News summary, week of 10/17/2011

News

• 10/21/2011 We are offering 4 sessions (11/8, 11/10, 11/14, 11/15) of the Serials Clones Online Workshop. You may register online here.
• 10/19/2011 The Serials Clones memo for 2012 is now available. Online training sessions for serials maintenance will be held in mid-November.
• 10/18/2011 156 items in the system with an item type of "Magazine, new, no loan" were batch changed to "Magazine, adult" or "Magazine, juvenile", depending upon the collection code of the item. The item type "Magazine, new, no loan" was removed from the system. (This item type was a temporary item type used for items with the Dynix ITYPE MANEW at the time that we migrated in April.)
• 10/17/2011 139 items in the system with a status of In Transit/Transit Hold were batch changed to Lost in Transit. Also, the In Transit/Transit Hold statuses were removed from the Lost status category. (In Transit/Transit Hold was a temporary status used for items that were in transit at the time that we migrated in April.)
• 10/17/2011 The PAC Development Committee is meeting at 1pm on Tuesday, October 18 to discuss searching improvements to Koha.
• 10/17/2011 The LINKcat patron survey is now linked from the LINKcat home page. The survey will be available to patrons through Nov. 18. A button image is available to libraries for use on library websites.

New Problems Identified

• Nonpublic note disappears: The Non-public note field in the item record does not seem to save correctly. Initially it may appear that the note is saved, but the information in the field later disappears. (10/21/2011) (SCLS Support Ticket 40838) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet)
• "HOLD FOR..." button disappears: When placing a hold from a patron record using the "Search to Hold" button, re-sorting the search results list causes the "HOLD FOR..." button to disappear. (10/19/2011) (SCLS Support ticket 41302) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet)
• Address problems when creating Juvenile patron records: If you create a Juvenile record by clicking on the "Add child" button in the parent/guardian's account, Koha will not allow you to enter information (address, phone, Home Agency) that differs from the guarantor's account. If you enter different information, Koha will revert to what's currently listed on the guarantor's account once you save the registration. This is also the case if you create a Juvenile account from scratch and then link to a parent/guardian's account through the Guarantor Information fields. (10/18/2011) (SCLS Support ticket 40848) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet)