Koha Community Newsletter: October 2023
Koha Community Newsletter: October 2023 
Volume 14, Issue 10
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 |
| 2 October 2023 | Koha 23.05.04 stable |
10 enhancements 114 bugfixes (4 security fixes) |
| 2 October 2023 | Koha 22.11.10 oldstable |
4 enhancements 67 bugfixes |
| 2 October 2023 | Koha 22.05.16 | 3 enhancements 15 bugfixes (3 security fixes) |
| 2 October 2023 | Koha 21.11.24 | x bugfixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Koha Offline Scanner available on iPhone
By Thomas Lehmann
Use your iPhone as a Koha Offline Scanner while your Koha system is offline, or if you want to do an offline circulation for any other reason. The iPhone uses its camera as a scanner, it can scan the barcodes on patron’s cards and on your books. The iPhone is power independent for at least a few hours, so you can do your circulation during a power outage. Save the scanned details (check-ins and check-outs) on your iPhone, and upload them later into your Koha system with Koha’s standard function. Just download the app KohaOS from the Apple app store and try it.
Community
New Koha libraries
Cyprus
- Δημοτικής Βιβλιοθήκης Λάρνακας (Municipal Library of Larnaca), via Dataly Tech
Germany
- Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e. V. / EWDE in Berlin, via Admin Kuhn
- Forum Wiedenest e. V. in Bergneustadt, via Admin Kuhn
- Gemeindebücherei Hohenwestedt via LMS Cloud
- Mediothek Boxberg via LMS Cloud
- Stadtbücherei Haiger via LMS Cloud
- Stadtbücherei Oberursel via LMS Cloud
Great Britain
- NHS libraries, via PTFS Europe
India
- PSM College of Dental Science and Research in Akkikavu (Kerala), via Focuz Infotech
- Sree Narayana Training College in Cherthala (Kerala), via Focuz Infotech
- Sree Narayana College Nattika in Thrissur (Kerala), via Focuz Infotech
USA
- Chickadee Library Consortium, via Bywater Solutions
- German Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (PA), via Equinox
- Hailey Public Library in Hailey (ID), via Bywater Solutions
- Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in Philadelphia (PA), via Equinox
Koha tips and tricks
- Ability for patrons to delete their messages in the OPAC (Bywater Solutions)
- Batch check-ins (koha-US)
- Batch item modifications (Bywater Solutions)
- Building a consortium with Koha – Adventures in VOKAL, the first shared ILS in Vermont (koha-US)
- Can we add fields to the item search? (Bywater Solutions)
- Cataloging tools (Bywater Solutions)
- Circulation workflows (koha-US)
- Creating web pages in Koha (koha-US)
- Developing development (koha-US)
- Elasticsearch for Koha, in theory and in practice (koha-US)
- Enhancing OPAC UX for young users with the Children’s Theme Plugin (koha-US)
- ERM usage statistics – part 1 (PTFS Europe)
- ERM usage statistics – part 2 (PTFS Europe)
- ERM usage statistics – part 3 (PTFS Europe)
- Explore the possibilities of QR codes (koha-US)
- How to get the most out of the Koha ERM module (koha-US)
- Item type identification and clean up (koha-US)
- Koha administration in Kansas (koha-US)
- Koha 23.05: Upgrades hub (Bywater Solutions)
- Library at home with Koha (koha-US)
- Limit editing of items within a library group (Bywater Solutions)
- MedStar authors’ catalog revisited: using Koha to build a catalog of publications (koha-US)
- Open source solutions for prison libraries (koha-US)
- Plugin AbesWS (TAMIL)
- Put data where your staff is (koha-US)
- Receiving multiple orders in acquisitions (Bywater Solutions)
- Searching for patrons (koha-US)
- Setting up Novelist Select in Koha (Bywater Solutions)
- The possibilities of notices (koha-US)
- Using Koha and Marcedit to help standardize your records (koha-US)
- What happens to holds on merged records? (Bywater Solutions)
- What is possible with acquisitions? (koha-US)
- Whose lists are visible in a Koha OPAC? (Bywater Solutions)
Support provider news
- Bywater Solutions contributions to Koha – October 2023 (Bywater Solutions)
- Equinox Open Library Initiative partners with CollectionHQ (Equinox)
- Free Aspen Discovery webinar series (Bywater Solutions)
- Free Koha webinar series (Bywater Solutions)
- PTFS Europe welcomes Bywater Solutions as a new shareholder (Bywater Solutions)
- PTFS Europe welcomes Bywater Solutions as a new shareholder (PTFS Europe)
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.
6th German speaking Koha users meeting
By Katrin Fischer
The next Koha user meeting for German-speaking Koha users will take place online on December 5, 2023. The program and further information can now be found on our website: https://koha-dach.eu/6-koha-d-a-ch-anwendertreffen-05-12-2023/
KohaCon24 survey and newsletter
By Caroline Cyr La Rose
The team at inLibro is already hard at work organizing KohaCon24. To ensure that this upcoming conference meets your expectations, we’ve crafted a brief survey to solicit your input. It will only require a few minutes of your time, and your feedback will be instrumental in shaping the event: https://sondagebiblio.org/index.php/828663
Additionally, we’re excited to introduce our new newsletter, which will serve as our primary means of communication regarding the event. You can easily subscribe by using the form provided on the conference website: https://2024.kohacon.org/
We will continue to share the most pertinent information here on the Koha mailing list, but we understand that not everyone on this mailing list may be planning to attend or may have a direct interest in KohaCon.
Your support and participation are greatly appreciated.
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.