The Koha community is proud to announce the release of version 19.05.17.
This is a security and maintenance release which contains various bugfixes and
enhancements.
As always you can download the release from: https://download.koha-community.org
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
Please continue reading for the details this release.
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Volume 11, Issue 10
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor
Please submit news items to 
by Lucas Gass
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 20.05.05.
Koha 20.05.05 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 30 enhancements, 31 bugfixes.
The full release notes can be viewed here:
Debian packages are ready and can be downloaded here:
https://download.koha-community.org/
by Aleisha Amohia
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.11.11.
Koha 19.11.11 is a security and bugfix/maintenance release including 2
security fixes, 15 bugfixes.
The full release notes are available here:
by Victor Grousset
The Koha Community is happy to announce the release of Koha 19.05.16.
Koha 19.05.16 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes.
It includes 2 security fixes, 9 bugfixes.
The full release notes can be found at:
Debian packages will be available shortly.
Thanks to everyone involved đ
Take a look at these new tutorials from PTFS Europe:
The team at ByWater Solutions has some great new tutorials for you:
From Equinox
#ChatOpenS: November 11, 2020 from 12-1pm EDT with Mike Rylander moderating. #ChatOpenS is a monthly Twitter Chat to bring together the open-source library community.
On Wednesday 4 November our Development Manager, Martin Renvoize is going to be running an open discussion for our customers as a kind of bug testing/fixing workshop. If you have ever raised a support ticket with us having spotted a problem with your Koha system and it has resulted in a patch (fix) needing to be done in the system, chances are it will have been through the process which Martin will be demonstrating. He is aiming to go through the following:
Email andrew.auld@ptfs-europe.com for details.
CILIP Conference is a highlight in the annual calendar for library, information and knowledge professionals in the UK and is an important opportunity to connect with networks, share work and build for the future. This year the conference format has had to be reimagined and will be delivered on a virtual event platform. The one-day event on 19 November will include all of the elements that you would expect â impressive keynote speakers, engaging sessions and chances to network.
PROGRAMME AND SPEAKERS
PTFS Europe will be in the virtual Exhibition Hall for this event giving the opportunity for delegates to learn all about Koha and how it could benefit their library.
PTFS Europe is hosting a virtual conference for library professionals in the health sector on 24 November. With presentations from existing Koha libraries including The King’s Fund and Worcestershire Health Library this conference is an opportunity for health libraries to see why Koha is right for them. Yo can also learn more about other healthy living options at the Health Care Guys website
The November General IRC meeting will be held the 4th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The November Documentation IRC meeting will be held the 12th at 18:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The October General IRC meeting was held the 7th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The October Development IRC meeting was held the 7th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The October Documentation IRC meeting was held the 15th at 18:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of version 19.11.11.
This is a security and maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and enhancements.
As always you can download the release from:
https://download.koha-community.org
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release, especially Hayley Mapley who helped with release maintenance duties while we were busy organising Kohacon20!
27 Oct 2020
Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
website for the Koha project is:
Koha 20.05.05 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 20.05.05 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 30 enhancements, 31 bugfixes.
Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
Additional notes:
search_for_data_inconsistencies.plThis patch fixes the export of MARC records and the withdrawn status when using CSV profiles. Before this fix the full 952 field was exported, rather than just the withdrawn status.
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 19.11.10 is
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.05.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 20.05.05
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
please send a patch against these release notes to
koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is new-security-release-20.05.05.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 27 Oct 2020 20:41:22.
27 Oct 2020
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of version 19.05.16.
This is a security and maintenance release which contains various bugfixes and
enhancements.
As always you can download the release from: https://download.koha-community.org
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
Please continue reading for the details this release.
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Volume 11, Issue 9
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor
Please submit news items to
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.
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:
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 đ
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:
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:
The team at ByWater Solutions has some great new tutorials for you:
From ByWater Solutions
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
The September General IRC meeting was held the 2nd at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The September Development IRC meeting was held the 9th at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of version 19.11.10.
This is a security and maintenance release and contains many bugfixes and enhancements.
As always you can download the release from:
https://download.koha-community.org
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
22 Sep 2020
Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
website for the Koha project is:
Koha 20.05.04 can be downloaded from:
Installation instructions can be found at:
Koha 20.05.04 is a bugfix/maintenance release.
It includes 1 security fix, 23 enhancements and, 40 bugfixes.
Koha is continuously tested against the following configurations and as such these are the recommendations for
deployment:
Additional notes:
In current versions of Koha you can no longer change the Koha to MARC mappings from the frameworks, but only from the Koha to MARC mapping page in administration. This patch cleans up the hints on the framework page and adds a well visible note on the Koha to MARC mapping page. Any changes to the mappings require that you run the batchRebuildBiblioTables script to fully take effect.
The Koha manual is maintained in Sphinx. The home page for Koha
documentation is
As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the
Koha manual is available:
The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
interface are available in this release for the following languages:
Partial translations are available for various other languages.
The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
For information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
list to volunteer:
The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
The release team for Koha 20.05.04 is
We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
new features in Koha 20.05.04:
We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to Koha 20.05.04.
We thank the following libraries, companies, and other institutions who contributed
patches to Koha 20.05.04
We also especially thank the following individuals who tested patches
for Koha.
We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertently missed,
please send a patch against these release notes to
koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of:
The branch for this version of Koha and future bugfixes in this release
line is new-security-release-20.05.04.
Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
tracker at:
He rau ringa e oti ai.
(Many hands finish the work)
Autogenerated release notes updated last on 22 Sep 2020 18:14:38.
22 Sep 2020
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of version 19.05.15.
This is a security and maintenance release which contains various bugfixes and
enhancements.
