Koha Community Newsletter: June 2025

Koha Community Newsletter: June 2025
Volume 16, Issue 6
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
  • Notes, gossip and announcements
  • 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

Notes, gossip and announcements

• Kohala news no. 23 (Juin 2025) (Kohala)

New Koha libraries

Germany

• Stadtbibliothek Ulm via LMS Cloud

Greece

• Δημοτικής Βιβλιοθήκης Χανίων in Chania, via Dataly Tech
• Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελληνικής Αρχής Γεωλογικών και Μεταλλευτικών Ερευνών (ΕΑΓΜΕ) in Acharnae, via Dataly Tech
• Παιδική Βιβλιοθήκη Κηφισιάς SEARCH in Nea Erythraia, via Dataly Tech

Koha tips and tricks

• A handful of OPAC enhancements (Open Fifth)
• Add notes to patron transactions for fines and fees (ByWater Solutions)
• Can a library disable a specific Coce cover image? (ByWater Solutions)
• Cloudflare and Koha (ByWater Solutions)
• CSS/Jquery: Securing special reports (koha-US)
• Does renewing a guarantor’s account in Koha renew their guarantee(s) at the same time? (ByWater Solutions)
• Fighting the AI bots (Open Fifth)
• GDPR processes in Koha and Aspen Discovery (Open Fifth)
• How can I get involved in the open source community? (Open Fifth)
• Improving your catalogue date filtering (Open Fifth)
• Interactive inventory (Open Fifth)
• Keep Koha visitors engaged with videos (Catalyst)
• Koha 25.05 upgrade hub (ByWater Solutions)
• Koha Community announces 25.05 release (Bywater Solutions)
• Links to private lists on bib record in staff interface (ByWater Solutions)
• Mark purchase suggestions available (ByWater Solutions)
• Release of Koha 25.05 (Catalyst)
• Streamlining Koha self check (koha-US)
• The Homosaurus, an LGBTQ+ linked data vocabulary, is now available in Koha (Open Fifth)
• What can I do if a Z39.50 target stops working for me? (ByWater Solutions)
• Who do I contact about an incorrect e-resource record? (Bywater Solutions)

Support provider news

• Biblibre, Koha, le mode SAAS (Biblibre)
• ByWater Solutions’ partners sponsor development in Koha 25.05 release (ByWater Solutions)
• Maintainer Month: Reflecting on open source’s hidden heroes (Open Fifth)
• Open source software: Developed with libraries, for libraries (Open Fifth)

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.

Past events

For all past IRC meetings see the following links or the Koha Community calendar.

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

For any other Koha-related meeting just see the Koha Community calendar.