LINK 2.0 Koha

News Summary for 1/1/2013 through 2/28/2013

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 2/22/13 Shorter, task-oriented Circulation Tutorials have been recorded and posted to the Koha Circulation Tutorials page: Renewing items; Applying Payments; Claims Returned and Write Offs.
• 2/22/2013 New Report request forms; read the LINK 2.0 blog post.
• 2/14/13 Three new cataloging/technical services reports are posted to the Reports page: Fast Adds, On Order Greater than 6 Months, and Problem Item: Not for Loan Status. Read the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post with more details. Workflows are available on the Reports main page.
• 2/11/13 The January PAC Subcommittee minutes are available online.
• 2/6/13 Global change to all patron records - Hold Canceled notice option removed. Read the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post.
• 2/6/13 The monthly LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile reports are posted.
• 2/6/13 The Circulation User's Group is schedule for March 27th from 9 am - 12 pm. You may register online.
• 2/1/13 The January CSC Subcommittee minutes area available online.
• 2/1/13 The January ILS Committee minutes are available online.
• 1/30/13 Deleted today: 37381 withdrawn items and 4314 bibliographic records where the last item attached was withdrawn.
• 1/30/13 Revised options for printing the Holds Queue reports after the Firefox 18 upgrade. Read the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post.
• 1/29/13 Bug related to Public Note field in item Detail screen. Read the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post.
• 1/24/13 New Available on shelf facet added to LINKcat PAC and staff client.
• 1/22/13 The GetIt Acquisitions User's Group is scheduled for February 27th at 9 am at SCLS Headquarters. Please register online.
• 1/4/2013 The new Year End Rollover development and several bug fixes are included in this weekend's GetIT Acquisitions upgrade. Release notes are now available through this link and on the Acquisitions module page.

Known Problems:Recently Added & Updated

• 2/22/2013 New.Items with diacritics characters in their title are causing terminations of some Self Check sessions. LibLime has scheduled this to be fixed in the next point release. (SCLS Support ticket 44266)
• 2/19/2013 New. Bug with using multiple search boxes in the Advanced search. When you input search terms into multiple search boxes, Koha does not seem to correctly search and limit the search results. It appears that not all of the search terms are included in the search, so the results that you get are too broad. The problem only occurs when you use multiple search boxes. If you use one search box and then use the other limits, such as language, publication date, subtype limits, or library then the search limiting works correctly. This problem has been reported to LibLime. (SCLS Support Ticket 44225)
• 1/29/2013 New. Bug with Public Note field in Item Detail screen. Do not use the Public note field in the History section of the Item Detail screen. Using this field for an item with a Lost status strips the patron information from the Checkout status line. If the item is Claims Returned or Lost + Charge, it will also be removed from the patron's Lost Items list, but the charging entry will remain in the patron's Account screen. Use the Non-Public Note in the full Item record if you must add a note to the item record. (SCLS Support ticket 44076)
• 1/11/13 New. In PAC, using Back button to return to search results list always brings you to the top of the page, even if the last record that you viewed was at the bottom of the page. This is because the cursor is automatically placed in the search box. (SCLS Support Ticket 43950)
• 1/4/13 New. GetIt Cannot download Fund hierarchy to Excel. The file that is downloaded has header information but no fund accounts. (SCLS Support Ticket 44007)

 

News Summary for 12/3/12 through 12/28/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 12/6/12 The minutes from the November CSC Subcommittee are now online.
• 12/4/12 Review your calendar settings for 2013. Double check that all your Yearly - Repeatable Holidays are correct and that you have added all the 2013 Unique Holidays for your library.  Instructions are in the Circulation Manual, Section XVI Circulation Tools.
• 11/30/12 On Wednesday, 12/5, we will be implementing a new hold sequence in Koha. Please read the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post or the link-announce email for details about this change.
• 11/28/2012 The GetIt Acquisitions module will be upgraded overnight tonight. Please do not use GetIt on Thursday, November 29th until notified by email that the upgrade is complete. Please review the Release Notes regarding bug fixes, updates, and the completion of the Send to Catalog development.

