Koha Community Newsletter: July 2025
Koha Community Newsletter: July 2025 
Volume 16, Issue 7
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn
Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch
Table of contents
Development
Current Koha versions
Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.
| Date | Revision | Notes |
| 25 July 2025 | Koha 25.05.02 stable |
25 enhancements, 96 bugfixes |
| 25 July 2025 | Koha 24.11.07 (LTS) oldstable |
7 bugfixes |
| 25 July 2025 | Koha 24.05.12 | 1 enhancement, 7 bugfixes |
| 27 May 2025 | Koha 23.11.15 | 2 bugfixes (1 security fix) |
| 25 July 2025 | Koha 22.11.29 (LTS) | 1 bugfix |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
New developments
- kolt : Koha Offline Library Tool (Kendall Purser)
Community
Notes, gossip and announcements
- KohaCon26 – Community vote now open! (Caroline Cyr La Rose)
- Voting for KohaCon 2026 is now open (Jake Deery)
New Koha libraries
Colombia
- Ministerio de educación nacional de Colombia in Bogotá, via Biteca
Germany
- Stadtbibliothek Saarbrücken via LMS Cloud
Great Britain
- Heythrop Library in London, via Open Fifth
Koha tips and tricks
- Accessibility in Koha LMS and Aspen Discovery (Open Fifth)
- Aggressive AI harvesting of digital resources (Lyrasis)
- AI bots swarm library, cultural heritage sites, causing slowdowns and crashes (Library Journal)
- Are AI bots kncoking cultural heritage offline? (Michael Weinberg)
- Can a Koha Library customize an authority framework? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can I see who last updated a patron account in Koha? (Bywater Solutions)
- Citations in Koha (Open Fifth)
- Customising the Koha OPAC (Open Fifth)
- Define a charge for late hold pick-ups in the circulation rules (Bywater Solutions)
- Google Analytics on your Koha OPAC (Open Fifth)
- How can we update borrower relationship options? (Bywater Solutions)
- How long are resolved return claims retained? (Bywater Solutions)
- Installing Koha 25 on AWS Free Tier – possible or not? (RAFLIMTS)
- Koha Acquisitions 2.0 – a new dawn… (Open Fifth)
- Koha Offline Library Tool (Bywater Solutions)
- koha-US resources (koha-US)
- Library IT vs. the AI bots (UNC University Libraries)
- LocalHoldsPriority to fill by a hierarchical group (Bywater Solutions)
- Purchase suggestion messages in Koha (Open Fifth)
- The curious users ultimate guide to asking better AI questions (Catalyst)
- Tools for better training guides (koha-US)
- Transform Koha website into a complete website (RAFLIMTS)
- Why can’t I see the transacting librarian on patron fees and payments? (Bywater Solutions)
Support provider news
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.