishing in future: set date later than 7 May 2019

        • Backdate the news item: set date earlier than 7 May 2019

    • Expiration date: use the expiration date field to automatically stop showing the content when it is no longer relevant.

      • If this field is empty the content will be shown until you remove it manually

    • Appear in position: you decide in what order your content appear, when there is more than one in the same display location

      • If the field is left empty, the content will appear from oldest to newest

      • In this field, 0 is the top-most position; the larger the number, the lower in the list the content will appear

    • You can enter the content title and text for each language installed

      Note

      The title is not shown for additional content. It mostly serves to know at a glance what the content is about when looking at the list of additional content items. If you want a title to appear, you must add it in the text portion.

Note

You can choose which type of editor to use here (either a text editor or a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor) with the AdditionalContentsEditor system preference.

  • After filling in all of the fields, click “Save” at the top of the page.

    • Alternatively, click the arrow next to the “Save” button and choose “Save and continue editing” if you need to stay on this page to continue editing the news item.

Pages

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > Pages

The pages tool is a tool to create custom additional pages in the OPAC and in the staff interface. It is based on the same tool as the news and the HTML customizations, therefore it works in the same way.

Pages tool main page, with table of current pages

To add a new page:

  • Click “New entry”

    New page entry form

    • Display location: choose the interface from which this page should be accessed

      • Librarian and OPAC interfaces: two links will be created, one for the OPAC and one for the staff interface

      • Librarian interface: a link for the staff interface will be created

      • OPAC: a link for the OPAC will be created

    • Library: choose the library for which this page will be available

      • If an OPAC page is limited to a library, only logged in users whose home library matches the page library will be able to access the page.

      • Pages limited to a library will not be accessible to OPAC users who are not logged in, unless your system administrator has configured an “OPAC_BRANCH_DEFAULT” override in virtual host configuration.

      • If a staff interface page is limited to a library, only staff logged into that library will be able to access the page.

    • Publication date: use the publication date field to control from which date your page is accessible, if it should only be accessed at a future date.

    • Expiration date: use the expiration date field to remove the page after a specific date.

      • If this field is empty the page will be available until you remove it manually

    • You can enter the page title and content for each language installed

Note

You can choose which type of editor to use here (either a text editor or a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor) with the AdditionalContentsEditor system preference.

  • After filling in all of the fields, click “Save” at the top of the page.

    • Alternatively, click the arrow next to the “Save” button and choose “Save and continue editing” if you need to stay on this page to continue editing the news item.

  • In the table, a link will be generated for the OPAC or the staff interface or both. Use this link in HTML customizations, news or system preferences such as IntranetNav or IntranetmainUserBlock so that the patrons or staff members can access the new page.

    Note

    To link to a specific page, use the code in the URL with the code= parameter. For example:

    OPACBASEURL/cgi-bin/koha/opac-page.pl?code=staff_and_opac_42
    
    STAFFCLIENTBASEURL/cgi-bin/koha/tools/page.pl?code=staff_and_opac_42
    

    In multi-language installations, use the language= parameter followed by the language code to link to the page in a specific language. For example:

    OPACBASEURL/cgi-bin/koha/opac-page.pl?code=staff_and_opac_42&language=fr-CA
    
    STAFFCLIENTBASEURL/cgi-bin/koha/tools/page.pl?code=staff_and_opac_42&language=fr-CA
    

To use a custom page

Once the page has been developed and saved, you will see a summary table of all custom pages. This table also displays the generated links to access these custom pages. The links will be available in both the default language, and the installed language currently in use by the logged in staff member.

Pages tool main page, with table of current pages

There is a button to preview the created page. This is helpful to check how the page looks and functions before it is deployed.

Preview of a page

Now the page has been created, there are a number of ways to make the page accessible to your patrons in the Koha OPAC.

Example of a page on the OPAC

One option is to use an HTML customisation to add the link to the page to a section of the OPAC. The page can be added as a navigation link (in OpacNav, OpacNavBottom, or OpacNavRight). Depending on the page, it may be more suitable in the header (opacheader), footer (opaccredits), or main section of the homepage (OpacMainUserBlock).

HTML customizations are only displayed on the OPAC, so News items would be the appropriate tool to add the link to the main landing page of the staff interface.

Example of an OpacNav HTML customization with links to pages

The benefit of putting the page link in an HTML customization or News item is that you can use the WYSIWYG editor, instead of writing code. However, there is always the option to write the content in the HTML text editor too, if you prefer.

