[Koha] German-speaking Koha-DACH-Hackfest on October 7.-9. in Göttingen

Dear Koha-Community, we cordially invite you to the 2nd German speaking Koha-DACH-Hackfest on October 7-10, 2025. The event is designed for people with experience in Koha who actively participate in the Koha community's activities for developing, enhancing or translating the software or are planni

Re: [Koha] Question on Cronjob for building holds queue

ISO 27001 - > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: David Nind > Gesendet: Montag, 30. Juni 2025 21:06 > An: Bruns, Anke > Cc: koha > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Question on Cronjob for building holds queue > > My limited understanding is that if the RealTimeHoldsQueue

Re: [Koha] Question on Cronjob for building holds queue

> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Bruns, Anke > Gesendet: Montag, 30. Juni 2025 10:22 > An: 'koha' > Betreff: Question on Cronjob for building holds queue > > Dear list, > > one, and only one of our Koha servers/instances regularly sends this > message:

[Koha] Question on Cronjob for building holds queue

Dear list, one, and only one of our Koha servers/instances regularly sends this message: -- /etc/cron.hourly/koha-common: RealTimeHoldsQueue system preference is enabled, holds queue not built. Use --force to force building the holds queue. ipp-greifswald: 1 status returned by "/usr/share

Re: [Koha] Data migration to new koha instance

Hi Nirmit, this is very generic - can you specify a bit what you need to know? Do your old Koha instance and the new one have the same Koha version? Best regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und Informationssysteme" E-Mail: anke.br...@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 551 39-30291

Re: [Koha] Is the Wiki offline?

Yes, it is 😊 Thanks! Anke > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Koha Im Auftrag von Katrin Fischer > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2024 11:30 > An: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Is the Wiki offline? > > It looks like the wiki is back now :) > &g

Re: [Koha] Koha 24.05 is here!

Dear Katrin, thanks and congrats! Anke > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Koha Im Auftrag von Fischer, Katrin > Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. Mai 2024 11:15 > An: koha-de...@lists.koha-community.org; 'koha' > Betreff: [Koha] Koha 24.05 is here! > > The Koha community is proud to announce th

Re: [Koha] Is the Wiki offline?

Hi, yes, me. Regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und Informationssysteme" E-Mail: anke.br...@gwdg.de Tel.: +49 551 39-30291 - Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen (GWDG) Burckhardtweg 4,

Re: [Koha] Conversion of WinISIS data to Koha

Dear Tahir, first of all, it is important to know in what format the data from WinISIS (which is unknown to me) can be exported. And what types of data you are planning to convert - only bibliographic data (titles, authorities, items) or also patrons, loans, orders etc. For the biblio data, it

Re: [Koha] Thesis report

Hi, the SQL for the report depends on where, i.e. in which MARC fields, the information is stored in your Koha. You'll find lots of examples for SQL reports in the SQL Report Library and can choose one that fits well and then adjust the SQL to your needs. The link to the Reports Library can be

Re: [Koha] Zebra Index not working

Maybe try: koha-zebra --restart instance or koha-zebra --stop / --start > instance. > > Does the about page show anything about your Zebra's status? (front page) > > Hope this helps, > > Katrin > > On 16.01.24 14:49, Bruns, Anke wrote: > > Hi, > > > &

[Koha] Zebra Index not working

Hi, we are facing a similar problem to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26925152/reindexing-zebra-because-there- are-no-results-found-in-opac-and-intranet-search. I tried rebuilding the Zebra index, also checked the directories' permissions according to https://koha.katipo.co.narkive.com/cc099

Re: [Koha] Automatic display of punctuation in Title view of record

Hi Jithin, we solved this with a combination of the XSLT files and the OpacUserCSS resp. IntranetUserCSS system parameters. First, we defined classes for the relevant title parts, then we set up CSS for these classes, having them start with the desired character (dot, colon or other). However,

Re: [Koha] Help! This title cannot be requested

Hi, not being super familiar with circulation rules, but have you checked the current item status? Is it available for loans (item subfield 7 0 or empty), or has it temporarily or permanently another status? Has it any restriction in item subfield 5 or is it marked as lost (subf. 1) or withdr

