Koha Community Newsletter: July 2023
Koha Community Newsletter: July 2023 
Volume 14, Issue 7
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 |
| 28 June 2023 | Koha 23.05.01 stable |
6 enhancements 35 bugfixes |
| 26 June 2023 | Koha 22.11.07 oldstable |
5 enhancements 77 bugfixes |
| 28 June 2023 | Koha 22.05.14 | 27 bugfixes |
| 11 May 2023 | Koha 21.11.20 | 20 bugfixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Community
New Koha libraries
Austria
- Bibliothek Rankweil via LMS Cloud
Germany
- Stadtbücherei Heide via LMS Cloud
Great Britain
- Aga Khan Library in London, via Dataly Tech
- German Historical Institute London Library via PTFS Europe
USA
- Corvallis-Benton County Public Library in Corvallis (OR), via Bywater Solutions
- Pennsylvania Institute of Technology in Upper Providence (PA), via Bywater Solutions
- Rampart Library Disrict in Florissant (CO) and Woodland Park (CO), via Bywater Solutions
- RH Johnson Library and Data Resource Center in Sun City West (AZ), via Bywater Solutions
- Rutherford County Library System in Linebaugh (TN), via Bywater Solutions
Koha tips and tricks
- Can I batch modify items based on specific MARC data? (Bywater Solutions)
- Current session checkout slips (koha-US)
- Hiding patron details (Bywater Solutions)
- How do I add a link to a record? (Bywater Solutions)
- How do I end checkouts to clean up old lost items? (Bywater Solutions)
- How do I set up a CSV profile? (Bywater Solutions)
- Implementing Koha at your library (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 23 multi instances installation (RAFLIMTS)
- Limiting unregulated values (koha-US)
- Placing multiple holds (Bywater Solutions)
- Purchase suggestions options (Bywater Solutions)
- Reindexing and search results (Bywater Solutions)
- Release of Koha 23.05 (Catalyst)
- Updating expired holds (Bywater Solutions)
- Using the Gobi plugin with Koha (PTFS Europe)
- What re the options for calculating the beginning of a renewal period? (Bywater Solutions)
Support provider news
- Bywater Solutions contributions to Koha – June 2023 (Bywater Solutions)
- Staff Spotlight: Hebah Amin-Headley (Bywater Solutions)
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.
Schedule and registration for the Perl and Koha conference 2023
By the Conference Organizers Team
The schedule is complete now: http://perlkohacon.fi/Schedule.html
- 3 days of talks and 2 days for workshops, all in three streams of various Perl and Koha, many for developers, some for end-users and librarians. It’s when the product meets the language, and users meet developers.
- But we need some more 5 minutes lightning talks, so feel free to prepare something (tell us by form https://perlkohacon.fi/cft or by email)
🎉 REGISTRATION is open now: https://perlkohacon.fi/Registration.html – we
have the conference free, but registration is mandatory.
‼️ We need to know that you will come: Some great social events (🚢!) are planned, thus ✍ PLEASE DO!
✈️🏨 We added hints about hotels, trip, Helsinki: http://perlkohacon.fi … 🙏 share, and Welcome!
KohaCon24 to be held in Montréal, Canada
In the IRC General Meeting held on 6 July 2023, the proposal for KohaCon24 by Inlibro to host in Montréal was accepted unanimously by all present.
The conference will be open to in-person and online participation. Their proposal can be seen here: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon24_Proposals.
The target date is September 2024, but more information will be available in
the coming months.
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.