Known Problems:Recently Added & Updated

• 12/28/12 Fixed. This problem has been resolved and the app is now downloadable. LINKcat Mobile is not working on some newer Android phones, or phones that have been upgraded with newer Android software. Users get a white screen with text and no links work. This problem has been reported to LibraryThing. (8/7/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42786)
• 12/19/12 Resolved. This problem was temporarily resolved by turning off the highlighting in search results. Unresponsive script errors: Staff report intermittent "Unresponsive script" error messages involving jquery while searching in the staff client and in the PAC. We have reported examples of searches with problems as well as error messages to LibLime. (SCLS Support Ticket 43485)
• 12/19/2012 Fixed. Some reports of Hold Available text messages not being delivered.There had been a problem with the Text messages for filled holds after the problems we had at Thanksgiving. While the daily status reports were reporting that the text messages were delivered, no messages were actually being sent. The problem has now been fixed and we now know how to check to make sure the text messages were actually sent. We took the messages for the past 7 days, manually deleted the messages for those patrons had picked up their holds and the hold messages were sent. Some patrons will receive more than one message since they had received hold notices on more than one day during that time period. If any patrons are still having problems with not receiving their text messages, please let us know. (SCLS Support ticket 43690).
• 11/30/12 Update. The availability facet was removed until the problem is resovled. Availability facet displays items in transit and on hold shelf at library: Items in transit to a library are appearing as available on shelf at the destination library for checkout. Items on the hold shelf awaiting patron pickup are also appearing as available in the Availability facet. For example, an item in transit from owning library FCH to fill a hold at current library SUN appears as available at PAR when using the Availability facet, even though PAR does not own the item and it is filling a hold for a patron. It also shows an item as available when it is in transit back to its home location. (SCLS Support Ticket 43518)

News Summary for 9/24/12 through 10/26/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 10/23/2012 Koha is back up. Upload your Offline Circulation transactions before checkin and checkout. Instructions are in Section XV of the Circulation Manual.
• 10/22/2012 The staff client is offline due to an outage in the Amazon cloud according to LibLime. We will continue to update the SCLS Status Wiki as information becomes available. Thank you for your patience.
• 10/18/2012 The Serials Clones memo has been posted for 2013. Please review the list of titles which will be received on new subscription records linking to new bibliographic records.
• 10/17/2012 The upgrade is officially scheduled for October 29 at 9pm. Downtime for LINKcat PAC will be 15-30 minutes. As stated below, LINKcat will have only partial contents during the four-hour re-indexing process. We will add a slide with these details to the LINKcat homepage within the next day or two. Again, please read the release notes for updates on Solr searching tips, among other features in this upgrade.
• 10/12/2012 The Release Notes for the 4.14 upgrade are posted. Please review the document before October 29. When the upgrade occurs, the LINKcat PAC will be totally down for a minute or two while the code switch and upgrade takes place. Then LINKcat will contain only partial contents during the four hours that the index is being re-built. When we have more details as to the time and date of the LINKcat downtime, we'll add a slide to the home page to alert patrons in advance.
• 10/10/2012 Libraries are reminded to check the physical condition of items before check in, check out and holds processing. Please read the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post for more information.
• 10/8/12 The upgrade to LibLime Koha 4.14 is scheduled for October 29. Complete details are available in the LINK2.0Koha blog post.
• 10/8/12 The "My fines" tab in the PAC patron account has been removed. Please see the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post for more information.
• 10/5/12 We have opened registration for the following Circulation Webinars; Receipts Management, Fines & Financial Transactions, and Problem Items forms. You may register online. They will be recorded and posted online if your staff is unable to attend on these particular dates.
• 10/3/12 The September reports for LINKcat and LINKcat Mobile are posted.
• 9/28/12 The minutes from the September CSC Subcommittee Meeting are now available online.
• 9/25/12 Final Testing of LibLime 4.14 To Begin, upgrade coming soon.
• 9/25/12 We are looking for new Ideas for LINKcat slideshow slides
• 9/25/12 The My Fines tab has been removed from LINKcat: read all about it.
• 9/25/12 The new Solr indexing platform is available for testing in the sandbox staff client and PAC. Please see the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post for more details on this coming upgrade.

