Koha Community Newsletter: June 2020

Koha Community Newsletter
June 2020

Volume 11, Issue 6
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor

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Development
Community
Upcoming Events
Past Events

Development

Koha 20.05.01 Released

by Jonathan Druart
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 20.05.01.

This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and enhancements.

Koha 20.05.01 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 11 enhancements, 48 bugfixes.

The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-20-05-01-released/

Koha 19.11.07 Released

by Aleisha Amohia
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.11.07.

This is my first release as the 19.11.x release maintainer. Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.

Koha 19.11.07 is a bugfix/maintenance release.

It includes 2 enhancements, 48 bugfixes.

The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-19-11-07-released/

Koha 19.05.12 Released

by Victor Grousset
The Koha Community is happy to announce the release of Koha 19.05.12.

This is a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and enhancements.

This is my first release as the 19.05.x release maintainer. Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release. And in particular to those who helped me on the community IRC channel to solve the various issues and confusions that I encountered for my first release ever.

It includes 1 enhancement, 30 bugfixes.

The full release notes are available at https://koha-community.org/koha-19-05-12-released/

Community

New Koha Libraries

Peacham Library Joins VOKAL with Koha Support from ByWater Solutions via ByWater Solutions
The Oman Library at the Middle East Institute via Equinox Open Library Initiative
Dominican University College of Ottawa via Equinox Open Library Initiative

Koha Tips and Tricks

Take a look at these new tutorials from PTFS Europe:

What’s on our Mind: Using Cart to Shelf functionality in Koha to quarantine books returned in Covid-19 lockdown.
What’s on our Mind: Using UseDaysMode to work out due dates when library is closed.
What’s on our Mind: Publishing news in Koha – by library/branch

The team at ByWater Solutions has some great new tutorials for you:

Monday Minutes: Alert Patrons When Hold is Cancelled by Kelly McElligott Jun 29, 2020
OverDrive Integration in Koha by Kelly McElligott Jun 21, 2020
Monday Minutes: QR Codes on the OPAC by Jessie Zairo Jun 18, 2020
Old Debits and New Credits in 19.11 by Andrew Fuerste-Henry Jun 16, 2020
Cron Jobs: Batch Anonymize by Kelly McElligott Jun 16, 2020
Room Reservation Plugin in Koha by Jessie Zairo Jun 15, 2020
Town Hall Reopening Your Library – Follow Up by Kelly McElligott Jun 15, 2020
Monday Minutes: Editing an Accountlines Report After Upgrade by Kelly McElligott Jun 15, 2020
Keyword to MARC mapping / Koha to MARC Mapping by Andrew Fuerste-Henry Jun 11, 2020
19.11 Questions and Answers by Kelly McElligott Jun 4, 2020
Monday Minutes: Integration with Hoopla by Kelly McElligott Jun 1, 2020

Support Provider News

From PTFS Europe
Our successful FEstival online conference on 3 June was attended by a large number of delegates from the UK Further Education sector interested in what Koha offers their libraries. Particularly enjoyed were sessions from existing Koha libraries, Leeds City College and City of Glasgow College. All sessions are available to view on the PTFS Europe YouTube channel.

From Equinox
The next #ChatOpenS date is July 15, 2020 from 12-1pm EDT. It’s for discussing topics relating to open source in libraries – all communities welcome.

Upcoming Events

Koha US Cataloging SIG (Special Interest Group): archives and Koha

by Heather Hernandez
The next Koha-US Cataloging SIG (Special In terest Group) round table will look at archives and Koha. Please bring your questions, tips, tricks, and let’s chat about catalog records for finding aids hosted elsewhere, finding aids hosted in Koha, value of finding aids, objects (not just paper collections), using MarcEdit, EAD/MARC conversion, and as usual, any other tips, tricks, topics, or questions! You don’t have to be a member of Koha-US to participate, nor do you have to be a cataloger! We often work in real, live, in production Koha catalogs, and are happy to try things out live–it’s loads of fun! So please join us on Thursday, July 2, 2020 @ 8am – 9am PT (9 MT/10 CT/11 ET in the United States). Can’t make it? No problem–it will be recorded and available on the Koha US YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV58VVGJH5V1wNHZqYpAfX7y1dU9eWTXq

More information on the Koha-US SIGs is here: http://koha-us.org/special-interest-groups/ You can join via the “Join” button on this page, or email info@koha-us.org for assistance with joining any of the SIGs.

Upcoming topics of the Cataloging SIG meetings include MARC frameworks (August), Related formats (e.g. print/online) (September), Languages and record displays (October), Reports (November), Workarounds and documentation (December).

Please also feel free to address questions, tips, tricks, ideas for topics, etc. to the group or to me, heather_hernandez@nps.gov, via email at anytime. And guest presenters & hosts are most welcome if you have something you’d like to share! Full details on our SIG meetings, as well as those of the other SIGS, are on the Koha US calendar, http://koha-us.org/calendar/