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<p>ByWater Solutions will be at ALA Annual this year at booth #117. This year we&#8217;re going to do some organized demos of our products. We recently announced support for the open source kiosk management system, Libki. We&#8217;ll have organized Libki demos at: Friday, June 28: 5:15pm Saturday, June 29: 11:30am Saturday, June 29: 2:00pm Sunday,</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/06/18/bywater-at-ala-annual/">ByWater Solutions at Booth #117 at ALA Annual</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/nengard/">Nicole C. Engard</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<p>The other day I got an email from one of our partners that pointed out to me that the service we use for hosting our videos has added ads to our tutorial videos. I did not approve of this &#8211; or know that it was going to happen. I know that some of you have</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/06/12/koha-video-updates/">Ads on Koha Tutorial Videos</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/nengard/">Nicole C. Engard</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-logo"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Il y a quelques jours la version 1.12 de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://biblibre.com/fr/produit/piwik">Piwik</a> a été publiée. Nous venons de l'installer sur nos serveurs, donc si vous disposez de <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://biblibre.com/fr/produit/piwik">Piwik</a> pour analyser votre OPAC et/ou votre portail vous pouvez dès maintenant utiliser les améliorations de cette nouvelle version, qui sont détaillées ci-dessous.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.biblibre.com/fr/blog/billet/mise-%C3%A0-jour-de-piwik-en-version-112">en lire plus</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BiblibreBlog/~4/ZRwERy5mra8" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>My previous work experience in libraries and with databases has been with proprietary automation systems. I have been working at ByWater Solutions for two months now, and this is my first time witnessing the process of open-source software support and development. I never imagined software development or support would ever appeal to my personal value</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/06/06/koha-newbie-perspective/">Koha from a Newbie Perspective</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/danielle/">Danielle Elder</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

Inspired by something I read this morning, I thought I would make a mention of the Koha developers who are employed by a library. Off the top of my head (and if I have missed some please let me know in comments) I can think of. Owen, Marcel, Dobrica, Mirko, Tomas, Mathieu,  and the Koha [...]

<div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-logo"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer la refonte totale du site dédié à notre offre Pikoloco pour fêter ses 1 an. Pikoloco est une offre de BibLibre basée sur le logiciel de gestion de bibliothèque Open Source Koha.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.biblibre.com/fr/blog/billet/refonte-compl%C3%A8te-du-site-de-pikoloco">en lire plus</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BiblibreBlog/~4/sIa7j4hEaEY" height="1" width="1"/>

<div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-logo"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>La traduction de la Newsletter communautaire de Koha de mai est disponible en français sur <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://koha-fr.org/content/newsletter-koha-communautaire-volume-4-issue-5-mai-2013">Koha-fr</a>.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.biblibre.com/fr/blog/billet/newsletter-communautaire-de-koha-de-mai-2013">en lire plus</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BiblibreBlog/~4/xdpkoj5IBpg" height="1" width="1"/>

May was a feature release month so a little quieter than a usual one never the less plenty was still done 212 Bugs moved into &#8216;Needs Signoff&#8217; 147 were signed off 20 Patches didn&#8217;t apply 36 Failed QA 112 Passed QA 116 were pushed to master 39 were pushed to stable Here is who did [...]

<p>There are two methods for dealing with the process and pulling and filling holds with on-shelf items using Koha. The first and simplest is the Holds to pull report. This report will list all the holds that need filled at all libraries. It essentially works on a first-come-first-served basis. This report works best for Koha</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/06/02/koha-holds-queue/">Filling holds: How the Koha holds queue works</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/kyle/">Kyle Hall</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

Koha Community Newsletter May 2013 Volume 4, Issue 5 ISSN 2153-8328 Edited by Daniel Grobani, Koha Community Newsletter Editor. Please submit news items to Table of Contents Development Koha 3.12.0 Released Koha 3.10.6 Released Koha 3.8.13 Released Koha 3.12 Live DVD Released Koha Statistics Community New Koha Libraries Community Gossip Support Provider News Upcoming Events June General IRC Meeting KohaCon13 News Shanxi (China) Koha Mini Conference Past Events May General IRC Meeting Global Bug Squashing Day Philippines [...]

