Koha Community Newsletter: July 2014
Koha Community Newsletter 
July 2014
Volume 5, Issue 7
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg and Joanne Dillon, Koha Community Newsletter Editors.
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Table of Contents
- Development
- Community
- Upcoming Events
- Past Events
Development
Koha 3.16.2 Released
by Galen Charlton
The Koha community is pleased to announce the release of version 3.16.2 of the Koha library automation system.
Koha 3.16.2 is a bugfix release and can be downloaded from download.koha-community.org. Debian packages of Koha 3.16.2 will be available shortly.
Koha 3.14.9 Released
by Fridolin Somers
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.14.9.
This is a maintenance release and contains some enhancements and several bugfixes.
As always, you can download the release from Koha Downloads.
See the full release notes and changelog here.
Koha 3.12.14 Released
by Kyle Hall
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.12.14.
This is a maintenance release and contains some enhancements and several bugfixes.
As always, you can download the release from Koha Downloads.
See the full release notes and changelog here.
Community
New Koha Libraries
Koha in Thailand!
In celebration of 80 years of Thammasat University on June 27, 2014, Thammasat University Libraries formally announce the switch of their ILS software from a proprietary system to the Koha open source library system. Thammasat University Libraries are one of the largest university libraries in Thailand, with 11 branches in 4 campuses, 420,000+ bib records, 1.2+ millions items, 42,000+ active patrons and 50,000+ items on loan. The successful migration to Koha is a collaboration between Thammasat University Libraries (self-preparation and self-training), Thammasat University’s Faculty of Engineering (hosting infrastructure), Punsarn Asia Co., Ltd. (setup and customization) and Wiserf Technologies Co., Ltd. (data migration).
Submitted by Pongtawat Chippimolchai
Koha in China and Vietnam!
- Dalian Maple Leaf International School, Jinzhou District, Dalian (China) via ByWater Solutions
- Dai Nam University (Vietnam) via Koha Vietnam
- University of Languages and International Study (Vietnam) via Koha Vietnam
Community Gossip
Paul Landers of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Preston Smith Library, outlines their experiment with Electronic library cards in Koha.
Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities ( Vietnam ) is using Koha for their student training courses. Koha Vietnam provided implementation and training services to the faculty.
Koha Vietnam has contributed a Vietnamese translation for Koha 3.12.
How to
Vimal Kumar shows you how to import patrons from a spreadsheet.
Nicole Engard shows you how to replace tables with columns in Koha’s Bootstrap Theme.
In his Did you know blog series this month, Pierre Vandekerckhove explains how you can limit the actions of a borrower who has too many fines.
Support Provider News
Carmen Hernandez joins ByWater Solutions as Koha ILS Trainer. Read the announcement.
Upcoming Events
KohaCon 2014
KohaCon 2014 will be held in Córdoba, Argentina, October 2014.
For schedule and registration details see the
KohaCon page.
North American Koha Users Group
The North American Koha Users Group will be held in Wenatchee, WA, August 2014.
For the schedule and other info see the
North American Koha Users Group page.
Topics to be covered in round table discussions and presentations:
- Custom SQL reports
- Testing bugs
- Workflow with git
- Upcoming features – demos
- Future of Koha – elasticsearch, plack …other improvements.
- Overview of Bootstrap in OPAC
August General IRC Meeting
The August general IRC meeting will be held on August 13th 22 UTC and August 14th at 15 UTC.
The agenda and other information are here.
Past Events
July General IRC Meeting
The July general IRC meeting was held on July 9th at 22 UTC and July 10th at 15 UTC.
The agenda and other information are here.
2nd July Development IRC Meeting
The 2nd July development IRC meeting was held on July 23rd at 15 UTC.
The agenda and other information are here.
Editor, Koha Community Newsletter