Known Problems:Recently Added & Updated

• 10/8/12 FIXED. Patron Expiration date no longer recalculates for record changes (listed below). 9/13/2012 More details: Patron Record Expiration date:Changes to fields in these sections change the Expiration date: Patron identity, Main address, Contact, Alternate Address, Alternate Contact, and Patron Messaging preferences. Changes to fields in these sections have not affected the Expiration Date, Library Management, Library set-up, OPAC login, and Patron Account flags. 9/12/12 New problem: Patron Record Expiration date: Saving changes to a patron record will also modify the expiration date to 4 years from the date the record was modified, whether or not the record is expired. A similar problem was reported last September and fixed in the 4.10.5 point upgrade. This 'new' problem has been reported to LibLime. (9/12/2012) ( SCLS Support ticket 43042)
• 10/8/12 New problem: Cannot sort hold list by "status" in patron PAC account: The "status" column does not sort correctly. Try sorting the "suspend" column to group In transit and Waiting items separately from Pending items. (10/8/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 43236)
• 10/2/12 New problem: Batch changing call numbers using Batch item edit: If you add a plus sign to the call number field in the batch item edit form, the plus sign is dropped when the batch change goes through. Right now the only workaround for this is to change the call number manually in each item record. (10/2/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 41755)

News Summary for 6/16/2012 through 9/21/2012

After a hiatus this summer, we are back to reporting the LINKcat news.  Here is a catchup blog post.

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 9/21/12 The Patron Record & Registration and the Serials Setup & Maintenance Webinars are now available online.
• 9/6/12 Will there be addtional costs in 2013 for Crystal Reports and e-commerce? The answer is no, and you can read about it here.
• 9/4/12 The August reports for LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile are posted.
• 9/4/12 The Linking I Webinar is now available to view online.
• 8/23/12 The minutes from the August CSC Subcommittee Meeting are available online.
• 8/14/12 The minutes from the August ILS Committee Meeting are available online.
• 8/13/12 The Acquisitions I Webinar is now available to view online.
• 8/7/12 The July reports for LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile are posted. See the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post for more details on these reports.
• 8/2/12 The release notes for the 4.12.1 upgrade have been posted.  There are just two items: problems with sorting in Reading history are fixed and some problems with debt collection are fixed.
• 8/1/12 This is a notice that LibLime will be doing an upgrade to Koha at 6:30am on Monday, August 6.  It should only take about 15 minutes.  This is a minor upgrade with a few bug fixes.  We are working on the release document now.
• 7/20/12 The minutes from the July PACC Meeting are available online.
• 7/20/12 The minutes from the July CMC Meeting are available online.
• 7/17/12 New enhanced Content from LibraryThing is now live in LINKcat. See the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post for more details.
• 7/2/12 New reports for LINKcat.info and LINKcat Mobile have been posted. See the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post for more details.
• 7/2/12 Withdrawn items were deleted from Koha on Friday, June 29. 15,163 items were deleted.
• 6/29/12 The Linking Manual has been updated. Several new sections were added.
• 6/28/12 The GetIt Acquisitions module was upgraded on 6/27. See the Release notes for details on the upgrade.
• 6/28/12 The minutes from the June CSC Meeting are available online.