Re: [Koha] 500 error for News, HTML customizations, Pages

Hi, a quick shot would be to restart Plack (if you use Plack, of course) and/or memcached. Or perhaps a "koha-upgrade-schema " may help. You might also have a look into the Plack log or the MySQL error log. These are just some things that helped us in some cases. Unfortunately a 500 error is

Re: [Koha] Deleting biblios and items

ing. No, I did not; I didn't know it was needed. I will have to look up how does one truncate zebraque. On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 10:03 AM Bruns, Anke mailto:anke.br...@gwdg.de>> wrote: Hi Aida, this seems strange to me. Unfortunately I don’t have time right now to dig deeper into thi

Re: [Koha] Deleting biblios and items

der Gesellschaft: Göttingen Registergericht: Göttingen, Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 - Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 und ISO 27001 - Von: Aida Djikic Gesendet: Donnerstag, 9. November 2023 09:

Re: [Koha] Deleting biblios and items

deleting the records). Best regards, Anke Von: Aida Djikic Gesendet: Mittwoch, 8. November 2023 12:07 An: Bruns, Anke Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Betreff: Re: [Koha] Deleting biblios and items Hello Anke, thank you for the directions; I have followed them and have managed to

Re: [Koha] Deleting biblios and items

Hi, your_koha_library in this case means the database name. This is typically "koha_". If you open MySQL (before the "use" step), you can list your database(s) with "show databases;" to see the exact name. When everything is done, don't forget to set the Foreign Key check back to 1. You can lea

[Koha] Question on MARC Frameworks and Staging/Importing records

Hi, as I inadvertently imported some batches of records with the standard framework instead of the library's configured one, I think about how this can be corrected without having to repeat the imports. Can one a) recognize and b) batch change the MARC framework with which records have been imp

Re: [Koha] Punctuation in personal names

er minor issue as it concerns only the staff interface and not the OPAC. Regards, Anke > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Alejo Janin > Gesendet: Montag, 4. September 2023 16:04 > An: Bruns, Anke ; koha > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Punctuation in personal names > > Hi, &

Re: [Koha] Punctuation in personal names

> Gesendet: Montag, 4. September 2023 13:16 > An: Bruns, Anke > Cc: koha > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Punctuation in personal names > > I do the editing manually with every data imported using z39.50 > > > On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 4:25 PM Bruns, Anke <mailto:anke.br...@gwd

[Koha] Punctuation in personal names

Hi everybody, a library pointed me to a problem with the display of abbreviated personal first names in 100 and 700 (and possibly others). The final dot in these fields is chopped in the results' list and detailed record view (OPAC and Staff Interface). Thus, a name like Kuthy, A. reads Kuthy, A

Re: [Koha] Importing Patron data has limit? (KOHA v23.05 with plack)

O sorry, I should have read better. The discussion was about importing circ transactions. Just ignore my mail. Best, Anke Am 17.08.2023 11:46 schrieb "Bruns, Anke" : Hi, there was a discussion in May on this list, suggesting that a certain number of patrons might be too much wit

Re: [Koha] Importing Patron data has limit? (KOHA v23.05 with plack)

Hi, there was a discussion in May on this list, suggesting that a certain number of patrons might be too much without there being a "hard" limit. See attached mail from this list. Regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe Anwendungs- und Informationssysteme E-Mail: anke.br...@gwdg.

[Koha] Upgrade question: 22.05 -> 23.05 better directly or via 22.11?

Hi all, we are considering an upgrade from 22.05 to 23.05 - in your experience would it be good to upgrade directly or to go first to 22.11 and then from there to 23.05? Thanks and best regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und Informationssysteme" E-Mail: anke.br...

