Koha Community Newsletter: April 2022
Koha Community Newsletter: April 2022 
Volume 13, Issue 4
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn
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Table of contents
Development
Current Koha versions
Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.
| Date | Revision | Notes |
| 26 April 2022 Kyle Hall |
Koha 21.11.05 stable |
5 enhancements 57 bugfixes |
| 26 April 2022 Andrew Fuerste-Henry |
Koha 21.05.14 oldstable |
18 bugfixes |
| 26 April 2022 Victor Grousset |
Koha 20.11.18 | 6 bugfixes |
| 1 December 2021 Victor Grousset |
Koha 20.05.18 | 11 bugfixes |
| 26 April 2022 Chris Cormack |
Koha 19.11.29 | 3 bugfixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Koha 22.05 release dates
by Fridolin Somers
Here is the timeline for the 22.05 major release:
- 29 April – “Soft” feature freeze : nothing big or with high risk of side-effects will be included into the final release if not marked as Passed QA
- 6 May – “Hard” feature freeze : nothing considered as an improvement will be pushed if not marked as Passed QA
- 11 May – String freeze : draft of release notes published
- 18 May – Beta : Only bug fixes considered major, critical or blocker will be pushed
- 26 May – Final release
Let me know if you have any request 😉
Roles for Koha 22.11 open
by Fridolin Somers
The Koha 22.05 cycle comes to an end, time to think of next cycle.
The roles for the 22.11 release cycle are now opened: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_22.11
The vote will take place during next general IRC meeting on May 4th.
The description of the roles can be found at this wiki page: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Project_roles
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Community
New Koha libraries
Germany
- Medienverbund in der Oberlausitz via LMS Cloud
- Stadtbücherei Traunstein via LMS Cloud
USA
- Clover Park Technical College Library in Lakewood (WA), via Bywater Solutions
- Colorado Correctional Institutions in Colorado Springs (CO), via Bywater Solutions
- Monterey County Free Libraries in Monterey (CA), via Bywater Solutions
- Parsons Public Library in Parsons (KS), via Bywater Solutions
- Santa Barbara Public Library in Santa Barbara (CA), via Bywater Solutions
Koha tips and tricks
- Can a library share to Mana? (Bywater Solutions)
- Holds queue report enhancements (Bywater Solutions)
- How do I customize the language dropdown in the OPAC? (Bywater Solutions)
- How to adding autocomplete support to MARC21 catalogue in Koha book data entry page (Lib Power Tech)
- How to float items in Koha (Bywater Solutions)
- How to turn on purchase suggestions in the OPAC? (Bywater Solutions)
- Jquery: Embiggening your selections (koha-US)
- Jquery / CSS: Lockdown library settings (koha-US)
- Jquery: Self registration confirmation slip (koha-US)
- Koha upgrades: Patrons and circulation in 21.05 and 21.11 (PTFS Europe)
- Koha 21.11 upgrades: OPAC and searching (PTFS Europe)
- Módulo de circulación en Koha ILS (Xercode)
- Patron record main contact method (Bywater Solutions)
- Privacy (Bywater Solutions)
- Retain fields during patron import (Bywater Solutions)
- Review of Koha library software (Myka Kennedy Stephens) – PDF
- What is an on-shelf hold? (Bywater Solutions)
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.
koha-US presents KohaCon22 in Lawrence, Kansas, USA
by Barbara Johnson, koha-US President 2022
Get ready for KohaCon22 in Lawrence, Kansas from September 20-23. The conference will be hybrid with an in-person conference streamed online.
The theme for this year’s conference is “Level Up”. How have you and your library used Koha and other open source systems and the experience of being a member of the Koha community to improve yourself, enhance your library, elevate your community, and advance Koha? A call for presentations will be sent out on May 11.
Please visit the conference website and check back often for updates – https://koha-us.org/events/conferences/kohacon22/
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.
Swedish Koha user meeting
by Ola Andersson
The Swedish Koha User Group had its first post pandemic physical Koha meeting in Karlskrona 29 March to 31 March 2022. A total of 65 persons met up for two days discussing Koha.
Here are the English translations of the meeting notes:
Some of the recorded presentations have English subtitles that can be enabled by the viewer.
Tip: Have a look at the “Automatic order integration Adlibris to Koha, Klas Blomberg, Library Mellansjö” from day 1 and “Experiences of developing a Library Robot: The dishwasher at BTH, Lasse Bourelius, Kristoffer Lindström, Peter Linde, BTH” at the beginning of day 2.