Koha Community Newsletter: September 2021
Koha Community Newsletter: September 2021 
Volume 12, Issue 9
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 |
| 27 September 2021 Jonathan Druart |
Koha 21.05.04 stable |
1 enhancement 20 bugfixes 6 security fixes |
| 27 September 2021 Fridolin Somers |
Koha 20.11.10 oldstable |
22 bugfixes 6 security fixes |
| 27 September 2021 Victor Grousset |
Koha 20.05.16 oldoldstable |
1 enhancement 3 bugfixes 6 security fixes |
| 27 September 2021 Wainui Witika-Park |
Koha 19.11.22 oldoldstable |
7 bugfixes 6 security fixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
On 27 September 2021 Jonathan Druart, on behalf of the whole Koha release team, was announcing this synchronised release of the four Koha revisions, saying: “As they contain security bug fixes we suggest you upgrade all the Koha instances you are in charge of as soon as possible. Let us know if you have any questions.”
And these are the 6 security issues fixed by these revisions:
- Bug 28759 – Users with pretty basic staff interface permissions can see/add/remove API keys of any other user
- Bug 28772 – Any user that can work with reports can see API keys of any other user
- Bug 28929 – No filtering on borrowers.flags on member entry pages (OPAC, self registration, staff interface)
- Bug 28935 – No filtering on patron’s data on member entry pages (OPAC, self registration, staff interface)
- Bug 28941 – No filtering on suggestion at the OPAC
- Bug 28947 – OPAC user can create new users
Full Chinese simplified translation
On 21 September 2021 Jesse Kah (Lemonjar Software Media) announced that the development on the full Chinese simplified translation on Koha 20.11 has been accomplished.
Users may download via https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13HPm3xXHEPPZa9YCu65CTAfwUoWnVQ5x?usp=sharing for the full Chinese features of it.
Community
New Koha libraries
Canada
- Penticton Public Library in Penticton (BC), via Bywater Solutions
Germany
- Stadtbücherei Neustadt (Hessen) via LMS Cloud
Malaysia
- Malaysia Baptist Theological Seminary / MBTS in Penang via Lemonjar Media Software
USA
- Washoe County Law Library in Reno (NV), via Bywater Solutions
Koha tips and tricks
- Add multiple languages in Koha (RAFLIMTS)
- Aspen and Koha – the dynamic duo (Mark Noble, Erica Richardson)
- Automatic checkin by item type (Bywater Solutions)
- Automatically link authority records (Bywater Solutions)
- Can we automate our student and faculty imports directly into Koha? (Bywater Solutions)
- Circulation rules: decreaseLoanHighHolds and useDaysMode (Bywater Solutions)
- Circulation rules: Grouping item types (Bywater Solutions)
- Closing out your budget in Koha acquisitions (Bywater Solutions)
- Crafting a Koha-informed vision: Integrated library planning with gleanings from reports (Myka Kennedy Stephens)
- Default expire date for holds (Bywater Solutions)
- Fresh perspectives keynote (Cecilia Barham)
- Functionality: Going beyond out-of-the-box (Coeur d’Alene Library)
- Future of past data, or, Is there a report that can show me checkouts by zip code for the past 5 years? (NEKLS)
- Genrefying your Koha collection: Do’s and don’ts (Kati Fink)
- Hold cancellation: Reasons and notices (Bywater Solutions)
- Hold lockers done dirt cheap (North Richland Hills Library)
- Homebound delivery (Rhonda Kuiper, Sal Saldana)
- How to create collection wise and department wise books in Koha (Lib Power Tech)
- Join the club: Working with club holds in Koha (Southeast Kansas Library System)
- Jquery: Blocking checkouts (koha-US)
- Jquery: Displaying overdues in checkout (koha-US)
- Jquery and CSS: Alert enhancement (koha-US)
- Koha 21.05 complete implementation (RAFLIMTS)
- Labels and patron cards (RAFLIMTS)
- Making Koha your own: Tools and techniques to customize the UI (University of Notre Dame)
- Making pretty filters (Facets) (Coeur d’Alene Library)
- New logs are added (Bywater Solutions)
- OPAC customization without HTML or CSS scripts (RAFLIMTS)
- Our mobile app (Town of Ajax Library)
- Overdue and lost items in Koha 21.05: Restore overdue fines on found items (Bywater Solutions)
- Pairing H5P with Koha for interactive online patron experience (Myka Kennedy Stephens)
- Pseudonymization in 21.05: The new feature you’ll want to learn to spell and pronounce (Bywater Solutions)
- Resource Rewind: August 2021 (Bywater Solutions)
- Shifting perspectives (McKinney Public Library System / Bywater Solutions)
- SQL and frameworks: Alternative authorized values (koha-US)
- Subfield sequence: Create a default order for subfields (Bywater Solutions)
- System preference interface improvements (Bywater Solutions)
- Taking Koha places it really wasn’t intended to go (Fred King and the Avenging Chicken)
- Template Toolkit (Latah County Library District / Bedford Public Library)
- The versatility of authorized values (Equinox)
- The work-changing magic of tidying up your catalog (McKinney Public Library System)
- Training videos : what works for us (Coeur d’Alene Library / NEKLS / Bywater Solutions)
- Using Koha to improve the patron experience (Bywater Solutions)
- Using Koha with Aspen Discovery (Uintah County Library)
- Very very basic Jquery for Koha (NEKLS)
- Very very basic SQL for Koha reports (NEKLS)
- What are the benefits to using the course reserves module? (Bywater Solutions)
- What eContent integrations are available? (Bywater Solutions)
- What enhancements can improve the patron experience in our Koha OPAC? (Bywater Solutions)
Support provider news
- Bywater Solutions partners with FE Technologies to bring RFID support and more to Koha partners (Bywater Solutions)
- Fall 2021 upgrade webinars and Q&A (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.
Koha-D-A-CH-Anwendertreffen
The 4th virtual user meeting for German speaking Koha users will be held on 30 November 2021. The organising team will be happy to receive your ideas and contributions to the program.
Further information on the CfP
Monthly community meeting
On 1 September 2021 Martin Renvoize wrote:
We had our monthly general meeting today, as usual, hosted on IRC. Attendance has been very low for a while now and we mooted the idea of dropping it from our schedule and instead just having perhaps two meetings a year, one for Kohacon votes and a second for a broader annual general meeting should anyone want to raise any points in that formal setting.
The next meeting is scheduled for 13th October 2021 at 1400 UTC where we will vote on the new reduced format.
We’re open to new idea’s at any time and I’d be happy to try a video meeting or something if people would prefer. But at this point, we’re not discussing much and I don’t know if we’re missing peoples views or people just don’t have many or they have other ways of communicating with the community at large.
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.