Re: [Koha] web installer appears on upgrade

Hi, in our case, when this occurs, the solution is usually to restart the memcached and then perform koha-upgrade-schema . Hope this helps. Best regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und Informationssysteme" E-Mail: anke.br...@gwdg.de -

Re: [Koha] IMPORTING FILES INTO KOHA

Hi, it would be good to know a bit more about what exactly you are trying to do. In what format are your data? For Koha, it would have to be UNIMARC or MARC21. (MARCXML is said to be possible as well, but I have found that it didn't in my case.) How are you trying to import the data? Via the S

Re: [Koha] TRUNCATE borrowers

Hi, I'd suggest exporting the super user first from the borrowers table, then truncate the table, then import the super user back into the now empty table so you don't shut yourself out of the Koha admin interface. Best regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und In

Re: [Koha] Cannot import records: Failed to connect: Error connecting to localhost:61613

Hi Giuseppe, has this been solved meanwhile? Because we are encountering the same behaviour on Koha 22.11.04 and 22.11.06. The lines mentioned are present in our koha-conf.xml, so that's not the reason (and wasn't in your case, either, as I understood). I'd be very happy for a solution. Thanks

Re: [Koha] How To Add OCLC in Koha Z39.50 Server.

Hi Librarian, You'll need the following information at least from OCLC: - Hostname (e.g. z3950.somedomain.org) - Port (a number, e.g. 210) - Database (the name of the database you'd like to search) This information must be provided by OCLC, perhaps on a web site, or on request. There are some m

[Koha] Question on keyword index for 084

Hi, according to https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/How_to_add_new_zebra_index I created a new index for the local classification of my library which is in 084. I tried to set this index up for word search and for phrase search. Now I find that only the phrase search works fine, but the word se

Re: [Koha] Importing MARC records

like there is only 1 record in each MARC file. Is an invalid MARC > file > format a possible cause? > > Regards, > Thomas > > -Original Message- > From: Bruns, Anke > Sent: 21 March 2023 13:22 > To: letter...@daladi.com; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > Subjec

Re: [Koha] Importing MARC records

Hi, first: it would be nice to have a name to answer to 😉 Then, I suggest considering whether you already performed the import successfully in the past, and if so, since when the problem with the empty screen occurs. Was anything changed about your Koha configuration or version in the meantime

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Re: Another XSLT question: adding a line break between multiple names

Hi, as I have a similar issue, I've been trying any versions of a line break I - and the internet - could come up with (, , , \A and several codes between a "&" and a ";". None of them worked, when written in the xsl file directly; but I may have done something wrong there. What works well is

Re: [Koha] Question on path for custom xsl files (OPAC and Staff client)

Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 --- > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: King, Fred > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Februar 2023 17:00 > An: Bruns, Anke ; Tomas Cohen Arazi > > Cc: koha > Betreff: RE: [Koha] Question on

Re: [Koha] Question on path for custom xsl files (OPAC and Staff client)

ertifiziert nach ISO 9001 --- > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Tomas Cohen Arazi > Gesendet: Samstag, 12. November 2022 23:33 > An: Bruns, Anke > Cc: koha > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Question on path for custom xsl files (OPAC and Staff > client) > &

[Koha] koha-sites.conf, indexing_mode entries

Hi, there is a dpkg-dist version of /etc/koha/koha-sites.conf with some changes concerning Zebra. The following passages have obviously been removed from koha-sites.conf with 22.05 or before: > # BIBLIOS_INDEXING_MODE: 'dom' | 'grs1' > # Indexing mode for bibliographic records > # default: 'dom'

[Koha] Error message concerning Overdues.pm

Hi all, the following error message is sent in an email titled "Cron test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )": "Argument "0,00" isn't numeric in numeric gt (>) at /usr/share/koha/lib/C4/Overdues.pm line 283." line 283 in Overdues.pm reads: "$amount = $issuin

Re: [Koha] Blank Item Records

the...@gmail.com > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. November 2022 20:07 > An: Bruns, Anke > Betreff: RE: [Koha] Blank Item Records > > Yes, here is the screenshot. > > Mathew B. Wood > > > -Original Message- > From: Bruns, Anke > Sent: Friday, November

Re: [Koha] Question on path for custom xsl files (OPAC and Staff client)

King, Fred > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. November 2022 14:45 > An: Bruns, Anke ; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > Betreff: RE: Question on path for custom xsl files (OPAC and Staff client) > > AFAIK, you can put the xsl files anywhere you want. Go to Administration /

Re: [Koha] Disabling / hiding the cart in OPAC

Hi Stefano, you might be looking for the system preference "opacbookbag". Regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und Informationssysteme" E-Mail: anke.br...@gwdg.de --- Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Götti