Known Problems:Recently Added & Updated

• 9/20/12 New problem: Other fields are showing through the Lists drop down menu: If you click on the Lists button, the re-sorting drop down menu shows through the lists drop down. (9/20/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 43108).
• 9/12/2012 New problem Patron Record Expiration date: Saving changes to a patron record will also modify the expiration date to 4 years from the date the record was modified, whether or not the record is expired. A similar problem was reported last September and fixed in the 4.10.5 point upgrade. This 'new' problem has been reported to LibLime. (9/12/2012) ( SCLS Support ticket 43042) 9/13/2012 More details: Changes to fields in these sections change the Expiration date: Patron identity, Main address, Contact, Alternate Address, Alternate Contact, and Patron Messaging preferences.
  Changes to fields in these sections have not affected the Expiration Date:
  Library Management, Library set-up, OPAC login, and Patron Account flags.
• 9/6/12 New Problem GetIt:  Problems with "From search": In the Purchase Order, the keyword search in the "from search" doesn't seem to be working. (9/6/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 43001)
• 9/6/12 New Problem GetIt: Receipt status not updating in invoice: After a PO Line Copy is added to an invoice, the receipt status in the invoice does not update if it's changed from the PO or the Receive area (it will update if you change it from the Invoice). (9/6/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 43000)
• 8/24/12 New Problem GetIt: PO Lines not changing to Closed after Copies are received and invoiced: PO Lines that have been received and invoiced are no longer changing to "Closed." (8/24/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 43133)
• 8/16/12 Fixed GetIt: Creating items on receipt does not send all item info to catalog. If you set a Copy to automatically create an item on receipt, when the item is created it does not send the call number (that was entered in GetIt) to Koha. You have to manually fill in the call number in the Koha item record after GetIt creates it. (6/28/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42615)
• 8/16/12 Fixed GetIt: X from ISBN-10 is dropped when uploading files. If you upload a MARC file with an ISBN-10 that contains an X on the end of it, then GetIt drops the X when populating the ISBN field in the PO line. (7/5/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42644)
• 8/16/12: Fixed GetIt: Creating items on receipt fails if you fill in both barcode and call number fields. If you set a Copy to automatically create an item on receipt, and you fill in both the call number and the barcode fields in GetIt, then you will get an error message when you try to send the item to Koha and it will fail. The workaround is to fill in the barcode and call number fields in the Koha item record after GetIt creates it. (6/28/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42616)
• 8/7/12 New Problem LINKcat Mobile: LINKcat Mobile is not working on some newer Android phones, or phones that have been upgraded with newer Android software. Users get a white screen with text and no links work. This problem has been reported to LibraryThing. (8/7/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42786)
• 8/6/12 Fixed Sorting Reading History by Title: If a patron has more than 50 titles in the Reading History, then the patron cannot view the entire list sorted by title. They can only view the entire list sorted by date. (3/22/2012) (SCLS Support Ticket 41952) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)
• 7/5/12 New Problem GetIt: X from ISBN-10 is dropped when uploading files. If you upload a MARC file with an ISBN-10 that contains an X on the end of it, then GetIt drops the X when populating the ISBN field in the PO line. (7/5/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42644)
• 6/28/12 New Problem GetIt: Item created at receipt has status of Available. If you set a Copy to automatically create an item on receipt, the item that is created in Koha will have a status of Available. The status will need to be manually changed to In Processing in the Koha item record. (6/28/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42617)
• 6/28/12: New Problem GetIt: Creating items on receipt fails if you fill in both barcode and call number fields. If you set a Copy to automatically create an item on receipt, and you fill in both the call number and the barcode fields in GetIt, then you will get an error message when you try to send the item to Koha and it will fail. The workaround is to fill in the barcode and call number fields in the Koha item record after GetIt creates it. (6/28/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42616)
• 6/28/12 New Problem GetIt: Creating items on receipt does not send all item info to catalog. If you set a Copy to automatically create an item on receipt, when the item is created it does not send the call number (that was entered in GetIt) to Koha. You have to manually fill in the call number in the Koha item record after GetIt creates it. (6/28/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42615)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: An error message is received when sending POs via EDI. However, the PO does still go through to the vendor and you will still receive an Acknowledgement. (6/27/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42611)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: Receiving creates duplicate bib records if an item record is automatically created upon receipt. When you receive a Copy on a PO Line that has already been sent to the catalog, Koha does not create an item on the existing bib. Instead, it creates a new bib record and adds the item to the new bib record. (5/31/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40139)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: There is a Contact name field listed in the Vendor Account Addresses display but there is no field for Contact name on the Vendor Account Addresses form, so there is no place to enter a Contact name. (4/14/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 41894)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: Bulk "Send to Catalog" does not work. Individual "Send to Catalog" works but error messages are received. (8/18/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40807)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: PO Lines cannot be added to new invoice after original non-approved invoice deleted. (6/7/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40207)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: Parent fund does not display when Edit fund button is clicked (9/27/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 41896)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: Cannot select new parent fund in "Edit fund" pop-up. This means that you cannot change the parent fund on any existing funds. You have to delete the existing fund and create a new fund under the correct parent fund. (6/7/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40205) (Development)
• 6/27/12 Fixed GetIt: When editing a fund, you will occasionally get an "Edit fund" pop-up box with three blank Parent fund boxes. When you try to edit another fund, GetIt hangs. To clear this bug, log out of GetIt or refresh Firefox (refreshing Firefox will reload GetIt). (4/20/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40204)
• 6/26/2012: New Problem: Ampersand in search causes problems with browsing search results. If you use an ampersand in a search, then you cannot browse through the search results list. When you go to the second page you lose the search results. (6/26/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42602)

News Summary for 5/29/2012 through 6/15/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 6/7/12 Libraries can start managing their own receipt templates. Read the blog post "Managing your receipts" for more details and links to documentation.
• 6/1/12 The minutes from the May PACC Meeting Minutes are now available online.
• 6/1/12 Greg Barniskis has been working on a "New Reports Pipline" which has resulted in some new report formats this month. Read the first in a series of blog posts about this exciting breakthrough.
• 6/1/12 Talking Tech is now working as expected! See the Known Problems page for the complete details.
• 6/1/12 We've introduced a new graphic layout on the home page of LINKcat. There are currently four slides (and we will keep the number of slides around five or less) which will automatically scroll. If you hover your mouse over the left or right sides of the slides you will get an arrow on each side and you can also scroll through the slides. We plan to keep rotating new slides with tips, announcements, etc. Most of the slides have clickable links. Thanks to Rose from SCLS for getting the slides all set up!
• 6/1/12 The Library Anywhere Mobile App for LINKcat was launched today. A press release has been issued and Facebook, Twitter and LINKcat have been updated.
• 5/30/12 The Holds Sequence will change as of 6/1/2012. Please read today's link-announce email or blog post for more details.

Known Problems:Recently Added & Updated

• 6/15/2012: New Problem: Barcode scanner on LINKcat Mobile App does not work with the iPod Touch 4th Generation because the camera is not strong enough. (6/15/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42409)
• 6/7/2012: New Problem: Invalid barcode message when moving item. Sometimes you get an invalid barcode message when you are trying to move an item, even though the barcode is a valid barcode. You can click the Override and Save button to continue moving the item. This has been reported to LibLime. (6/7/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42441) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.12)
• 6/5/2012: New Problem: Format drop-down box missing from "Log in to your account" page. This has been reported to LibLime. (6/5/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42417) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.12)
• 6/1/2012: Fixed in 4.12: Koha will now check to see if a hold is filled before the call list is sent to the Talking Tech Server. Testing has confirmed that if a patron picks up all holds on the day they are trapped, they will not be called or texted with a hold notice the next day.  If they pick up some, but not all of the holds trapped on the same day, they will receive a notice with the correct number of items remaining on the shelf. There is still a chance that a patron will pick up holds early in the day after they day they were trapped and still get a call later in the day. This is because it takes a long time for Talking Tech to work through the call list which is static once it is sent to Talking Tech. This is less likely to happen with Text messages since they are all sent at 9am. Original Problem We have had reports of patrons getting called for holds that are not actually at the library. Talking Tech receives a file of patrons to call from Koha, but it does not check back to see if the hold was already picked up. A patron could walk in to the library and pick up their hold before they are called. Add an extra step to have Koha check to see if the hold is filled before the call list is sent to the Talking Tech Server. (4/29/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40862) In Development (Round 1)
• 6/1/2012: Fixed: Cannot place holds in LINKcat Mobile. LibraryThing fixed the problem with placing holds. (SCLS Support Ticket 42390)
• 6/1/2012 Fixed: Place Hold link missing from Brief Display of Cart. LibLime has fixed the problem with the missing Place Hold link in the Cart. (SCLS Support Ticket 42388). (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.12)
• 5/31/2012 Fixed in 4.12: The foreign language limiting is not available in the PAC. We would like it available in a drop-down. (6/20/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40306)
• 5/31/2012 Fixed in 4.12: There is no option to limit by adult. (8/12/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40739) In Development (Round 2)
• 5/31/2012 Fixed in 4.12: There is no option to limit just by books. (8/12/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40737) In Development (Round 2)
• 5/31/2012 Fixed in 4.12: Add Format drop-down box under main Search box to the right of the Advanced Search box in the PAC. Referred from PAC Committee. (6/15/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40273)

News Summary for 5/14/2012 through 5/25/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 5/25/12 Patron evaluation of the Library Thing features began this morning via a survey posted in LINKcat. The features will be available through 6/1/12.
• 5/25/12 Read details about the 4.12 upgrade scheduled for the evening of 5/30/12 in the LINK2.0Koha blog post.
• 5/25/12 Bookmarks for the LINKcat Mobile app went out in Delivery today. For more information about LINKcat Mobile, see the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post.
• 5/24/12 We are now making our best effort to to fill all Weeding Report Requests within 2 to 5 business days of your request. Please keep in mind that if any of the following circumstances occur, it may take a bit longer: unusually complex report request, high volume (especially from one requester), holidays.
• 5/22/12 Preliminary release notes are available for the 4.12 upgrade which is tentatively scheduled for the evening of May 30. Key features include limiting by foreign language in the PAC and the ability for library staff to modify their own receipts.
• 5/18/12 The minutes from the May Circulation Services Subcommittee Meeting are now available online.
• 5/16/12 We are conducting a trial of additional Library Thing features from May 16 through May 30. To find out how to participate, go the the PAC Support page and scroll down to the Enhanced Content Trials section.
• 5/16/12 The LINKcat Mobile app is now available in the App Store and on Google Play. Users with devices other than Android or Apple can go to m.linkcat.info for a mobile version of LINKcat.

