Koha Community Newsletter: April 2018
Koha Community Newsletter 
April 2018
Volume 9, 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 17.11.05 Released
by Nick Clemens
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 17.11.05. This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and enhancements.
This is my fifth release as the 17.11.x release maintainer. Thank you very much to everyone who helped along the way, looking forward to many more.
It includes 4 enhancements, 28 bugfixes.
Koha 17.05.11 Released
by Fridolin Somers
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 17.05.11.
Koha 17.05.11 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 17 bugfixes.
Community
More than 230 Libraries running their catalog on Koha ILS today in the Arab World
by Massoud M. AlShareef from the koha newslist
Greeting from the Arab World to all in the Koha Community
I am happy to announce that we now have more than 230 libraries running their library catalog on Koha ILS in the Arab World.
You can see all 234 library names in this table ( dropbox link ).
They are distributed around in the Arab countries as follows: United Arab Emirates (11); Jordan (8); Bahrain (1); AlGeria (1); Saudi Arabia (97); Sudan (28); Iraq (28); Kuwait (1); Tunisia (1); Oman Sultanate (12); Syria (21); Palestine (1); Lebanon (6); Egypt (18).
These are only libraries we happened to know because we are the Koha support company for in Saudi Arabia and UAE, or they are served by a local Koha support companies, like Egypt Vision supporting some in Egypt and Saudi, or by Bywater Solutions in UAE, or libraries which have their own in-house support teams, like in Sudan and Iraq. We think the list will exceed 350 libraries that are using Koha today in our region if every local Koha library announces itself.
In behalf of all Koha libraries in the Arab world, we want to say thank you Koha community members, users/ libraries/ vendors around the world, for your contributions and support to make Koha what it is today. In particular, I would like to thank Bywater Solutions for their great and genuine efforts in improving Koha functionalities and in making Koha support reach records high in customers satisfaction. Our thanks are extended to Katipo, Catalyst and BibLibre for being there for koha development and support since the early days of Koha as I can remember.
I hope to meet you all one day to thank you in person in behalf of all of us here in the Arabic world, using and/or supporting Koha ILS.
New Koha Libraries
How To
Vimal Kumar shows you how to configure Firefox to view regional languages properly.
Upcoming Events
KohaCon2018 Website
by Jesse Maseto from the koha newslist
The KohaCon18 Website is ready for registrations.
Individuals can register, submit a proposal and more through the site.
The KohaCon International Conference will take place on September 10th through 12th, followed by a Cultural Day on September 13th and Hackfest on the 14th through 16th.
http://kohacon2018.bywatersolutions.com/index.html
Koha-US Users Group: October Meeting
by Jason Robb from the koha newslist
*koha-US meetings are open to any and all.*
*Board Meeting* –
- When: Wednesday, May 2nd at 10:30 CDT (time converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+May+board+meeting&iso=20180502T1030&p1=5227 )
- Where: https://kslib.zoom.us/j/450230564
- Topics: http://koha-us.net/index.php/BoardTopics2018-05-02
*Board meetings* focus on business-related matters and topics that would otherwise slow down general meetings.
*General Meeting* –
- When: Wednesday, May 9th at 10:30 CDT (time converter https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=koha-US+May+general+meeting&iso=20180509T1030&p1=5227 )
- Where: https://kslib.zoom.us/j/450230564 – https://kslib.zoom.us/j/450230564%E2%80%8B
*General meetings* put an emphasis on Koha — bugs, issues, development ideas, workflows — bring your problems and questions so we can discuss! These meetings also include major organizational decisions and reports from various committees.
To view minutes and recordings from previous meetings, visit http://koha-us.net/index.php/Meeting_Archives
May General IRC Meeting
The May General IRC meeting will be held May 2nd at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
May Developers IRC Meeting
The May Developers IRC meeting will be held May 9th at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
May Documentation IRC Meeting
The May Documentation IRC meeting will be held May 9th at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Past Events
EBSCO and Koha in Italy
by Romana Franziska Wallner
On April 18th – 2018, EBSCO in collaboration with Koha Gruppo Italiano and The American University of Rome organized a meeting regarding EBSCO products like e-books, databases, electronic journals. The FOLIO evolution was presented too. Stefano Bargioni was invited to speak about the development of Koha in Italy, its relationship with FOLIO, based on its roadmap and the apps in preparation.
April General IRC Meeting
The April general IRC meeting was held on the 4th at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
April Development IRC Meeting
The April development IRC meeting was held April 11th at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
April Documentation IRC meeting
The April documentation IRC meeting was held April 11th at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
GDPR IRC Meeting
The second GDPR IRC meeting was held April 18th at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Editor, Koha Community Newsletter