Koha Community Newsletter: January 2025
Koha Community Newsletter: January 2025 
Volume 16, Issue 1
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn
Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn.ch
Table of contents
Development
Current Koha versions
Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.
| Date | Revision | Notes |
| 13 January 2025 | Koha 24.11.01 stable |
1 enhancement 19 bugfixes |
| 13 January 2025 | Koha 24.05.06 oldstable |
5 enhancements 251 bugfixes |
| 13 January 2025 | Koha 23.11.11 | 3 enhancements 144 bugfixes (3 security fixes) |
| 12 November 2024 | Koha 23.05.16 | 5 bugfixes |
| 13 January 2025 | Koha 22.11.23 | “contains many bugfixes, [3] security fixes and enhancements” |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Community
New Koha libraries
Germany
- Öffentliche Bibliothek Staufen im Breisgau, via LMS Cloud
Poland
USA
- Odessa College in Odessa (TX), via Equinox
Koha tips and tricks
- A complete course on the Koha library system in Urdu / کوہا نظامِ کتب خانہ پر ارُدوُ میں مکمل کورس (RAFLIMTS)
- Are you ready? / کیا آپ تیار ہیں؟ (RAFLIMTS)
- Can Koha report runtime parameters be limited to values used by the library? (Bywater Solutions)
- Kohala news no. 21 (Septembre 2024) (Kohala)
- Copy patron permissions (PTFS Europe)
- Day loans (PTFS Europe)
- Do deleted accounts still appear in Koha action logs? (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 24.11 release notes (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 24.11: Acquisitions enhancements (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 24.11: Booking enhancements (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 24.11: ERM enhancements (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 24.11: Expired passwords and preferred names (koha-US)
- Koha 24.11: Patron customizations and enhancements (Bywater Solutions)
- OPAC updates (Bywater Solutions)
- SQL: More on subqueries and coalesce (koha-US)
- What is open source? (PTFS Europe)
- Will Koha update due dates or waiting hold expiration dates retroactively if a holiday is added to a calendar? (Bywater Solutions)
- Why did this hold expire early? (Bywater Solutions)
- Why is a bug called a “bug”? (PTFS Europe)
Support provider news
- 2024 year in review: Koha Community (part 1) (Bywater Solutions)
- 2024 year in review: Koha Community (part 2) (Bywater Solutions)
- PTFS Europe appointed to APUC’s framework agreement to supply library management systems and associated services (PTFS Europe)
Upcoming events
For all upcoming IRC meetings see Next IRC meetings or the Koha Community calendar.
For any other Koha-related meeting just see the Koha Community calendar.
Past events
For all past IRC meetings see the following links or the Koha Community calendar.
For any other Koha-related meeting just see the Koha Community calendar.