Koha Community Newsletter: May 2022
Koha Community Newsletter: May 2022 
Volume 13, Issue 5
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 May 2022 Fridolin Somers |
Koha 22.05.00 stable |
6 new features, 239 enhancements 360 bugfixes |
| 27 May 2022 Kyle Hall |
Koha 21.11.16 oldstable |
2 enhancements 35 bugfixes |
| 26 April 2022 Andrew Fuerste-Henry |
Koha 21.05.14 | 18 bugfixes |
| 24 May 2022 Victor Grousset |
Koha 20.11.19 | 1 enhancement 5 bugfixes |
| 1 December 2021 Victor Grousset |
Koha 20.05.18 | 11 bugfixes |
| 26 April 2022 Chris Cormack |
Koha 19.11.29 | 3 bugfixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
New Koha version 22.05
On 28 May 2022 Fridolin Somers announced the release of Koha 22.05. This major release includes 6 new features, 239 enhancements and 360 bugfixes.
- Roles for 22.05
- Release notes for Koha 22.05.00
- System requirements and recommendations Koha 22.05
- Download Koha
- Installation documentation
- Koha 22.05 database schema
- Koha 22.05 manual (en) – also see more documentation
Community
New Koha libraries
Germany
- Stadtbibliothek Calau via LMS Cloud
- Stadtbücherei Dietzenbach via LMS Cloud
- Stadtbücherei Garching via LMS Cloud
USA
- Black Gold Cooperative Library System in Arroyo Grande (CA), via Bywater Solutions
- San Luis Obispo Public Libraries in San Luis Obispo (CA), via Bywater Solutions
- Oregon Private Academic Library Link in Salem (OR), via Bywater Solutions
Koha tips and tricks
- How do we add photos to our patrons? (Bywater Solutions)
- How to change advanced editor shortcuts? (Bywater Solutions)
- Improvements to searching in Koha 21.05 and 21.11 (PTFS Europe)
- Installing Ubuntu 22.04 and Koha 22.05 release date (RAFLIMTS)
- Jquery: Improving the circulation rules (part 1) (koha-US)
- Jquery: Improving the circulation rules (part 2) (koha-US)
- Koha 21.05 and 21.11 upgrades: Patrons and circulation (PTFS Europe)
- Koha 21.11: A change to news and OPAC content (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 21.11: New logging in acquisitions (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 21.11: Protect fields on patron overlay (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha 21.11: Release notes (Bywater Solutions)
- Protecting MARC fields (Bywater Solutions)
- Resolving returned claims (Bywater Solutions)
- Resource rewind: April 2022 (Bywater Solutions)
- User permission to delete borrowers (Bywater Solutions)
- Using MARC modification template from a record (Bywater Solutions)
- What are multi-item holds in Koha? (Bywater Solutions)
- What are non-priority holds? (Bywater Solutions)
- What are patron sort fields? (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.
KohaCon22 call for presentations
by Barbara Johnson, koha-US President 2022
koha-US is pleased to announce that it is hosting KohaCon22 from 20-23 September 2022 (Tuesday-Friday) in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. This will be a hybrid conference with both in-person and online attendance and participation options.
We are currently seeking proposals for presentations. We welcome both in-person and online presenters. For those participating online, you can do a live or pre-recorded presentation.
Our theme this year is “Level Up”. We are looking for presentations on how you and your library have used Koha and other open source systems and the experience of being a member of the Koha community to improve yourself, enhance your library, elevate your community, and advance Koha.
Submit your proposals here: https://forms.gle/U8cXqsmqahh2wuK8A
The deadline for submitting proposals is Friday, 3 June 2022.
For more details and the most up-to-date information on the conference, please keep an eye on the conference page at http://koha-us.org/events/conferences/kohacon22/
If you have questions please direct them to the koha-US conference committee at conferences@koha-us.org
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.