Koha Community Newsletter: February 2020

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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

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.

Read the full announcement

Koha Tips and Tricks

Kelly McElligott and Jessie Zairo have added some great new tutorials to their Monday Minutes series:

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.

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