Those more proficient in writing code could use jQuery (Javascript) to insert their page link anywhere in the OPAC or staff interface.

Example of using javascript in the OPACUserJS system preference to add a link to a custom page under the search bar in the OPAC

Using jQuery, the pages could be added to either interface as simple text links, or as more advanced button links or image links. Add code to the OPACUserJS system preference to apply jQuery to the OPAC, or to the IntranetUserJS system preference to apply jQuery to the staff interface.

Clever ways to use custom pages:

There are many interesting ways to use custom pages in a Koha library. We’ve heard discussion of pages being used for tables of contents, frequently asked questions pages for the library, and enquiry forms.

Example of a custom page, with a form for patrons to send enquiries to the library

Another way to make custom Koha page content accessible for users, would be to catalogue those pages so they pop in in Koha search results, for example library tutorials that patrons may be looking for.

Example of a custom page "How to use eBooks Tutorial" catalogued as a bibliographic record

Once the page has been created, it can be catalogued in the URI field of a record (856$u). Alternatively, it could be catalogued in the URI field of an item attached to a record (952$u). Both of these fields get converted into hyperlinks by Koha. If catalogued in a record or item, it would then be indexed and become searchable.

Once catalogued, these pages could be used in other ways that are typically reserved for books and other records. The records representing pages can be added to lists, or stored in virtual collections or locations that make them easier to find in the catalogue. They could even be captured and displayed in carousels!

Task scheduler

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > Task scheduler

Le planificateur de tâche sert à programmer l’exécution d’un rapport.

To schedule a task, visit the task scheduler and fill in the form

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  • L’heure courante du serveur vous montre l’heure de votre serveur. La planification de tous vos états est basée sur cette heure-là, pas sur votre heure locale.

  • L’heure doit être entrée sous la forme hh:mm

  • La date doit être saisie en utilisant le calendrier pop up

  • Choisissez l’état que vous voulez programmer

  • Choisissez de recevoir le texte du résultat ou bien un lien vers le résultat

  • Saisissez dans Courriel l’adresse de la personne qui recevra l’état

Le planificateur de tâche sert à programmer l’exécution d’un rapport.

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Vous pouvez également planifier les états directement depuis la liste des états enregistrés en cliquant sur le lien Planifier

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Problème

Le Planificateur de tâches ne fonctionnera pas si l’user du serveur web n’a pas la permission de l’utiliser. Pour trouver si le bon user a les permissions nécessaires, vérifiez /etc/at.allow pour voir les utilisateurs. Si vous n’avez pas ce fichier, vérifiez /etc/at.deny. Si at.deny existe mais est vide, alors tous les users peuvent l’utiliser. Voyez avec votre administrateur système pour ajouter l’user au bon endroit afin que le planificateur de tâches fonctionne.

Quote editor

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional Tools > Quote editor

This tool will allow you to add and edit quotes to show on the OPAC or the staff interface.

Main page of the quote of the day editor

To turn this feature on set the QuoteOfTheDay system preference to either “OPAC”, “staff interface”, or both, and add at least one quote using this tool.

In the OPAC, the quotes will appear above the “OpacMainUserBlock” news block.

View of the main page of the OPAC, customized, and with each section highlighted and labeled

In the staff interface, the quotes will appear under the news on the left side.

A news block on the main page of the staff interface, followed by a quote of the day

Adding a quote

Pour ajouter une nouvelle notification

  • Click the “New quote” button in the toolbar at the top of the page.

    Main page of the quote of the day editor

  • Fill out the form.

    New quote form

    • Source: enter the source of the quote, e.g. the name of the person who said the quote

    • Text: enter the text of the quote

    Avertissement

    Les deux champs “Source” et “Texte” doivent être saisis pour que la citation soit sauvegardée.

  • Click “Submit” to save the new quote.

The new quote should now be visible in the list.

Importing quotes

You can import a batch of quotes as a CSV file. Your file must contain two columns in the form: « source », »text » with no header row.

Note

Vous serez invité à confirmer le téléchargement des fichiers de plus de 512 Ko de mémoire

  • To start the import process click the “Import quotes” button at the top of the screen.

    Main page of the quote of the day editor

  • Scannez les codes à barres des documents à renouveler

    Quote uploader screen

  • Après avoir sélectionné le fichier au format CSV, cliquer sur le bouton « Ouvrir » et le fichier sera chargé dans une table temporaire modifiable.

