Koha 3.0.3 Released

The Koha development team has announced the release of Koha 3.00.03. This is a stable release of Koha 3.0.
Its name is koha-3.00.03.tar.gz. Koha 3.0.3 Stable, fixes bugs with 3.0.2 release because opac-reserve and holds-transfer-slip were not in tarball.
This release is bugfix only of 3.0.2 release, and does not include any new features.
It also does not add any database changes from 3.0.2.
The next release is scheduled for July and will include features which are now in master but not ported yet to stable because of a required database change. That is to say mainly many content enhancement were not integrated LibraryThing, Syndetics, Baker&Taylor, Babeltheque, and BranchTransferLimits. But we are willing to make them into the next release which will come out as soon as possible in July.

To download and get more information visit the koha homepage.

Review–Gretsa Koha Training Workshop

The KOHA training workshop at Gretsa University was a great success. Some of the presentations can be downloaded from the downloads page.

Friday 29th May 2009

Friday 29th May 2009

To download a complete zipped file of the pictures for the workshop, click here

The date and venue for the next workshop will be communicated later. if you have recommendations and suggestions, you can always send them to the mailing list of koha kenya. ie. koha_kenya@yahoogroups.com

KOHA WORKSHOP AT GRETSA UNIVERSITY

The second KOHA Kenya training workshop will be held at Gretsa University in the University Library auditorium on Friday 29th May 2009 from 9.00AM to  4.30PM. The workshop will be facilitated by the Kenya Koha Community members.  The core areas to be covered in the workshop will include:

• Integrating & Implementing FOSS In Libraries ()
• Managing Digital Collection on Dspace
• Cataloguing & Classification on Koha
• Serial Management on Koha
• among others.

Schedule: (Subject to Amendment)

• 8.30 am — Arrival
• 9.00 am — Introductions – - (By Stanley Macharia –Librarian Gretsa University.)
• 9.00 -930 am –Koha Kenya  Overview & Review-  (By Benson)
• 9.30 – 10.30 am  -Implementing Digital Content Management Systems in Libraries – (By Ken Rotich)

• 10.30 am – 11.00 am — Tea Break
  11.00 -12.00 pm -Working on Dspace (Practicals) — (Ken Rotich / Abraham Kibe)
  12.00 – 1.00 pm -Introduction to Koha ILS // Serial Management on Koha (Ken / Benson)
• 1.00pm -2.00 pm –Lunch Break
• 2.00pm -3.00pm – Understanding Koha 3.0 & MARC21 (Theory) — (Tito Wawire)
• 3.00pm -4.30pm – Practical Cataloguing & Classification on Koha 3.0 — (Tito Wawire)
• 4.30pm –Integrated National Bibliographic Network —Mrs. Wakuraya Wanjohi
• Responses, Way-foward & Closing Remarks

Participation:

Entry is free. However participants must make their own arrangements for travel and meals. For planning purposes, participants should confirm their participation. Confirm Participation by e-Mail

How to Get to Gretsa University – Thika Campus:

From Nairobi: Option 1- Pick no.237 (marked Posta/Makongeni Direct) at the former KBS stage, alight at Gretsa Main Campus, main gate.  Option 2- Take no 237 alight in Thika Town.

From Thika Town – Near the Municipal Stadium get Matatu for Posta/Makongeni – alight at Engen/Gretsa Main Gate.

For more Information:

Call +254-721618073

Koha 3.0.1 Released

The Koha development team have announced the release of Koha 3.00.01. This is a stable release of Koha 3.0.  Stable has been released on http://download.koha.org/ Its name is koha-3.00.01-stable.tar.gz

To download this release go to www.koha.org or clickhere

Release notes:

This release of Koha 3.0.1 includes the following general improvements over
the previous release:

* General Bugfixing
Authorities :
Authorities structure edition
Authorities edition with diacritics
merging authorities
Adding failover when null string searched
Cataloguing :
When editing an item, clearing a field.
OPAC :
tags Management improved
shelves browsing improved
improved COInS Support
Improved RSS support
Boolean search on Advanced Search page (more options) Added
Deletion of private list fix
General Output :
Improving concistency of strings
markup corrections
Adding some untranslated strings to translation files.
More consistency in dates display
UNIMARC
Adds the creation date of biblios to frameworks in order to
improve Rss support
You have to launch the script
./maintenance/UNIMARC_sync_

date_created_with_marc_biblio.pl
995$2 as lost items management.
If you had a previous installation of Koha without 995$2 linked
to items.lost then
you have to launch the script
./maintenance/sync_items_in_marc_bib.pl
and rebuild indexes with rebuild_zebra.pl (see wiki.koha.org or
rebuild_zebra.pl -h for documentation)
Fines fixes
Some sorting problems on patron names and libraries fixed
js and update of strings for better coherence
CGI::Session::Serialize::yaml is now required and not only CGI::Session
Adding better display of links on conformance with MARC standards
Fixing POD for correctness
Preparing for debian packaging
Adding more SIP2 functions
Adding some information on reports
UTF8 support improved
Failover improved
Many performance improvements under the hood
* Adding a Subject cloud
* better UNIMARC version 5 compliance
* Improving diacritics management in zebra
* Additional translations
* Improving Quality Assurance with test suite
* Adding a Renew All button to OPAC
* options added to overdue_notices script

Good News : Koha Content CD for offline Installation

Prashant and krishnan have put together all the requirements for setting up Koha 3 on Fedora where there is no Internet connectivity.The content CDs contain all the dependencies and allows you to install Koha on the fly even without Internet connectivity

For more information and to order for the CDs go to http://krishnanm.com/khh/about

First Koha Workshop Held @ NEGST

The first Koha workshop organized in Kenya by the Koha Kenya Society was held on Friday October third. The workshop centered mainly on installation and configuration of Koha, and migration of Data from other formats to MARC21 for migrating into Koha.

Atleast six institutions were represented including:

• Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology – NEGST
• Australian University -AUSI
• Gretsa University – Thika
• Shalom Research & Documentation Center -SHAREDOC
• St. Paul’s University – Limuru
• Slums Information Development and Resource Centers – SIDAREC

Koha Kenya society is seeking to increase the circle of the network of libraries and information centers using Koha as an ILS to improve standardization, partnership and information sharing.

All ears, at the second session of the workshop

Koha Kenya first workshop at NEGST

Beatrice, center and Kenneth leave at the conclusion

First Open Koha Workshop

Following recommendations of the koha meeting of 25th July, 2008, Koha Kenya
will be holding a training workshop to be conducted at NEGST

The details are:
Date: 3rd to 4th October, 2008
Time: 9.00 am ¡V 4.00 pm
Venue: Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) -
www.negst.edu/
Charges: Ksh 2500 p.p. (lunch, stationery and facilitation)

Workshop contents:

• KOHA : an Experience
• Installation & Configuration of Koha on Linux platform

• System Preferences and Parameters

• Working with the modules (Cataloguing, Acquisitions,

Serials, Authorities, Virtual shelves, Accounts and Reports, etc)

To get to NEGST:

Take No. 24 City Hoppa from Kencom OR No. 111 from Railways

1. Alight at Karen shopping centre
2. From here, look for and board matatu going to Dagoretti Market
3. Inform the conductor that you need to alight at NEGST. (be prepared to pay btn Ksh 20- 25)

For more information Contact:

Beatrice Adera Amollo (Mrs)

Librarian

Australian Studies Institute
Centro House, off Ring Road,

opp. The Mall, Westlands,

Nairobi, Kenya

P.O. Box 25520-00603 , Nairobi , Kenya

P: +254 (0) 20 444 11 10 or +254 (0) 20 444 87 42 | F: +254 (0) 20 444 1120 or +254 (0) 20 444 87 43
M:+254 (0) 722 208768 or +254 (0) 722 208769 | W: www.ausied.com
E: beatrice@ausied.com

Koha_Kenya Launched

An Association for Kenya Koha users and experts has been launched. The association that largely includes librarians is hoping to reach out to Kenyan Information Centers and Libraries to promote use of open-source solutions in addressing challenges that face libraries and information centers today. Specifically, the association seeks to establish a task-force to network institutions using Koha -ILS and to help interested institutions feasibly and professionally adopt and implement Koha.

To join the society mailing list you can subscribe here:

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