<p>5/31/2013 CONTACT: Nathan Curulla (888) 900-8944 sales@bywatersolutions.com Northeast Harbor Library Chooses ByWater Solutions&#8217; Koha Support ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America&#8217;s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that the Northeast Harbor Library, of Northeast Harbor, Maine is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. ByWater Solutions completed</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/31/northeast-harbor-koha-support/">Northeast Harbor Library Chooses ByWater Solutions&#8217; Koha Support</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/press/">Press Releases</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-logo"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> </div> </div> </div> <p>La dernière version stable du logiciel de gestion de bibliothèque Koha, la 3.12, est sortie dans la nuit du dimanche 19 mai.</p> <p>Jared Camins-Esakov, le release manager, a écrit un billet de blog en anglais à ce sujet sur <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://koha-community.org/koha-3-12-0-released/">Koha-Community.org</a>.</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.biblibre.com/fr/blog/billet/notes-de-version-de-koha-312-traduction-fran%C3%A7aise">en lire plus</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BiblibreBlog/~4/CzR1VMkCxuc" height="1" width="1"/>

<p>5/23/2013 CONTACT: Nathan Curulla (888) 900-8944 sales@bywatersolutions.com Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law Choose ByWater Solutions&#8217; Koha Support ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law are now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system.</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/23/colleges-of-law-koha-support/">Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law Choose ByWater Solutions&#8217; Koha Support</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/press/">Press Releases</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

The Koha community is proud to announce the release of Koha 3.10.6, this is a stable release and contains many bugfixes. The packages are available at debian.koha-community.org or you can download the tarball from download.koha-community.org This is also my last release as 3.10.x release maintainer, thanks again to all the many people who have contributed along [...]

It is with great pleasure the Koha community announce the release of Koha 3.8.13 this a maintenance release and contains many bugfixes. It is available for download from download.koha-community.org This is my last release as release maintainer for the 3.8.x branch. I would like to thank all those who wrote patches, tested, signed off, and did [...]

It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of Koha 3.12.0, the latest stable release of the Koha open source integrated library system. 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 [...]

