Koha Community Newsletter: November 2018
Koha Community Newsletter 
November 2018
Volume 9, Issue 11
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor
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Table of Contents
- Development
- Community
- Upcoming Events
- Past Events
Development
Koha 18.11.00 Released
by Nick Clemens
It is with great pleasure that the Koha community announces the release of Koha 18.11, a major release of the Koha open source integrated library system.
This release (as always) is the work of many librarians, developers, and community members who donate their time and effort to the project. Their contributions help shape the release, and the project going forward. None of this would be possible without them, and my sincere thanks goes out to everyone who had a hand in the project
Koha 18.11.00 is a major release, that comes with many new features.
It includes 16 new features, 235 enhancements, 432 bugfixes.
Debian packages are available, if you are following a suite you will automatically upgrade to the next branch with this release, more info here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Debian#Follow_a_suite:_stable.2C_oldstable_.E2.80.A6
Koha 18.05.06 Released
by Martin Renvoize
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 18.05.06.
This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes, along with some behind the scenes enhancements to allow plugin developers to support a wider range of Koha releases.
This is my sixth, and final, release as the 18.05.XX maintainer and I would like to thank everyone involved in this release and happily pass the responsibility on to its next maintainers, Lucas Gass and Jesse Maseto.
Koha 18.05.06 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 10 enhancements, 78 bugfixes.
Koha 17.11.12 Released
by Fridolin Somers
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 17.11.12.
Koha 17.11.12 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 5 enhancements, 33 bugfixes.
Community
Community Gossip
- The latest installment of Fred and the Avenging Chicken is now available!
- Participate in the 2018 International Library Automation Perceptions Survey
New Koha Libraries
- Häme University of Applient Sciences went live with KOHA in October 2018
- Coastal Alabama Library (USA) via Bywater Solutions
- Kent School Library (USA) via Bywater Solutions
Koha Tips and Tricks
Kelly McElligot created the following tutorials for you:
Jessie Zairo has some great tutorials to share:
Support Provider News
Equinox and Above the Treeline Announce Koha Integration with Edelweiss+Analytics. Read more
Upcoming Events
December General IRC Meeting
The December General IRC meeting will be held the 12th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
December Developers IRC Meeting
The December Developers IRC meeting will be held the 5th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
December Documentation IRC Meeting
The December Documentation IRC meeting will be held 4th at 19:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Past Events
Workshop by the Koha-Hellenic Users’ Group
by Sofia Zapounidou
The Koha-Hellenic Users’ Group organized the “First steps after your Koha installation” workshop at the 24th Panhellenic Academic Libraries Conference on October 31st. This workshop is the first one organized by the Koha-HUG and others will follow.
The Koha-HUG administration team presented basic Koha characteristics, translation of Koha in Greek using Pootle, installation and first steps after it, creation of frameworks, bugs & reporting, and migration of data from other systems to Koha. The workshop ended with a presentation by Mr. Andreas Roussos regarding the annual Swedish Koha Users Group meeting, which he attended earlier this year.
The Koha Hellenic Users’ Group administration team members are:
- Dimitrios Antonakis, librarian at the PotamitisVekris Law Firm
- Georgia Katsarou, librarian at the College year in Athens
- Evgenios Papadopoulos, librarian at the Municipality of Volos Library
- Andreas Roussos, library IT staff at the Holy Monastery of Paraklitos
- Giorgos Veranis, Senior Developer at Library Systems
- Sofia Zapounidou, librarian at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Library & Information Centre
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Swedish Koha User Group meeting in Luleå 17-19 October 2018
Between 17-19 October 2018 the Swedish Koha User Group held its sixth biannual meeting. The host for the meeting was Luleå University Library. About 70 particpants from all around Sweden came to the meeting but also some delegates from Denmark, Norway, France, Germany, and Greece particpated. The conference part included presentations for two half-days on 17 and 18 of October, followed by an optional hackfest on 18 and 19 of October.
In the hackfest a number of topics were discussed and worked upon. Key points from the hackfest were:
- How to use the ILL module?
- How does Libris XL work with Koha?
- How does ElasticSearch work in Koha?
- How can you use JQuery in Koha?
- Andreas Roussos presented What are some catalog housekeeping scripts for Koha?
Outside the work related topics the meeting also held a guided tour to the UNESCO World Heritage site Gammelstad Church Town, while also one Tex-Mex after work and an Italian dinner were arranged.
November General IRC Meeting
The November General IRC meeting was held the 3rd at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
November Developers IRC Meeting
The November Developers IRC meeting was held the 10th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
November Documentation IRC Meeting
The November Documentation IRC meeting was held 2nd at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Editor, Koha Community Newsletter