Re: [Koha] Blank Item Records

Hi Matthew, can you add the screenshot, please? There was no attachment to your mail. Regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und Informationssysteme" E-Mail: anke.br...@gwdg.de --- Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeit

[Koha] Question on path for custom xsl files (OPAC and Staff client)

Hi, we have some settings of our own in some XSL files, e.g. /usr/share/koha/opac/htdocs/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/{langcode}/xslt/MARC21slim2O PACResults.xsl as well as for the staff client in e.g. /usr/share/koha/intranet/htdocs/intranet-tmpl/prog/{langcode}/xslt/MARC21sli m2intranetResults.xsl All

Re: [Koha] Question on OPACUserCSS

> On Thu, Oct 27, 2022 at 02:25:48PM +, Bruns, Anke wrote: > > > we are struggling with a background image for the OPAC pages. > > > > The description of the parameter OPACUserCSS says " Include the following > > CSS on all pages in the OPAC". However,

Re: [Koha] Question on OPACUserCSS

ber 2022 16:45 > An: Bruns, Anke > Cc: Koha > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Question on OPACUserCSS > > Hi Bruns, > > The CSS you added should work on all OPAC pages and does for me. I am > testing with the following: > > body { > background-image: url(https://github.com/b

[Koha] What is this? WG: 自动回复: Question on OPACUserCSS

Why do I get this message when posting to the Koha list? > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: 214993372 <214993...@qq.com> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Oktober 2022 16:27 > An: Bruns, Anke > Betreff: 自动回复: [Koha] Question on OPACUserCSS >

[Koha] Question on OPACUserCSS

Hello, we are struggling with a background image for the OPAC pages. The description of the parameter OPACUserCSS says " Include the following CSS on all pages in the OPAC". However, the style declaration body { background-image: url(path/to/our/image.jpg); background-repeat: no-repeat; ba

Re: [Koha] Question re TOCs and other digital content

-- Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 --- > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Hernandez, Heather H > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 8. September 2022 17:33 > An: Bruns, Anke ; Koha > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Question re TOCs and other digital content > &

[Koha] Question re TOCs and other digital content

Hello again, as far as we know, Koha provides no possibility to index uploaded files, e.g. pdfs containing a table of content, an abstract, or a full text. As this info isn't so very recent, perhaps there has been development in this area that we aren't aware of? I checked the documentation, but

[Koha] Permanent loans best practices

Hi, we'd like to set up the possibility of permanent loans for some borrower types (categories). Our idea is to set the due date to a date far in the future (e.g. 2099), or to 99 years. Is this a good solution, or does Koha provide a better one? Has anybody experiences or ideas to share on this

Re: [Koha] to import bulk book details - please advise

://marcedit.reeset.net/. Anke Von: edward durai Gesendet: Mittwoch, 13. Juli 2022 15:55 An: Bruns, Anke Cc: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Betreff: Re: [Koha] to import bulk book details - please advise its fresh entry. please share if you have excel template to import On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at

[Koha] Batch item modification, problem with location

Hi, when I try to modify a batch of items to assign a location (authorized value LOC, would be 952$c) to them, there are in the dropdown list of possible locations only those belonging to a different branch from the branch my items belong to (as both their home and holding branch). Thus, I cannot

Re: [Koha] Background jobs in Koha menu "Administration"

Hi Eugen, thanks a lot, this solved the problem for us, too. Best regards, Anke > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: DHIM IT > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2022 21:09 > An: Bruns, Anke ; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Background jobs in Koha menu

Re: [Koha] to import bulk book details - please advise

Hi Edward, could you please explain your request a bit more? Do you explicitly want to import 5000 title records as duplicates of 5000 existing records, so as a result there are 1 records? Or did you mean import the same data with deduplication in the process, so that the 5000 existing rec

Re: [Koha] Koha 22.05: Where has the columns setting for the patrons list gone?

ettings are in Administration > Table settings > Patrons > > memberresultst > > Hope this helps, > > Katrin > > On 06.07.22 17:02, Bruns, Anke wrote: > > Hi, > > > > a minor problem but nonetheless...: In version 20.11 we had the possibility >

Re: [Koha] Background jobs in Koha menu "Administration"

... I forgot to mention that these jobs aren't executed either, but remain in the New status on the overview page. Regards, Anke > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Bruns, Anke <> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Juli 2022 12:52 > An: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > Betr

Re: [Koha] Background jobs in Koha menu "Administration"

Hi, not sure if this belongs to this thread, but as it concerns /cgi-bin/koha/admin/background_jobs.pl it may fit in. We realized that in 22.05 there is a http 500 error when clicking on "View" in one of the jobs listed on the background jobs overview. This is independent of - the Koha instanc

[Koha] Koha 22.05: Where has the columns setting for the patrons list gone?