<p>5/14/2013 CONTACT: Nathan Curulla (888) 900-8944 sales@bywatersolutions.com Lincoln College of Technology Chooses ByWater Solutions&#8217; Koha Support ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America’s forefront provider of Koha support, announced today that Lincoln College of Technology of Cincinnati, Ohio is now live on their installation of the Koha integrated library system. ByWater Solutions completed the migration</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/13/lincoln-koha-support/">Lincoln College of Technology Chooses ByWater Solutions&#8217; Koha Support</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/press/">Press Releases</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<p>When training on the Koha inventory tool last week I mentioned my &#8220;easy way&#8221; to do inventory. It&#8217;s the way I&#8217;ve been training people to do inventory for years now. I recommend plugging your barcode scanner in to a laptop, putting the laptop on a book cart and rolling it up and down the shelves.</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/10/mobile-inventory-koha/">Mobile Apps for Doing Inventory in Koha</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/nengard/">Nicole C. Engard</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<p>We are upgrading to Koha 3.10.5 on Saturday night (May 11). If you&#8217;re interested in reading the release notes for the 3.10 version releases, see <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://koha-community.org/category/release/3-10/">this section</a> on the Koha community website. A <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://koha-community.org/files/2012/11/Koha-3.10-enhancements.pdf">nice PDF document</a> was put together detailing the major enhancements in 3.10.0.</p> <p>Additionally, here are some highlighted features/bugs from the 3.10 upgrade that we have found in testing, including patron search changes, a local hold check-in bug, a few cataloging menu changes (and options to avoid!), and report changes. After the upgrade, please let us know if you notice any additional changes/bugs/features worth highlighting and we’ll add them to this document and the post online.</p> <p><strong>Patron Search Changes (from Patrons section):</strong></p> <p><strong>Current system:</strong> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image001.png"></a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image003.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2666" alt="image003" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image003.png" width="289" height="115"/></a></p> <p><strong>3.10 patron search:<br /> </strong></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image005.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2667" alt="image005" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image005-e1368103246678.png" width="954" height="90"/></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image007.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2668" alt="image007" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image007.png" width="223" height="99"/></a></p> <p><strong>New Search Option in patron search</strong></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image009.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2669" alt="image009" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image009.png" width="179" height="61"/></a></p> <p><b>Local Hold checkin bug</b></p> <p>Local Hold checkins at non-home library: triggering holds unexpectedly for wrong patrons. See <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=9906">this community bug</a> for more information. We are continuing to look into an explanation and resolution of this issue.</p> <p><strong>Cataloging:</strong></p> <p>When starting a new record from the cataloging module, if you’re immediately selecting the framework, note that Standard framework is now at the bottom, when creating a new record from cataloging module:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image011.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2670" alt="image011" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image011.png" width="357" height="190"/></a></p> <p>However, when importing in new record and changing the frameworks, it’s still the same menu as in previous versions:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image012.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2671" alt="image012" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image012.png" width="754" height="188"/></a></p> <p><strong>Edit Menu on Records: </strong>Please do not use the highlighted options in the image below (The Edit items in batch; delete items in batch; delete all items) if they are still present after the upgrade. We are in the process of getting these options hidden. They allow you to change/delete ALL items on a single bib record, including items that are not your library&#8217;s!</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image014.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2672" alt="image014" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image014.png" width="513" height="227"/></a></p> <p><b>Staging records for import</b>:<br /> One small change (just leave record type set to bibliographic)</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image016.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2673" alt="image016" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image016.png" width="347" height="157"/></a></p> <p><strong>Batch item modification results</strong>: don’t do anything to the check boxes:</p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image018.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2674" alt="image018" src="http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/image018.png" width="485" height="122"/></a></p> <p><strong>Reports</strong></p> <p>The organization of reports will be changing after the upgrade, and they will be much<br /> easier to find: we’ll now be able to internally group reports by categories! The categorization will be implemented after the upgrade and more information will be provided after it is set up.</p>

<p>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 define how your items are circulated, how/when fines are calculated and how holds are handled. Get there: More &#62;</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/08/circ-rules-koha310/">Defining Circ &#038; Fine Rules in Koha 3.10</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/nengard/">Nicole C. Engard</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<p>5/9/2013 CONTACT: Nathan Curulla (888) 900-8944 sales@bywatersolutions.com ByWater Solutions Welcomes Danielle Elder as a Koha Migrations Specialist ByWater Solutions, an open source community supporter and the U.S.’ forefront provider of Koha support, is happy to welcome Danielle Elder as Migrations Specialist. Danielle will join our expert Koha migrations team in assisting new partners in the</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/07/dani-koha-migrations/">ByWater Solutions Welcomes Danielle Elder as a Koha Migrations Specialist</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/press/">Press Releases</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<p>I know that I posted this last year, but so many new libraries have joined the Koha community recently, that I wanted to share with you all a way to get free ebook records for your catalogs. Did you know that Project Gutenberg has their own MARC exports (and other formats as well) that you</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/06/koha-ebooks/">Free Ebooks for your Koha Catalog</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/nengard/">Nicole C. Engard</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

<p>I&#8217;ve previously posted a video on what RSS is for your patrons, but never showed your patrons how to subscribe to an RSS feed from Koha. This tutorial video will walk through how to subscribe to an RSS feed from the Koha catalog for your patrons. In the video I show how to search the</p><p>The post <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/2013/05/01/rss-feeds-koha/">Subscribing to RSS Feeds in Koha 3.10</a> by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com/author/nengard/">Nicole C. Engard</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bywatersolutions.com">ByWater Solutions - Koha Open Source ILS Support</a>.</p>

So for April 2013 we again had a lot of activity 49 bugs were marked Assigned 206 had a patch attached for signoff 177 were signed off 125 Passed QA 95 were pushed to master 82 were pushed to stable 10 didn&#8217;t apply cleanly 54 failed QA Signoffs &#8211; April Chris Cormack &#8211; 43 Kyle [...]