Naming Conventions in Koha
Occasionally, when administering your library or libraries in Koha you will find you have a situations where you need to enter a new CODE or two. Perhaps you are adding a new library to your library...
View ArticleKoha, LDAP, And You!
If any of you have tried configuring LDAP in Koha, you have probably realized how complicated it can get. It gets especially complicated when you try and configure it to work with Active Directory....
View ArticleNew Items Pull Down in Koha
One thing that we get a lot of requests for in Koha is a list of links to new materials. I thought I might share with you all a little trick I just used to create such a list today. In this case...
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Socially tapping into the catalog!
So your library has a social media presence but now you want to drive patrons to your catalog as well. Koha 3.8 now has a simple solution, introducing the “SocialNetworks” System preference. This new...
View ArticleHow Koha 3.8 Handles Lost Statuses
I while back I was asked to do some testing of marking items lost in Koha and wanted to share my results with you all. If the long overdue cron job is running with these settings:...
View ArticleBug-Enhancement-Patch Workflow
I have had a few people recently asking about Koha bugs. Mainly why certain bugs are fixed quickly and some take so long. Here are the steps taken by the Koha community. These steps are necessary in...
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Free Ebook Records for your Catalog
A couple years ago (on my blog) I brought a private project that shared Project Gutenberg records to your attention. Well, yesterday I thought I would go out and see if they had any more records to...
View ArticleShow your patrons the true value of your library!
Tell your patron’s how much they have saved by using the library! Here is an example checkout slip that uses jQuery to total the values of the item prices, and puts that total at the bottom of the...
View ArticleKoha 3.8 Faster Fast Add Framework
Last year I posted a faster fast add framework for Koha. Today I realized that some fields were visible that didn’t need to be (and really shouldn’t be). So here I am to share with you all an even...
View ArticleEasier to find Koha tutorial videos
I have shared over 100 Koha tutorial videos with you all over the last few years!! So, today I decided it might benefit me and you all if I organized them a bit more. I’ve decided to use the tagging...
View ArticleLEFT JOIN….RIGHT JOIN…..INNER JOIN? What join do I use?
Koha offers its users a very strong reporting tool. In reports you can quite easily create your own SQL queries to pull your own data out of Koha. If you’ve taken advantage of the Koha Reports...
View ArticleComing to Koha 3.10: Catalog by Color
We’re all working hard on preparing for the release of Koha 3.10 next month! One thing I’m doing is updating the Koha 3.10 Manual so that it’s as up to date as it can be when the new release comes out....
View ArticleThe Koha mobile theme is coming!
As some of you may be aware there will be a mobile OPAC theme coming with the release of Koha 3.10. So what does this mean for you and your OPAC customizations? I am currently testing the pre-release...
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Basic Overview of Match Points
Last week I had the chance to further my knowledge of how match points for Koha cataloging imports work. I thought I would take a minute to share what I learned from my good friends Ruth Bavousett and...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Notices
Email notices aren’t going out to your patrons! Oh no! Here are a few things to check: Are the correct cron jobs enabled? Log into your server and check the crontab, or ask your support provider for...
View ArticleA little bit about “Relevance” in Koha
To say that relevance ranking in Koha is a bit arcane is really putting it mildly; it’s a black-box that isn’t very easy to understand, even to the turbo nerds (like me). We get questions occasionally...
View ArticleUNION or JOIN in my query???
If you have taken a look at the Koha Reports Library page you’ve seen some interesting report syntax that you know works when you plug it into the Reports editor in Koha but may not be linguistically...
View ArticleWhat is Selenium and why we should be using it in Koha
We’ve all heard of unit test and perhaps some of us have even written a few. For those of you that have written unit test I’m sure you’re painfully aware that its pretty much impossible to get good...
View ArticleLinking to Authorities in Koha 3.8 and 3.10
In Koha 3.8 new authority linking features were introduced. This video shows you a little bit of how that works. If you have an idea for a tutorial video I should do or that you have done yourself (or...
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Koha Web Stats Using Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a good and free way to access your Koha OPAC statistics. The first step is that you need to establish an account with Google if you don’t already have one. I recommend setting up a...
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