As always you can download the release from: https://download.koha-community.org
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
Please continue reading for the details this release.
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Volume 11, Issue 8
ISSN 2153-8328
Edited by Chad Roseburg, Koha Community Newsletter Editor
Please submit news items to
by Lucas Gass
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of 20.05.03.
Koha 20.05.03 is a bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 3 security fixes, 44 enhancements, 67 bugfixes.
The full release notes can be viewed here:
Debian packages are available.
by Aleisha Amohia
The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 19.11.09.
Thank you very much to everyone involved in this release.
Koha 19.11.09 is a security and bugfix/maintenance release. It includes 3 security fixes, 8 enhancements, 45 bugfixes.
Full release notes can be found here:
by Victor Grousset
The Koha Community is happy to announce the release of Koha 19.05.14.
Koha 19.05.14 is a bugfix/maintenance release with security fixes. It includes 3 security fixes, 6 enhancements, 11 bugfixes.
The full release notes can be found at:
Debian packages are available.
Duluth, Ga., August 28, 2020: Equinox Open Library Initiative is pleased to
announce completion of the latest update to the Curbside Pickup plugin for libraries
using Koha ILS. This improvement will allow Koha libraries to immediately make
use of the plugin without having to pay for additional development services or wait
for a technical change to the core Koha ILS.
The specifications and workflow for the new Koha plugin were designed by Equinox
staff this past July based off of the Curbside Pickup functionality developed by
Equinox for the Evergreen ILS in June. The Koha Curbside Pickup plugin provides
new staff management tools for coordinating curbside pickup services and
expediting communications using the ILS. These staff management tools include
setting pickup intervals, setting the number of pickup slots allowed per interval, and
whether patrons may directly schedule their own appointments. The development
work completed by Equinox this week removes a technical barrier in the Koha
system, allowing libraries to quickly deploy the new plugin without added cost.
Take a look at these new tutorials from PTFS Europe:
The team at ByWater Solutions has some great new tutorials for you:
From PTFS Europe
Discussion on Koha reporting
We ran a customer discussion session on reporting in Koha and here is a link to a recording of the session. Janet McGowan, Lucy Vaux-Harvey and Fiona Borthwick gave demonstrations as follows:
PTFS Europe Customer Day
We are running a virtual conference for our customers right on 30 September which we will be live-streaming to our YouTube channel. Videos of the conference sessions will also be available on the channel after the event.
From Equinox
#ChatOpenS: September 16, 2020, 3-4pm EDT with Chris Cormack guest moderating. Networking Twitter Chat bringing those interested in open source in libraries together.
53 days until Kohacon! We’re really excited and we hope you are, too.
This is a short update reminder from us this month – be sure to register for Kohacon!
Registration https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/registration/
Certificates of attendance will be provided to those who have registered.
We will send out links for viewing presentations prior to the conference. For those participating in online workshops, we will send out the links and access code to those who register.
The conference will go ahead regardless of the status of Covid-19 restrictions. The conference will be completely online if required, however, we have plans for NZ participants to also gather in Wellington, in person. We hope to see as many NZ speakers and delegates as possible.
We are thinking about ways to enjoy each others company, even though that cannot be in person for us all. Watch this space for links and updates about sponsor rooms, online social hangouts, a live DJ, and more.
The programme has changed since we first launched it in February of this year and we would encourage you to take another look!
Programme https://2020.kohacon.org/posts/programme/
Sent with thanks to our very generous sponsors:
Pounamu: Bywater solutions, Catayst IT, EBSCO, and Equinox OLI.
MÄnuka Honey: FE Technologies, Linux Australia, and PTFS Europe.
Please direct any questions to kohacon2020@catalyst.net.nz
NÄ mÄtou noa, nÄ,
Koha team at Catalyst NZ
The September General IRC meeting will be held the 2nd at 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The September Development IRC meeting will be held the 9th of September 2020, 20:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
by Eugene Jose T. Espinoza and Raul V. MigriĂąo, Jr.
The Koha ILS Users Philippines (https://www.facebook.com/groups/1470467196524189/) held five Discussion Series through Google Meet tackling various topics regarding Koha ILS. The series began last June 6 and culminated on August 15, 2020.
Below are the list of topics per date:
⢠June 20 – Koha Modules
⢠July 4 – Koha Installation
⢠July 18 – OPAC Customization
⢠August 1 – Data Migration using MARCEdit
⢠August 15 – Koha notifications
This Discussion series was based on a poll put up by Manuel Tamayao last June 14, 2020 which gathered 38 responses. Each episode of the discussion series was graced with one or two Koha specialists. Each episode was primarily led by Eugene Espinoza representing one of the two Koha specialists while a host moderates the forum. The series was a hands-on discussion type wherein community participants were asked to try out, in real time, what has been demonstrated by the facilitator.
The Discussion series was attended by current Koha ILS users as well as prospective Koha ILS users. Regular attendees include Jerwyn Fernandez and Ram Migrino who both played a major role in the organization of KohaCon2017 in Philippines.
Newcomer Benjade Palermo from University of Mindanao and Anna Gefreliz Erpelo from University of Rizal System were also regular attendees.
This discussion series was conceptualized primarily to enliven the Koha ILS Users Philippines as well as to reach out to Filipino Koha users having concerns in any phase of their Koha implementation but having no resources or means to address the same.
Koha ILS Users Philippines hopes to hold similar activities in the future.
The August General IRC meeting was held the 5th of August 2020, 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The August Development IRC meeting was held the 12th of August 2020, 14:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.
The August Documentation IRC meeting was held the 13th August 2020, 19:00 UTC.
The agenda, links to the minutes, and other information is
here.