Koha Community Newsletter: September 2025
Koha Community Newsletter: September 2025 
Volume 16, Issue 9
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Michael Kuhn
Please submit news items to mik (at) adminkuhn (dot) ch
Table of contents
Development
Current Koha versions
Read the respective release notes by clicking the revision number.
| Date | Revision | Notes |
| 26 September 2025 | Koha 25.05.04 stable |
37 enhancements, 88 bugfixes |
| 26 September 2025 | Koha 24.11.09 (LTS) oldstable |
5 enhancements, 41 bugfixes (2 security fixes) |
| 26 September 2025 | Koha 24.05.14 | 2 bugfixes |
| 27 May 2025 | Koha 23.11.15 | 2 bugfixes (1 security fix) |
| 26 September 2025 | Koha 22.11.31 (LTS) | 2 bugfixes |
The Debian packages are usually available within days after the release.
Community
Notes, gossip and announcements
New Koha libraries
USA
- Emporia Public Library in Emporia (KS), via Bywater Solutions
Koha tips and tricks
- Additional fields for ERM in Koha (Open Fifth)
- Are circulation overrides logged in Koha? (Bywater Solutions)
- Attaching items and merging catalogue records (Open Fifth)
- Can a library report on records missing a cover image? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can cover images be uploaded to Koha in bulk? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can Koha report results be dynamically re-sorted? (Bywater Solutions)
- Can the bookings features be disabled if a library isn’t using them? (Bywater Solutions)
- Cataloguing frameworks in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- CSS to hide (Bywater Solutions)
- Debian 13 Trixie and Oracle Virtualbox setup – Complete installation tutorial (RAFLIMTS)
- Items tab enhancement (Bywater Solutions)
- Koha development – From idea to implementation (Open Fifth)
- Hold groups (hyperholds) in Koha LMS (Open Fifth)
- How the Koha manual is made (Open Fifth)
- How to understand your library’s data with Koha log viewer (Catalyst)
- More troubleshooting tools (koha-US)
- New acquisitions vendor view (Bywater Solutions)
- Securing patron categories (koha-US)
- Sorting unruly dropdowns (koha-US)
- Working together: Koha LMS and Aspen Discovery (Open Fifth)
- Digital sovereignty: Why UK public services should choose open source first (Open Fifth)
Support provider news
- Live from koha-US (Bywater Solutions)
- Launching the help center and ticketing system (Bywater Solutions)
- Staff spotlight: Tomas Cohen Arazi (Bywater Solutions)
Upcoming events
- Kohacon26 host announced (Caroline Cyr La Rose)
- Kohacon26 in Germany (Michaela Sieber)
For all upcoming IRC meetings see Next IRC meetings or the Koha Community calendar.
For any other Koha-related meeting 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 see the Koha Community calendar.