Koha Community Newsletter: February 2026

Koha Community Newsletter: February 2026
Volume 17, Issue 2
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn

Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch

Table of contents

• Development
  • Current Koha versions
• Community
  • New Koha libraries
  • Koha tips and tricks
  • Support provider news
• Upcoming events
• Past events

Development

Current Koha versions

Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.

The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.

Community

New Koha libraries

Germany

• Stadtbibliothek Annaberg-Buchholz, via LMS Cloud
• Stadtbücherei Sockach, via LMS Cloud

USA

• Akron-Summit County Public Library in Akron (OH), via Bywater Solutions

Koha tips and tricks

• Doing more with circulation rules in Koha 25.11 (Open Fifth)
• Design and generate pixel-perfect PDF documents in minutes (Craft my PDF)
• CraftMyPDF with Design Overview (Lightwave Library)
• Koha PDF Report Crafting plug-In (Lightwave Library)
• Elasticsearch 7 for Koha 25.11: Solve multilingual search issues (Urdu, Arabic, Hindi) (RAFLIMTS)
• How are quick spine labels formatted? (Bywater Solutions)
• How can I display cover images for records with a 979 ISBN? (Bywater Solutions)
• How does Koha’s automatic item modification by age tool calculate age? (Bywater Solutions)
• Koha LMS for museum and special collection libraries (Open Fifth)
• Protecting accounts from accidental deletion in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
• Koha LMS for academic libraries (Open Fifth)
• Seven of the best ways to automate your library tasks in 2026 (Catalyst)
• SQL: Borrower counts (koha-US)
• SQL: Statistics for failed login attempts (koha-US)
• Understanding authorities (koha-US)
• What are the manual cancellation options for holds expired on the shelf? (Bywater Solutions)
• What happened to the Patron Emailer plugin? (Bywater Solutions)

Support provider news

• Bywater Solutions commits to enhancing speed and responsiveness in Koha (Bywater Solutions)
• Bywater Solutions partners with Open Fifth to simplify SIP administration to Koha Community users (Bywater Solutions)
• Bywater Solutions partners with Open Fifth to streamline SFTP management to Koha Community users (Bywater Solutions)

Upcoming events

• Call for presentations (Kohacon 26) – the call for presentations is open until 14 March 2026

For all upcoming meetings, see next meetings or the Koha Community calendar.

For any other Koha-related meetings, see the Koha Community calendar.

Past events

For all past meetings, see the following links or the Koha Community calendar:

• All past General Meetings
• All past Developers Meetings
• All past Documentation Meetings

For any other Koha-related meetings, see the Koha Community calendar.