Koha Community Newsletter: June 2025

Koha Community Newsletter: June 2026
Volume 17, Issue 6
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn

Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch

Development
- Current Koha versions
- Koha documentation team June 2026 update
Community
Upcoming events

Call for papers: Koha user meeting for German speakers

Past events

Development

Pedro’s early days as Koha 26.11 Release Manager (Open Fifth)

Current Koha versions

Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.

Date	Revision	Notes
26 May 2026	Koha 26.05.00 stable	2 new features, 214 enhancements, 365 bugfixes
8 June 2026	Koha 25.11.05 stable	37 enhancements, 145 bugfixes (2 security fixes)
8 June 2026	Koha 25.05.11 stable	1 enhancement, 36 bugfixes (2 security fixes)
8 June 2026	Koha 24.11.16 (LTS) oldstable	1 enhancement, 38 bugfixes (4 security fixes)
8 June 2026	Koha 22.11.38 (LTS)	3 bugfixes

The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.

Koha documentation team June 2026 update

by Philip Orr

The documentation team has been working on some recent additions and updates to the Koha manual:

Clarification of 041 in the Bibliographic record cataloging cheat sheet for MARC21
Note about Baker and Taylor having closed and reformatting of enhanced content system preferences
timeout system preference description
Plugin repository configuration
“ILLRequestsTabs” system preference (new in Koha 25.05)
“ILLOpacUnauthenticatedRequest” system preference (new in Koha 25.05)
Placing interlibrary loan requests in the OPAC
Managing ILL requests in the staff interface

Community

Notes, gossip and announcements

Thoughts on leadership and the new Koha Foundation board (Open Fifth)

Update from the Koha Foundation Steering Group: Milestones achieved and our first board nominees!

by Andrew Auld

Over 18 months ago, at Kohacon24, we embarked on a journey to establish a formal governance structure for our global project under the Open Library Foundation (OLF). Today, we are very happy to share that we have reached a massive milestone in that journey.

Thank you for sticking with us through this extensive process. Building the foundational bylaws and guidelines for a community as diverse as ours takes time, care, and deep thought. Your active engagement in our consultations, your insightful feedback, and your participation in the original vote to go down this path have been absolutely vital. This foundation belongs to the community, and it has truly been shaped by the community.

Celebrating Our First Board Nominees

Thanks to your engagement, the call for nominations was a great success. Please join us in offering a huge congratulations to the very first nominated members of the inaugural Koha Charitable Foundation Board!

Ari Mäkiranta
Becky Williams
Brendan Gallagher
Fred King
Katy Maydon
Valentin Farge
Andrew Auld

These individuals have stepped up to help guide Koha into its next chapter, ensuring our long-term sustainability, financial oversight, and core values remain strong. We are incredibly grateful for their leadership.

The door is still open: Board nominations remain welcome

While we have a fantastic initial group to get the ball rolling, the board is not yet full (maximum 11 seats). A truly robust board reflects the full breadth of our global community. Because we still have vacant seats, we are keeping nominations open on an ongoing basis. Whether you are considering self-nomination or know someone who would bring a valuable perspective to Koha’s governance—especially as we look toward future planning and events like WOLFCon and Kohacon—we strongly encourage you to step forward.

If you are interested or would like to nominate a peer, please reach out to me (for the timebeing!) at andrew.auld@openfifth.co.uk.

Staying connected and informed

Openness and full access to information has always been part of Koha’s way of doing things. To ensure everyone can easily follow along with this next chapter, we are in the process of setting up a dedicated space on the Koha community website. This new hub will be your go-to resource for everything related to governance, including:

Information about current board members
Schedules, agendas, and minutes for upcoming board meetings
Updates on future strategic directions and foundation initiatives

We will share the link as soon as it is live so you can stay fully informed and engaged with the board’s work.

The transitional Steering Group is now preparing to hand over to this newly formed board. Thank you all once again for your patience, your passion, and your dedication to keeping Koha vibrant and independent. And thank you in particular to the out-going members of the Steering Group who have all worked so hard to get us to this point.

Onward and upward!

New Koha libraries

Germany

Stadtbibliothek St. Georgen, via LMS Cloud

USA

Hamilton East Public Library in Fiskers (IN) and Noblesville (IN), via Bywater Solutions
Iowa City Public Library in Iowa City (IA), via Bywater Solutions
Spaulding Memorial Library in Sebago (ME), via Bywater Solutions
Utah State Library Division in Salt Lake City (UT), via Bywater Solutions

Koha tips and tricks

Can libraries set differing hold pickup durations for different item types? (Bywater Solutions)
Cyber-security for libraries : the Open Fifth approach (Open Fifth)
Did anyone else start experiencing this new bug? (Bywater Solutions)
Dispelling three common myths about open-source software for libraries (Bywater Solutions)
Elasticsearch 7 for Koha 25.11: Solve multilingual search issues (Urdu, Arabic, Hindi) (RAFLIMTS)
How can I update my EDI passwords if my vendor sends new credentials? (Bywater Solutions)
How modern search tools are changing library cataloguing (Open Fifth)
How to enable and verify automatic S3 backup (Koha Support)
How to migrate your Koha database to a new AMI instance (Koha Support)
How to upgrade your Koha server to a new AMI version (Koha Support)
Jquery: Overdue triggers and AI modifications (koha-US)
Release of Koha 26.05 (Catalyst)
SQL: A report on notices (koha-US)
The curious users ultimate guide to asking better AI questions (Catalyst)
Using the import patron tool in Koha (Open Fifth)
Why should Koha records have itemtype on both record- and item-level? (Bywater Solutions)

Support provider news

Bywater Solutions’ partners sponsor development in Koha 26.05 release (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.

Call for papers: Koha user meeting for German speakers