Koha Community Newsletter: September 2020
Koha Community Newsletter 
September 2020
Volume 11, Issue 9
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor
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Table of Contents
- Development
- Community
- Upcoming Events
- Past Events
Development
Koha 20.05.04 Released
by Lucas Gass
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 20.05.04.
Koha 20.05.04 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 security fix, 23 enhancements and, 40 bugfixes.
The full release notes can be viewed here:
Debian packages are available.
Koha 19.11.10 Released
by Aleisha Amohia
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.11.10.
Koha 19.11.10 is a security and bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 security fixes, 1 enhancement, 35 bugfixes.
Full release notes can be found here:
Koha 19.05.15 Released
by Victor Grousset
The Koha Community is happy to announce the release of Koha 19.05.15.
Koha 19.05.15 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 4 enhancements, 26 bugfixes.
The full release notes can be found at:
Debian packages will be available shortly.
Thanks to everyone involved 🙂
Community
Notes, Gossip & Announcements
2021 Equinox Open Source Grant
The application period for the 2021 Equinox Open Source Grant is now open. The Equinox Open Source Grant provides project management, training, hosting, and technology support services for the implementation of Koha ILS. Libraries, archives, museums, and other eligible educational, cultural, and information organizations are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted from September 8 through November 1, 2020. The application and submission details can be found here http://bit.ly/EOSG2021. For full announcement details please see the press release available on our website here.
Take a look here to see all the Koha Special Interest Groups available through the Koha-US group.
Kalleen Marquise reports on Koha-US and the challenges of providing library services in 2020:
- How Libraries Have Met (And Exceeded) the Challenges of 2020 Sep 24, 2020
- Final Day of Koha-US 2020 Conference Sep 24, 2020
- Koha-US 2020 Conference Continues with Day Two Sep 23, 2020
- Koha-US 2020 Conference Starts Today! Sep 22, 2020
New Koha Libraries
- The Royal Academy of Music via PTFS Europe
- Salina Public Library Goes Live on Koha and Aspen Discovery with ByWater Support via ByWater Solutions
- Stowell Free Library Joins NHAIS with Koha Support from ByWater Solutions via ByWater Solutions
Koha Tips and Tricks
Amazing new learning resource created by the folks in the Koha-US group. A must see!
Take a look at these new tutorials from PTFS Europe:
- Housebound module
- In this video, Fiona Borthwick tells us about the Housebound Module or Home Delivery Service in Koha which controls the circulation of material to those who can’t get into their local library.
- Koha Tables – a basic guide
- Lucy Vaux-Harvey has produced this handy guide to the Koha database tables for you so you can easily find how your data is structured. This is really useful when you are writing or looking at Koha reports.
- Batch editing MARC records
- Lucy Vaux-Harvey has done this detailed video to show you how to batch edit MARC records in Koha using MARC modification templates.
The team at ByWater Solutions has some great new tutorials for you:
- Monday Minutes: Customizing the Patron Form by Kelly McElligott Sep 18, 2020
- Advanced Search in the OPAC by Julie Wilson Sep 16, 2020
- Monday Minutes: Patron Tutorials by Jessie Zairo Sep 11, 2020
- Emailing New Patrons by Kelly McElligott Sep 8, 2020
- Monday Minutes: Lost Values by Kelly McElligott Sep 7, 2020
- Patron Tutorials: Using your Account on the OPAC by Kelly McElligott Sep 2, 2020
- Patron Tutorials : Using the OPAC by Kelly McElligott Sep 2, 2020
Support Provider News
From ByWater Solutions
- Aspen Discovery Announces 20.13.00 Release and Notes by Jessie Zairo Sep 29, 2020
- ByWater Solutions Welcomes Kalleen Marquise as Partner Engagement Specialist Sep 24, 2020
- St. Thomas University Goes Live on FOLIO with ByWater Solutions Support Sep 24, 2020
- Aspen Discovery and EBSCO EDS Integration Webinar by Jessie Zairo Sep 18, 2020
- ByWater Solutions Welcomes Enica Davis as Data Migrations Lead Sep 9, 2020
- ByWater Solutions Welcomes Emily Fowler as Educator for Aspen & FOLIO Sep 7, 2020
From PTFS Europe
Koha available through G-Cloud 12
A very important framework in the UK for public sector procurement of software is the G-Cloud as part of the UK Government Digital Marketplace. For the eighth year, PTFS Europe has been successful in applying to be on the framework to implement and support Koha. Read the news article here.
PTFS Europe Customer Day 2020
Our virtual conference was a great success involving nearly 100 Koha library users from the PTFS Europe customer base. The full agenda involving presentations from five customer organisations as well as PTFS Europe staff is here. The event was live-streamed to YouTube and a video of each session is available here.
From Equinox
#ChatOpenS: Our next #ChatOpenS is going to be dedicated to documentation on October 14, 2020 from 12-1pm EDT. #ChatOpenS is a monthly Twitter Chat to bring together the open source library community.
Upcoming Events
KohaCon 2020 Update!
Kohacon is in 4 weeks! Here’s an update.
Registration
Be sure to register for Kohacon! We can’t emphasize this enough. Knowing exactly who is attending and how (online or in-person) helps us when it comes to supplying food for tea breaks and emailing out workshop sign-ups and video links. Please register here https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/registration/
Certificates of attendance will be provided to those who have registered.
Call for contributions to the Official Kohacon2020 Video
We’re making a Kohacon video and we want to hear from YOU! It will be the next best thing to having you here in NZ. To do this, please send us a short video clip or photograph (created on a mobile phone is fine) in landscape orientation by Friday 2 October (any timezone).
This video will be played during the conference, which will also be streamed on YouTube.
Upload your video clip or photographs of your libraries and people using the link below. Label content clearly with your name and your organization’s name: https://seafile.catalyst.net.nz/u/d/5bbd2f7adb9c43108a27/
Here are some suggestions:
– A quick shot of individuals who would like to say their name and optionally the library they are affiliated with – maybe mention your IRC nickname if you’re an IRC regular.
– A short message to the Koha community
– Tell us something special about your library/organization, or how Koha helped make something better
– Image/video of your library building, especially if it shows something special about your local area.
– Please provide all content in landscape orientation.
We can’t wait to see your videos and photographs!
Kohacon updates
Over on the Kohacon website, we’re posting a series of regular updates to highlight speakers, sponsors, talks, and workshops. You can find those updates on the About page https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/about/
The Koha team at Catalyst / Kohacon2020 organising committee
October General IRC Meeting
The October General IRC meeting will be held the 7th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
October Development IRC Meeting
The October Development IRC meeting will be held the 7th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
October Documentation IRC Meeting
The October Documentation IRC meeting will be held the 15th at 18:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
Past Events
September General IRC Meeting
The September General IRC meeting was held the 2nd at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
September Development IRC Meeting
The September Development IRC meeting was held the 9th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
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