Koha Community Newsletter: April 2016
Koha Community Newsletter 
April 2016
Volume 7, Issue 4
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 3.22.6 Released
by Julian Maurice
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.22.6. This is a security release and contains many bugfixes.
It includes 1 security fix and 61 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at
koha-3-22-6 Release Notes
Koha 3.20.11 Released
by Frédéric Demians
It is with great pleasure that we announce the release of Koha 3.20.11, a
maintenance release of the Koha open source integrated library system.
It includes 37 bugfixes.
See the full release notes here:
Download: http://koha-community.org/download-koha/
Stay tuned for Debian/Ubuntu package availability.
Community
New Koha Libraries
- Koha Klassmates at Emporia State University, KS (USA) via ByWater Solutions
- Ritzville Public Library, WA (USA) via ByWater Solutions
- Glenstal Abbey Monastary (IE) via Interleaf Technology
Community Gossip
Nick Clemens discusses several ways to get involved in the Koha community.
How To
Nick Clemens shows you how to customize sound alerts in Koha 3.22.
Vimal Kumar explains how to catalog multi volume books in Koha.
Upcoming Events
KohaCon16 Information
Have you registered for KohaCon16 yet?
- Where?
- Thessaloniki, Greece
- When?
- May 30th to June 4th 2016
View the presentations timetable.
More information can be found at http://kohacon2016.lib.auth.gr/
Koha-US RFP 2016 Meeting
by Christopher Davis
Koha-US is excited to submit this request for conference proposals for
the 2016 annual Koha-US meeting (Aug 3rd-6th in Monterey, CA). Koha-US
is a friendly group of Koha users who love to share with and cheer
each other on. Not sure of a good topic for discussion at this
meeting? Think about:
“I wish Koha did ________ for me”
“I’d like to learn ________ about Koha”
“I’d like to teach others to _______ in Koha”
“Things about Koha I learned the hard way”
Other topics for talks or round table discussions include: a novice’s
guide to customizing the OPAC, server tasks such as scheduling a
cronjob, how to develop Koha modules (e.g., dev more features into the
acquisitions module), open source technologies in your institution, a
poster session on the Koha development cycle, or an intro to automated
materials handling systems (sorting machine). Please submit your
proposals by May 10th, 2016 by visiting
Google RFP Form.
From Koha Listserv
May General IRC Meeting
The May general IRC meeting will be held on the 4th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
May Development IRC Meeting
The May Development IRC meeting will be held on the 11th at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Past Events
April General IRC Meeting
The April General IRC meeting was held on the 6th at 10:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
April 13th Development IRC Meeting
The first April Development IRC meeting was held on the 13st at 19:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
April 20th Development IRC Meeting
The second April Development IRC meeting was held on the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
April Fundraising Meeting
A Koha Fundraising meeting was held on the 18th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Editor, Koha Community Newsletter