Koha Community Newsletter: June 2017
Koha Community Newsletter 
June 2017
Volume 8, Issue 6
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 17.05.01 Released
by Fridolin Somers
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 17.05.01.
This is a maintainance release. It includes 2 enhancements, 48 bugfixes.
As always you can download the release from
http://download.koha-community.org.
Have a look at the release post:
Koha 16.11.09 Released
by Katrin Fischer
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 16.11.09.
Koha 16.11.09 is a bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 1 enhancement, 57 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at
Koha 16.11.09 Release Notes
Koha 16.05.13 Released
by Mason James
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 16.05.13.
Koha 16.05.13 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 new features, 4 enhancements, 36 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available at
Koha 16.05.13 Release Notes
Community
New Koha Libraries
- Collingswood Public Library, NJ (USA) via ByWater Solutions
- Health Sciences Library at New York Medical College, NY (USA) via ByWater Solutions
- Emmaus Bible College Library, IA (USA) via ByWater Solutions
- New England Institute of Technology, RI (USA) via ByWater Solutions
- TOBB University of Economics and Technology Library, Ankara, Turkey (http://koha.etu.edu.tr/) via Devinim (http://devinim.com.tr/)
How To
Karen Holt has the following posts for you:
Learn more about Koha from Jessie Zairo:
- PayPal Set up in the Business Portal for Koha Integration
- How to Attach a File to MARC Records in Koha Cataloging
Go through custom searching, reports and the calendar feature with Kelly McElligott:
- Creating a Report to include all Branches
- Using the Log Viewer Tool in Koha
- Customizing the More Searches Menu on the OPAC in Koha
- Learn more about the Koha Calendar Features in the Staff Client
Try your hand at installing Koha maybe? Let Vimal Kumar show you how.
Michael Kuhn takes you through the new Koha 17.05 web installer ( in German or English ):
- English (standard language) as your interface language
- German (additional language) as your interface language
Upcoming Events
India: Koha and Dspace Workshop
by Vinod Mishra
Its my pleasure to inform you all that Koha and DSpace workshop will be
organized from 14-16 July, 2017 at INMANTEC, Ghaziabad. I ensure all
participants to provide voluntary support in implementation of above two
software in their libraries after the workshop. Therefore don’t miss this
opportunity to attend the workshop on above wonderful software which not
only makes the librarian work easy but it drastically improves the user
based services of the library and enhance the librarians reputation in
their institutes. Please visit the below link for more details.
http://www.inmantec.edu/event/three-day-national-workshop-on-open-source-software-koha-d-space/
India: Future of Library Services & Technology Solutions
by Amit Gupta
Countdown for the event “Future of Library Services & Technology Solutions”
at Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur has started. it is with great
pleasure that Informatics Publishing Ltd. invites you for the two day event
on Koha and related library technologies. The event is being organized by
Informatics Publishing Ltd in collaboration with Sawai Man Singh Medical
College, Jaipur on 8th and 9th July 2017, at the mentioned institution’s
campus.
With this event, we hope to achieve target of enriching the knowledge of
our fellow library community members. Such that, they are empowered to be
leaders in deploying and contracting technology for efficient dissemination
of information for the benefit of knowledge seekers throughout the
institution.
Informatics Group has recently celebrated completion of 37 years, of
serving with library community worldwide to manage the needs of knowledge
seekers. Informatics Publishing Ltd currently has a highly experienced and
robust team working for the library technology division. Team members of
the mentioned division will be presenting and coordinating a hands-on
workshop on Koha during this two day event.
The highlights of the event are:
- Hands-on workshop on Koha.
- Discussion on new requirements (features) in Koha for library community.
- Brief view of future of technology solutions for library community.
Please mark your calendar and block your dates for the workshop “Future of
Library Services Technology Solutions”
Register yourself for the event at: bit.ly/LTS-Seminar
Koha-US 2017 Registration
by Christopher Brannon
I am happy to announce that registration is now open for Koha-US 2017
Annual Conference, this year in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Registration is $25,
and can be paid online at the end of registration, by check, or at the
door. For complete details and to register, please visit
http://koha-us.net/index.php/2017_Koha-US_Conference.
July General IRC Meeting
The July General IRC meeting will be held on the 5th at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Past Events
Kohacon 2017
The 2017 Koha International Conference (KohaCon17) was hosted in the Philippines, June 19-23, in the central business district of Makati City.
Live stream and presentations on YouTube.
June General IRC Meeting
The June general IRC meeting was held on the 7th at 13:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
June 14 Development IRC Meeting
The June 14th development IRC meeting was held at 21:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
June 28th Development IRC Meeting
The June 28th development IRC meeting was held at 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is here.
Editor, Koha Community Newsletter