Koha Community Newsletter: August 2026
Koha Community Newsletter: August 2026 
Volume 17, Issue 8
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn
Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch
Table of contents
Development
- Bywater Solutions develops a new generation of Koha Offline Circulation (Bywater Solutions)
Current Koha versions
Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.
| Date | Revision | Notes |
| 26 August 2026 | Koha 26.05.03 stable |
3 enhancements, 66 bugfixes (3 security fixes) |
| 26 August 2026 | Koha 25.11.08 oldstable |
1 enhancement, 25 bugfixes (3 security fixes) |
| 26 August 2026 | Koha 25.05.14 | 6 bugfixes (3 security fixes) |
| 26 August 2026 | Koha 24.11.19 (LTS) | 1 enhancement, 26 bugfixes (3 security fixes) |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Community
Notes, gossip and announcements
- Health Libraries Koha User Group (HLKUG) – How to get involved (Open Fifth)
- Kohala news no. 27 (Juillet 2026) (Kohala)
New Koha libraries
Austria
- Bibliothek Traun in Traun, via LMS Cloud
France
- Médiathèque Jean-Louis Favre in Jacob-Bellecombette, via Biblibre
Germany
- AWO Bibliothek Bad Düben in Bad Düben, via LMS Cloud
- Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau in Karslruhe, via Admin Kuhn
- Stadtbibliothek der Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt in Darmstadt, via LMS Cloud
- Stadtbücherei Sachsenheim in Sachsenheim, via LMS Cloud
USA
- Marshall B. Ketchum University Memorial Library in Fullerton (CA), via Bywater Solutions
Koha tips and tricks
- Activity reports in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- Choosing the right library management software for your library (Catalyst)
- Competing to co-operate – Open source library software (Open Fifth)
- Did the modal change for changing apatron categories in the Koha staff client? (Bywater Solutions)
- How do I ensure my patrons muse use a PIN/password to sign in to Overdrive Resources? (Bywater Solutions)
- How do record merges handle total circulation counts? (Bywater Solutions)
- How does patron-initiated cancellation of waiting holds work? (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha and Aspen – the dynamic duo (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha LMS log viewer display enhancements (Open Fifth)
- Koha LMS migration – Data mapping workshop preparation (Open Fifth)
- Making payments with Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- Navigating library collections using Koha subject terms (AI4Library)
- Ten common LMS content mistakes and how to fix them (Catalyst)
- The return of the return cart enhancement (koha-US)
- Using Koha library management system for the nonprofit Samikshani (AI4Library)
- What item-level details can Koha populate from record-level data? (Bywater Solutions)
Support provider news
- Behind the scenes – our upgrading process (Open Fifth)
- Open Fifth’s support service and helpdesk portal refresher (Open Fifth)
Upcoming events
For all upcoming meetings, see next meetings or the Koha Community calendar.
For any other Koha-related meetings, see the Koha Community calendar.
Past events
For all past meetings, see the following links or the Koha Community calendar:
For any other Koha-related meetings, see the Koha Community calendar.