4.10 Problem Log

05/24/2012 Printing Pay Fines or Account screens may crash Firefox: If you are trying to print a patron's Pay Fines screen or Account screen using the Firefox Print option, you may crash Firefox. Tests show that this will happen if the patron has more than one screen of transactions. The work-around is to take screen shots of the pages, using Alt-PrtScn, and pasting the screen shots into a Word document. (SCLS Support ticket 42096) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)

News Summary for 4/30/2012 through 5/11/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 5/11/12 Read about the 4.12 upgrade on LINK2.0Koha.
• 5/11/12 The May ILS Committee minutes are now available online.
• 5/9/12 We now have a toll-free number for the ILS Help Desk (855) 545-7435. We do ask that if you are local, please continue to use our local phone number to dial the ILS Help Desk (608) 242-4720.
• 5/9/12 We are looking for Koha testers using the Koha sandbox. (See "The sandboxes" under the Testing column.) Testing should by completed by May 18. Follow the directions on the Koha Testing page.
• 5/4/12 The new home for Koha Development information is the Koha Migration page. This page will eventually be renamed Koha Development. On this page, you will find the 2012 Development plans and other documents pertaining to development.
• 5/3/12 Since the sandboxes have been unavailable this week, we have extended the trial of Syndetics enhanced features to Sunday, May 13. We will begin the trial of Library Thing features on Monday, May 14.

News Summary for 4/23/2012 through 4/27/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 4/27/12 The monthly batch delete of withdrawn items was done today. 13,353 items were deleted, along with 1228 bib records (when the last item on the bib was deleted).
• 4/26/12 The Linking I: Searching and Matching Webinar is now available online.
• 4/25/12 The auto-calculation for the Expiration date when adding new patron records has been fixed. Please read the blog post for more details.
• 4/24/12 We are conducting a trial of additional Syndetic Solutions features from April 24 through May 6. To find out how to participate, go the the PAC Support page and scroll down to the Enhanced Content Trials section.
• 4/24/12 The minutes from the April Circulation Services Subcommittee have been posted online.
• 4/24/12 Reminder to check all items for damage and missing parts: a Circulation Best Practices blog post.

4.10 Problem Log

04/25/2012 Fixed: 02-15-2012 Update: this is also true if you are creating a new patron record using the "Copy Patron" option and manually change the expiry date. You have to save the new record first, then go back into it and manually change it again. 02-07-2012 New Problem: Expiration Date for new patron records-auto-calc is broken. The auto-calculation for the Expiration date does not work when you add new patrons. You can manually enter an expiration date and it will be saved/retained when you save the patron record. The date must be entered in the format xx/xx/xxxx. (SCLS Support ticket 41777) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)

News Summary for 4/2/2012 through 4/20/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 4/16/12 A change to the Refund Charges screen now provides separate Refund buttons for each refund amount a patron may have on their record. Please read the blog for more detailed information.
• 4/13/12 The ILS Committee Minutes from the April 4th meeting are available online.
• 4/13/12 New release notes for fixes applied to Koha since the 4.10 upgrade have been posted. Most of the fixes listed in this document were announced separately, but now they are all compiled into one document.
• 4/10/12 The registration for the Linking 1 Webinar scheduled for April 26th at 9 am is now open. You can register online here.
• 4/6/12 A new workflow for printing the Holds Queue report (aka pick list) in Firefox is posted on the Circulation workflow page.
• 4/3/12 The Baker & Taylor Content Cafe trial is ready for testing. Please see the PAC page of this web site under "Enhanced Content Trials" for instructions on participating in the evaluation.
• 4/2/12 We now have Baker & Taylor Content Cafe features in the sandbox PAC. This is the beginning of a two week trial. We have test documents ready to go, but we are waiting for one bit of information from B&T first. In the mean time, you can see the features by searching a title in the sandbox PAC and clicking on the " Enhanced Content:Content Cafe" link from the full title screen. The images are also from Content Cafe.
• 4/2/12 The minutes from the March PACC Subcommittee Meeting are now available online.
• 4/2/12 13,680 withdrawn items were deleted on Friday, March 30. The next monthly delete of withdrawn items will be Friday, April 27.