Hi, a minor problem but nonetheless...: In version 20.11 we had the possibility to choose in the staff client which columns from the patron record we wanted to display in the patrons short list. There was a "Columns" button next to the "Export" one. This option seems to have gone with one of the m

Re: [Koha] Koha Web Installer Error

Hi, Did you use the correct user name which should be koha - underscore - , e.g. "koha_mylibrary" ? The password is shown if you type in your koha server's command line: koha-passwd Hope this helps. Regards, Anke -- Anke Bruns M.A. (LIS) Arbeitsgruppe "Anwendungs- und In

Re: [Koha] Batch modification: Possibility to copy subfield content to another field's fixed positions?

Hi Lauren, thanks a lot! I was just about to ask the MarcEdit forums, but now I'll try this first. Regards, Anke > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Lauren Denny > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2022 21:23 > An: Bruns, Anke > Cc: Elaine Bradtke ; koha@lists.ka

Re: [Koha] Batch modification: Possibility to copy subfield content to another field's fixed positions?

--- Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 --- > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Elaine Bradtke > Gesendet: Dienstag, 22. Februar 2022 19:13 > An: Bruns, Anke > Cc: Stowasser Rainer ; koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > Betreff: Re: [Koha] Batch modification: Possibility to cop

Re: [Koha] Batch modification: Possibility to copy subfield content to another field's fixed positions?

gen, Handelsregister-Nr. B 598 --- Zertifiziert nach ISO 9001 --- > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: Stowasser Rainer > Gesendet: Freitag, 18. Februar 2022 13:04 > An: Bruns, Anke > Cc: Thomas Klausner ; koha@lists.katipo.c

Re: [Koha] Batch modification: Possibility to copy subfield content to another field's fixed positions?

ch modification: Possibility to copy subfield content > to > another field's fixed positions? > > Hi! > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 11:12:22AM +, Bruns, Anke wrote: > > > in order to be able to use the search index for publication year, the year > > must to my

[Koha] Batch modification: Possibility to copy subfield content to another field's fixed positions?

Hi, in order to be able to use the search index for publication year, the year must to my knowledge be mentioned in 008, positions 7-10. Is there a way to populate this with the content from 264$c which, in my case, is always a ? In the templates for batch operations I can only find ways to co

Re: [Koha] Block web crawlers Bots

Hi, well, the robots.txt is just an information given to bots that you don't wish your web server to be crawled. It is not a technical block, so bots can choose to ignore the robots.txt, and at least those not compliant with rules and standards will do so. You would need a technical solution t

[Koha] General question on borrower_debarments

Dear Koha list, we just stumbled upon the borrower_debarments sql table and are wondering how exactly this works and what can be done with it. However, we find no documentation either in the manual or "out there" on the internet. Do you know of any information on the debarment feature? I see th

Re: [Koha] Convert format to koha

Hi Pedro, what exactly is the format? What system did you export the data from and with what file extension? With e.g. a .csv file, a MySQL dump or a MARC file conversion to Koha should be possible. However, I cannot recognize the format of your data from your mail. Best regards, Anke -- An

Re: [Koha] Linking via 830$w

Hi Katrin and Thomas, as I also followed this discussion with interest, I would add my 2 ct. as to Koha's behaviour regarding traced and untraced series. Horizontal linking to other parts of a series, traced or untraced, makes perfect sense. Yet I wonder, if it could be modified slightly for tr

Re: [Koha] Linking via 830$w

Hi Katrin, thank you very much for this info! One question remains, however, for me. Referring to (I think) the traced series mentioned in the paragraph before, you explain: > In this case linking horizontally to the other parts of the series > instead of linking to the set record was chosen by