Koha Community Newsletter: August 2021
Koha Community Newsletter: August 2021 
Volume 12, Issue 8
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 |
| 24 August 2021 Kyle Hall |
Koha 21.05.03 stable |
1 enhancement 44 bugfixes |
| 25 August 2021 Fridolin Somers |
Koha 20.11.09 oldstable |
1 enhancement 46 bugfixes 1 security fix |
| 25 August 2021 Victor Grousset |
Koha 20.05.15 oldoldstable |
7 bugfixes 1 security fix |
| 26 August 2021 Wainui Witika-Park |
Koha 19.11.21 oldoldoldstable |
2 bugfixes 1 security fix |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Community
New Koha libraries
Cambodia
- Center for Khmer Studies in Siem Reap, via Equinox
Germany
- Stadtbibliothek Achern via LMS Cloud
- Stadtbücherei Augsburg via LMS Cloud
Malaysia
- Library of the Ministry of National Unity in Putrajaya, via Lemonjar Software Media
- Malaysia Institute of Architects in Kuala Lumpur, via Lemonjar Software Media
- The Attorney General of the state of Sabah in Kota Kinabalu, via Lemonjar Software Media
- The Federal Court of Malaysia in Putrajaya, via Lemonjar Software Media
New Zealand
- Auckland University of Technology via Catalyst
USA
- Fletcher Free Library in Burlington (Vermont), via Bywater Solutions
- Lincoln Library in Lincoln (Vermont), via Bywater Solutions
- Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro (Vermont), via Equinox
Koha tips and tricks
- Alternative authorized values (koha-US)
- Connecting Koha bibliographic records to CORAL resources (Bywater Solutions)
- Customizing purchase suggestions by branch (Bywater Solutions)
- Developing open source tools to support libraries during COVID-19 (Equinox)
- Grouping item types for circulation : new “Parent code” (PTFS Europe)
- How does Content Cafe integrate with Koha? (Bywater Solutions)
- How does Twilio work with Koha? (Bywater Solutions)
- How to install Koha on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Technical Digit)
- Item modifications in Koha (Bywater Solutions)
- Jquery: Blocking checkouts (koha-US)
- Koha 21.05 complete implementation (RAFLIMTS)
- Modifying a patron’s login (Bywater Solutions)
- Modifying the pick-up location for holds (Bywater Solutions)
- PayPal system preferences (Bywater Solutions)
- Plugins: cloudLibrary (koha-US)
- Publisher name cataloguing plugin (PTFS Europe)
- Serial claims and notices (Bywater Solutions)
- Show all checkins (Bywater Solutions)
- Suspending holds (Bywater Solutions)
- The new unseen renewals column in Koha (PTFS Europe)
- Using regex in batch item modification (Bywater Solutions)
- Viewing an item in Koha (Bywater Solutions)
- What authentication options are available with Koha? (Bywater Solutions)
- What the spam! Where are those patron notices? (Bywater Solutions)
- What’s the difference between a refund and a payout? (Bywater Solutions)
- Where are my circulation rules in the database as of 20.05? (Bywater Solutions)
Support provider news
- Koha upgrade for fall 2021 (Bywater Solutions)
- Motlow State Community College revitalized digital space : a case study (Bywater Solutions)
- When will the next upgrade be? (Bywater Solutions)
New implementations of Koha in Malaysia
by Jesse Kah (Lemonjar Software Media)
We have a few new implementations of Koha in Malaysia and would like to share with the community as follows.
The Federal Court of Malaysia
- Koha 19.11 (bi-language: English and Bahasa Malaysia)
- Their OPAC is open for public to do searching via https://libkoha.kehakiman.gov.my/
- Login is only available for the staff of Federal Court of Malaysia via Active Directory login
- System went live in mid-July 2021
The Attorney General of the state of Sabah, Malaysia
- Implemented Koha 16 during year 2018 and recently upgraded to Koha 20.05
- The searching in OPAC via https://sagclibrary.sabah.gov.my/ is ready only for internal Attorney General’s access after login
- Architecture setup in 2-tier environment
- System went live in mid-July 2021
Library of the Ministry of National Unity
- Koha 20.05 (bi-language: English and Bahasa Malaysia)
- The OPAC is open for public to do searching via http://pusatsumber.perpaduan.gov.my/
- Architecture setup in single-tier environment
- System went live in early August 2021
Malaysia Institute of Architects (PAM)
- Koha 18.11 – the implementation of Koha is done some times ago, however their OPAC was recently opened for public access with re-designed new look
- The searching in OPAC via http://library.pam.org.my:8000/ is closed and only available for registered architects to their organization, and self-registration is available via OPAC
- Architecture setup in single-tier environment
- System went live in early July 2021
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.
2021 koha-US annual conference
The 2021 koha-US annual conference will take place from 21 to 24 September 2021 in McKinney (Texas, USA). It will be hybrid in format with both an in-person and online component.
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.