4.10 Problem Log

• 04/17/2012 New: Problem changing several items to Trace status on Holds Queue report: Libraries have reported that if they are marking more than two items to Trace on their Holds Queue report, some of the status changes will not succeed and they have to go back and re-set the items to Trace. This has been reported to LibLime. Here are optional ways to set items to Trace on the HQ report:
  • Change only two items at a time. Confirm the number of items on the report has been reduced by two.
  • If you change more than two, confirm the number of items on the report has been reduced by the number you attempted to change. If all items were not removed from the report, refresh your screen, re-set the (remaining) items to Trace and submit the report again. Confirm the numbers again.
  We don't know if the size of the report or other activity on the report (at the same time) has anything to do with the problem. We are unable to duplicate this in the Sandbox. (04/18/2012) (SCLS Support Ticket 42102) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)
• 04/11/2012 Fixed: Not for loan status: As of today, April 11, when you check in an item with a "Not for loan" status of On Order ACQ, On Order Non-ACQ, Received ACQ, In Processing, or Current Issue/NO CKO the status will clear upon checkin.  04/04/2012 New problem: The "Not for Loan" status does not clear upon checkin. This means that when you check in items with an In Processing or On Order status, the status does not revert back to "Available," instead it stays on In Processing or On Order. To process new items, you will have to first clear the status, and then check the item in to trap holds. You can clear the status using the Batch Edit Items tool. This problem has been reported to LibLime (4/4/12) (SCLS Support Ticket 42035) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)
• 04/04/2012 Update: Some patrons receive Internal Server Error when placing holds: LibLime delivered a patch last night that should fix this problem. New problem: Some patrons are receiving an Internel Server Error when they try to place holds from home. This has happened in the past and was fixed by LibLime but it is now a problem again. The same patrons who had problems before are having problems now. It has been reported to LibLime. (4/3/2012) (SCLS Support Ticket 42029) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)
• 04/03/2012 Update: Sort arrows in list of checked out items: Some patrons do not have sort arrows in their list of checked out items in their patron account in the PAC. Also, the most recently checked out items appear by default at the top of the list rather than the bottom of the list. We have found that if the patron has at least one active hold, then the list is sortable. But if all holds are suspended, then the list is not sortable. Also, patrons who do not have any hold do not have sort arrows in their list of checked out items. (7/6/11) (SCLS Support Ticket 40448) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)

News Summary for 3/19/2012 through 3/30/2012

News

For the most current news, see the ILS Support Main page.

• 3/28/12 The minutes from the March ILS Committee Meeting are now available online.
• 3/26/12 The minutes from the March CMC Subcommittee Meeting are now posted online.
• 3/26/12 The minutes from the March CSC Subcommittee Meeting are now posted online.
• 3/19/12 Reports from the Spring 2012 ILS Users Group have been posted on the ILS Users Group Training page.
• 3/12/12 Three Koha searching webinars are now posted. See the LINK 2.0 Koha blog post for details.

4.10 PROBLEM LOG

• 03/23/2012: New Problem: Adding Manual Invoices: If you are adding a Manual Invoice to explain a payment for a Lost Item, do not use Type = Lost Item and do not enter the item barcode. Adding a Lost Item/Manual Invoice(with item barcode) to a patron record subsequent to payment for that Lost item will prevent a Refund being generated for that Lost and Paid item if it is returned. Only create a Lost Item/Manual Invoice when the patron is not otherwise charged for a lost item. (3/23/2012) (SCLS Support ticket 41937) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)
• 03-22-2012: New Problem: Sorting Reading History by Title: If a patron has more than 50 titles in the Reading History, then the patron cannot view the entire list sorted by title. They can only view the entire list sorted by date. (3/22/2012) (SCLS Support Ticket 41952) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)
• 03-19-2012: New Problem: Refunded Overdues: If patrons pay overdue fines and then the overdue items are checked in using a back-dated check in, the system will "refund" the overdue payments. Initially it was thought that this was the remainder of items checked out under the CircControl bug that was fixed in the 4.10 upgrade but recents tests show that it is a result of back-dating. Admin and Liblime staff run weekly reports to clear these refunds. This problem has been reported to LibLime and appended to SCLS Support ticket 40697 (3/19/2012) (SCLS Support ticket 40697) (Not on Koha Problems and Fixes spreadsheet/4.10)