    A list of imported quotes in a table

  • From the listing you can edit either the “Source” or “Text” fields by clicking on the desired field. When you are finished editing a field, press the <Enter> key on your keyboard to save the changes.

    Clicking in the table on the source or the text of a quote will open a editable field

  • Quand vous êtes satisfait de vos citations, cliquer sur “Enregistrer Citations” dans la barre de menu et elles seront sauvegardées.

Editing a quote

To edit a quote, click on the “Edit” button to the right of the quote.

Main page of the quote of the day editor

Edit either the “Source” or “Text” fields.

Click “Submit” to save the quote.

Deleting a quote

To delete a quote, click on the “Delete” button to the right of the quote.

Main page of the quote of the day editor

Confirm the deletion by clicking “Delete”.

Quote deletion confirmation modal

Tool plugins

This tool is used to view, manage and configure plugins used as tools.

This section will only be visible once you have uploaded tool-type plugins in the plugin administration page.

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional Tools > Tool plugins

From this page, you will see only tool-type plugins.

See the managing plugins section of this manual to learn how to manage your tool-type plugins.

Télécharger

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional Tools > Upload

This tool will allow you to upload files to your Koha system for selection from the Cataloging form.

Upload files

When you first visit the Upload tool you might see a warning about missing a category.

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Categories are defined in the authorized value in the UPLOAD category. If you do not have upload categories then your files will be temporary and will be deleted the next time the server is rebooted. Once you have a value in the UPLOAD authorized value category you will see a Category pull down below the “Browse” button.

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Browse your computer a file, choose a category and decide if the public will be able to download this file via the OPAC. Once your file is uploaded you will be presented with a confirmation.

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Search files

All uploaded files are searchable from below the upload form. Using the form you can search any part of the filename and/or the Hashvalue.Search uploaded files

You will be presented with the results of your search.

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Access files

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional Tools > Access files

This option allows access to files stored on the server from the staff interface. The directories where the files are stored need to be defined in the koha-conf.xml file. In order to be able to access the tool, a staff patron requires the superlibrarian or access_files patron permission

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OPAC problem reports

  • Get there: More > Tools > Additional tools > OPAC problem reports

This tool is used to manage the problem reports sent by patrons via the OPAC.

Note

This tool only appears if the OPACReportProblem system preference is enabled.

From this tool, you will see all the problems that were reported by patrons on the OPAC.

Table of problem reports submitted by patrons

From the “Actions” column, you can

  • “Mark viewed”: mark this problem report as viewed, this will change the status of the problem report to “Viewed”

  • “Mark closed”: close this problem report, this will change the status of the problem report to “Closed”

  • “Mark new”: mark this problem as new (i.e. not viewed), this will revert the status back to “New”.

You can also batch change statuses by checking the boxes next to the problem reports you want to change and use the button at the top of the page.

Cash management

Koha includes a number of options for dealing with monetary transactions and actions to allow for fine grained tracking of these processes for audit and analytic processes.

Cash registers

Cash registers can be used to track transactions to a specific location in your library. This can be especially helpful for detailing where cash has been taken for payments and then when this cash is subsequently removed and taken to the bank.

Setup

To enable the use of cash registers, you must turn on the UseCashRegisters system preference.

You can then configure cash registers for your library from the cash registers page in the administration module.

Cashup

The action of “cashing up” can be recorded against a cash register from both the library details and register details pages.

Clicking the Record cashup button will simply record the date and time that the action has taken place and is intended to allow the regular record of when money is collected from the cash register and taken to the bank.

Both of the above pages utilize the cashup record to limit the display of transactions/summaries to only pertinent information, since the last cashup.

Once a cashup has taken place, a summary of the transactions taken during that cashup period is available for display, and printing, via the Summary link found next to the last cashup date on the register details page.

A cashup summary view modal

Cash summary for library

  • Get there: Home > Tools > Cash summary for library

A summary of transaction amounts associated to a libraries cash registers can be found under the “Cash summary for library” page tool.

The summary will list registers associated with your logged in branch alongside information about how much money should be found in each register, what is available to take to the bank and a breakdown of income vs outgoings.

Note: You can also access this page from the left hand menu available on the Point of sale page when that module is enabled.

Transaction history for register

  • Get there: Home > Tools > Cash management > Transaction history for register

A list of all transactions to have taken place at a register is available by clicking on the cash register name from the library details page.

If you have the correct permissions, you can re-print receipts, issue refunds and record cashups from this page.

Note: You can also access this page from the left hand menu available on the Point of sale page when that module is enabled.