Setting Default Values for Item Records in Koha 3.8
Ever wonder how you could set some default values for your item records in Koha? This video will walk you through setting up default values for items in the Acquisitions framework, but the tips can be...
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 ArticleComing Attractions: Koha Plugin System!
The Koha plugin system is a new long awaited feature that is likely to be in the 3.12 release of Koha! The plugin system gives Koha users the ability to add tools and reports to Koha that would be...
View Article“Did you mean?” in Koha 3.10
Koha 3.10 introduces a new ‘Did you mean?’ feature on the search results in the OPAC. This feature will pull from your authority file to show related searches for patrons. To set this up you will need...
View ArticleTransport Cost Matrix in Koha 3.10
In Koha 3.10 there is a new feature that will allow your library to define the “cost” of transferring materials from one branch to another. This tutorial will walk you through how to set up the...
View ArticleKoha 3.10 New & Updated System Preferences
I’ve been training our ByWater partner libraries on what to expect with the release of Koha 3.10. After one of our training sessions a trainee asked me to take all of the system preferences that are...
View ArticleDefining Circ & Fine Rules in Koha 3.10
I have been getting a lot of tickets lately related to circulation and fine rules, so I have put together a tutorial video to help you get your circulation and fine rules set properly. These rules...
View ArticleMatch Points versus Match Checks in Koha
Some of you may have played around with the record matching rules in Koha. (Administration->Record Matching Rules) These Record Matching rules are used when importing new batches of MARC records...
View ArticleReports Permission in Koha
A short while ago we got the following anonymous message via our contact form on the ByWater website: By allowing people to block which staff members are allowed to write reports you are limiting the...
View ArticleSetting up Receipt Printers on Ubuntu for Koha
Today a tutorial from one of our newest partners, Sean Park at the Coos County Libraries. A message came across our mailing list asking the following: We are new to Koha and ByWater, and everything is...
View ArticleWhen anti-spam measures go too far?
There’s been a recent event that has many systems administrators up in arms. No, I don’t mean Heartbleed. I’m talking about Yahoo and how they have broken pretty much every mailing list in existence....
View ArticleOPACBaseURL the most forgotten Koha system preference
As our partners know I have been pushing to get their Koha catalogs all upgrades to the new responsive theme as quickly as possible. One thing I did to find out what themes people were using was run a...
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TimeFormat System Preference & Koha
Oh the Humanity! (Please don’t change the TimeFormat system preference in Koha) Background The system preference ‘TimeFormat’ was added to Koha in version 3.14. This had a side effect of changing the...
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Hiding the checkin column in Koha circulation
Today’s guest post is from John Andrews at the Washoe Library System. In previous version of Koha, we used the script from the Koha wiki to remove the “return” column to the right of the “Renew” column...
View ArticleReporting Software Errors in Koha to ByWater
Software errors in Koha must be handled slightly differently than other trouble tickets submitted to support… in some ways, the errors are easier to deal with, because they typically give a pointer to...
View ArticleClearing your brower’s cache after a Koha upgrade
You may have heard us say to clear your browser’s cache after each Koha upgrade or we may have asked you to clear the cache to resolve a Koha error and wondered why? Why do we always tell you to do...
View ArticleHow to Clear Your Brower’s Cache After Koha Upgrade
Yesterday Melissa told us why it’s important to clear your browser cache after a Koha upgrade. Today Aaron Sakovich, Internet and Technology Services manager at the Huntsville-Madison County Public...
View ArticleWhy Koha needs the OPACBaseURL
I had an odd ticket cross my desk today. Once I had determined the cause of the problem, I was frankly surprised I had not seen this issue before. But still, it’s odd enough, and easy enough to fix,...
View ArticleKoha 3.18 Staff Client Introduction
This tutorial video will walk you through the basics of the staff client in Koha 3.18. It introduces you to new features like the item specific search and how you can share anonymous statistics with...
View ArticleBudget Rollover in Koha 3.18
This tutorial video will walk you through how to roll over your budgets in Koha 3.18. This feature will let you roll over monies and orders from one year to the next to make it easy to transition from...
View ArticleAutomatic updating of the Koha Offline Circulation borrowers file
Wouldn’t it be nice to know that your Koha Offline Circulation patron data was always up to date? It can be done! Here I will show you a very simple way to do this! This tutorial assumes you will be...
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New in Koha 3.22: Advanced Item Type Management
So you have a list of Koha item types all worked out based on your circulation rules. However, you have discovered that there are some item types that are showing to the patrons and you would prefer...
View ArticleTools, Reports, and Administration in Koha 3.22
This recorded webinar will cover new features and enhancements in the 3.22 Koha upgrade for tools, reports, administration and system preferences. Koha 3.22 can take advantage of Plack to run faster...
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Koha 3.22 – Custom sound alerts
As of 3.22, Koha users have the ability to specify the sound alerts used in the staff interface. First, we need to see that we have enabled alerts in the staff interface. Under Home > Administration...
View ArticleAdministration Tools and Reports Upgrade Webinars
Educator: Jessie 3/27 To learn all about Koha 16.11 view the other videos in this series and make sure to review the manual and the release notes. The post Administration Tools and Reports Upgrade...
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