Koha Community Newsletter: February 2020
Koha Community Newsletter 
February 2020
Volume 11, Issue 2
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 19.11.03 Released
by Joy Nelson
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.11.03.
Koha 19.11.03 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 7 enhancements, 78 bugfixes.
It also contains 1 security patch. Release notes updated 2/25/2020
The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-19-11-03-release/
Koha 19.05.08 Released
by Lucas Gass
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.05.08.
Koha 19.05.08 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 2 new features, 5 enhancements, 58 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at: https://koha-community.org/koha-19-05-08-release/
Koha 18.11.14 Released
by Hayley Mapley
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 18.11.14.
Koha 18.11.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 21 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at: https://koha-community.org/koha-18-11-14-released/
Community
Community Announcements
- Join Equinox on Twitter, #ChatOpenS, March 18, 2020, 12-1pm EDT. Guest moderator, Ruth Frasur. Everyone invited – it’s a brainstorming/networking session. Topic: Creating communities of practice can establish and nurture the ideals of open source while fostering skills acquisition for stakeholders and responsive, forward-thinking development of software products..
New Koha Libraries
Recipients of the First Equinox Open Source Grant Announced
The following two libraries were granted the Equinox Open Source Grant:
- The Biblioteca Nacional de Puerto Rico, a division of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Spark Central in Spokane, Washington.
Both grantees will receive hosting and support of Koha.
Koha Tips and Tricks
Kelly McElligott and Jessie Zairo have added some great new tutorials to their Monday Minutes series:
- Searching on Staff Client
- Using the Galadriel Plugin to Customize the OPAC
- Adding Z39.50 Targets
- Plugins in Koha
Andrew Fuerste-Henry shows you a new option for sending notices for Long Overdue Items.
Nick Clemens gives you some tips on setting up sounds in Koha.
Support Provider News
ByWater Solutions Welcomes Mitch Morrison as Systems Team Lead.
Upcoming Events
Hackfest 2020 in Marseille, registrations are open!
by Paul Poulain
almost everything is in the title : you can register for the hackfest by
sending me an email.
As announced previously, it will take place in BibLibre office,
Marseille, France, March 23-27
Some explanations for those who need them:
- the hackfest is NOT a developer week. it’s a week for anyone willing
to contribute to Koha, whatever the kind of contribution (testing,
documenting, …) - the hackfest is free of charge (but you’ll have to deal with your
traveling costs, of course) - you can come for 5 days, or less. Don’t come for 1 day, it’s
useless. coming for 2 days is very frustrating. Coming for 3 to 5
days is perfect ! - 40-45 ppl fit in our office. If we’re more than this, we’ll have to
book an additional room [thanks to the company just next door] So
register as soon as possible - there’s no schedule, everyone comes with it’s own
ideas/goals/expectations - that’s not a training session
- if you need an official invitation, just ask by email
from the Koha Dev Listserv
Kohacon20 programme is available
by Kathryn Tyree
Kia ora tātau katoa,
The Kohacon20 team are very pleased to let you know that the initial
programme is out! You can see it at:
https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/programme/
Thank you so much to everyone who proposed a talk for Kohacon. We
wouldn’t have a programme without you!
If you are able to attend, please register here:
https://kohacon20.lilregie.com/booking/attendees/new
It’s only 8 months to go. We hope all our international friends and
colleagues are getting excited about travelling to New Zealand.
With any queries at all, please contact kohacon2020@catalyst.net.nz
Ngā mihi nui,
The Kohacon team
from the Koha Listserv
March General IRC Meeting
The March General IRC meeting will be held the 11th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
March Development IRC Meeting
The March Development IRC meeting will be held the 4th at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
March Documentation IRC Meeting
The March Documentation IRC meeting will be held the 5th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
April Education Meeting
An education meeting will be held the 14th at 19:00 UTC. (note: Zoom meeting)
Past Events
February General IRC Meeting
The February General IRC meeting was be held the 12th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
February Documentation IRC Meeting
The February Documentation IRC meeting was be held the 6th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Editor, Koha Community Newsletter