Koha Community Newsletter: October 2024

Koha Community Newsletter: October 2024
Volume 15, Issue 10
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn

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Development
- Current Koha versions
Community
Upcoming events
Past events

Kohaference 2024

Development

Current Koha versions

Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.

Date	Revision	Notes
10 October 2024	Koha 24.05.04 stable	99 bugfixes (7 security fixes)
10 October 2024	Koha 23.11.09 oldstable	1 enhancement 32 bugfixes (5 security fixes)
10 October 2024	Koha 23.05.15	20 bugfixes
10 October 2024	Koha 22.11.21	17 bugfixes (5 security fixes)

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

Community

Notes, gossip and announcements

Community positions for Koha 25.05 cycle (Martin Renvoize)

New Koha libraries

Finland

Lastu Libraries in Lahti, via Koha-Suomi Oy

Germany

Gemeindebücherei Altenholz, via LMS Cloud

India

Don Bosco High School in Panaji (Goa), via Focuzinfotech
Guruigram Global College of Pharmacy / GGCP in Gurugram (Haryana), via Focuzinfotech
Mannaniya College of Arts and Science in Pangode (Kerala), via Focuzinfotech
Navy Children School Kochi in Kochi (Kerala), via Focuzinfotech
Sree Narayana Ayurveda College in Kollam (Kerala), via Focuzinfotech
Telangana State Co-Operative Apex Bank in Hyderabad (Telangana), via Focuzinfotech

Koha tips and tricks

An ode to the item search (Bywater Solutions)
Does changing an item’s barcode affect its statistics? (Bywater Solutions)
Does marking a lost item as claims returned refund the lost charges? (Bywater Solutions)
How do mandatory patron attributes work with OPAC self-registration? (Bywater Solutions)
How do we limit the formats people can suggest we purchase? (Bywater Solutions)
Item bookings (Bywater Solutions)
How to backup and restore SQL data: Koha old to new version migration (RAFLIMTS)
Koha reports module (PTFS Europe)
Koha 24.05: Statuses, check-ins and icons – oh my! (koha-US)
Kohacon24 and Koha 24.05 upgrades (koha-US)
Local use on return enhancements (Bywater Solutions)
Report parameters (Bywater Solutions)
Send notices using multiple email addresses (Bywater Solutions)
Shorten Koha patron form and batch upload (RAFLIMTS)
Using reports for acquisitions workflows and fund allocations (koha-US)
Why does the “Last patron” button look different? (Bywater Solutions)

Support provider news

Bywater Solutions contributions to the Koha Community for September 2024 (Bywater Solutions)
Sostenibilidad y futuro de las bibliotecas con sistemas open source (Xercode)
The Kolovai Library: a real treasure to Tonga (Catalyst)

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.

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

Kohaference 2024

By Cristina Gareta

Kohaference 2024 is the Koha users conference held in Spain, from September 25 to 27, and hosted by the Basque Library Sancho el Sabio Foundation:

The Kohaference 2024 is the fourth national koha users group conference organized in Spain since the first installations by 2010. The conference was stopped in 2020 because the pandemy.

Kohaference invites speakers from other European Koha user groups and I would like to point out that we have been accompanied gallery by the well-known Koha expert Stefano Bargioni, library subdirector of the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce and founder of the Koha Gruppo Italiano and Gruppo Wikidata Musei Archivi Biblioteche, and by Ola Andersson, business solution manager at the University Library at Luleå University of Technology, working with Koha since 2015 and member of the Swedish Koha User Group Steering Committee since its start in 2016. This was a great opportunity to talk about the European Koha users group.

Issues discussed at the conference were the following: Wikidata and authorities, improvements in recent Koha releases, experiences from Spanish and Basque Koha libraries and users, customization for heritage and creation libraries, course reserves, news from vendors and a new public library network on board, data mining, RFID and inventory and batch editing using Marcedit.

Since the conference was scheduled at the same time as Kohacon24 in Montreal, we finished the presentations with a link to the live stream there.

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