Koha Community Newsletter: January 2026
Koha Community Newsletter: January 2026 
Volume 17, Issue 1
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn
Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch
Table of contents
Development
- Bridging the development gap (Kohacon 25)
- Building for the next 25 years (Kohacon 25)
- Contributing to Koha documentation (Kohacon 25)
- Empowering future information professionals (Kohacon 25)
- Foundations for the future (Kohacon 25)
- Implementing Bibframe in Koha (Kohacon 25)
- Koha, Biblibre et la transition bibliographique (Biblibre)
- Permissions overhaul pitch – what we have so far (Kohacon 25)
- Plugin for Koha: Normalising MARC21 data for database tables (Kohacon 25)
- Presseplus-Plugin (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- Those who build the house, are also built by the house (Kohacon 25)
Current Koha versions
Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.
| Date | Revision | Notes |
| 8 December 2025 | Koha 25.11.00 stable |
3 new features, 224 enhancements, 433 bugfixes |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 25.05.06 stable |
58 bugfixes (2 security fixes) |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 24.11.11 (LTS) oldstable |
76 bugfixes (1 security fix) |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 24.05.16 | 2 bugfixes (2 security fixes) |
| 5 December 2025 | Koha 22.11.33 (LTS) | 2 bugfixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Community
Notes, gossip and announcements
- Dispatches from KOhio: CCPL’s first two years in the Koha community (Kohacon 25)
- From catalogues to community – the journey of Koha in Germany (Kohacon 25)
- Koha and France: Success story (Kohacon 25)
- Kohala news (Décembre 2025) (Kohala)
New Koha libraries
Denmark
- Danskernes Historie Online in Albertslund, via Open Fifth
India
- Nistarini College in Purulia (West Bengal), via Libcare and Cure
- Sarat Centenary College in Hooghly (West Bengal), via Libcare and Cure
Sweden
- Konstbiblioteket in Stockholm, via Imcode Partner
- Strindbergsmuseets Strindbergianabibliotek in Stockholm, via Imcode Partner
Koha tips and tricks
- Acquisitions: Today and coming soon (koha-US)
- Als die Zettel laufen lernten : Therapie eines Medienbruchs (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- An introduction to Ngā Upoko Tukutuku (Kohacon 25)
- Book it! : using the Koha bookings module (koha-US)
- Boutique customer service with purchase suggestions (koha-US)
- Can a deleted list be restored? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can a patron category be limited from being a registration option at some branches? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can renewal notices be turned off if a library is using automatic renewals? (Bywater Solutions)
- Cataloguing via Google Book (Kohacon 25)
- Delete your Koha data! (safely) (Kohacon 25)
- Do Koha bookings honor calendar closures (Bywater Solutions)
- Feedback on Ilsas+ project and Koha records synchronization (Kohacon 25)
- From legacy to automation: Transforming a brownfield into the future (Kohacon 25)
- How to install Koha 25.11 on Ubuntu LTS in 2026 (RAFLIMTS)
- In data we trust, in analysis we thrive: A summary of BWS support tickets from 2024 (Kohacon 25)
- Inlibro’s plug-ins for Koha (Inlibro)
- Jquery: Controlled patron renewal workflow (koha-US)
- Jquery: Using Jquery from the Koha Community wiki (koha-US)
- Koha knowledge base (Koha Support)
- Koha LMS and Aspen Discovery for public libraries (Open Fifth)
- Koha LMS for NHS and health libraries (Open Fifth)
- Leading AI for indigenous languages (Kohacon 25)
- Maximizing efficiency and streamlining workflows with Koha acquisitions 2.0 (Kohacon 25)
- Moka Apiti : indigenous data sovereignty – significant issue in Aotearoa (Kohacon 25)
- NaMo, utility for populating missing date fields in authority records (Stefano Bargioni, Silvia Cagnizi)
- Neuerungen in Koha 25.11 (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- Perspectives on technology from libraries in Aotearoa (Kohacon 25)
- Presenting digital assets provided by a IIIF server in Koha (Kohacon 25)
- Seamless cataloging with BTCat integration in Koha (koha-US)
- SIP2 configuration module in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- Success with Koha acquisitions (Kohacon 25)
- Table settings in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- Testing Koha LMS fixes and features (Open Fifth)
- The impact of AI on libraries (koha-US)
- Verbundkatalogisierung – Koha im B3Kat (Koha-DACH-Anwendertreffen)
- Vufind: One organisation, one system, many uses! (Kohacon 25)
- Walk the talk: Putting our values into action and finding new ways of working (Kohacon 25)
- Whaowhia te kete mātauranga (Fill the basket of knowledge) (Kohacon 25)
- What I’ve learned from testing bugs (Kohacon 25)
- What’s new in Koha 25.05 and 25.11 (Open Fifth)
- Why is this pop-up appearing while editing items connected to a serial subscription? (Bywater Solutions)
Upcoming events
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
- KohaCon 2025 – 299 photos (Kristina D. C. Hoeppner)
For all past meetings, see the following links or the Koha Community calendar:
For any other Koha-related meetings, see the Koha Community calendar.