KOHA 3.4 - LIS Links2024-03-29T08:15:28Zhttp://lislinks.com/forum/topics/koha-3-4?feed=yes&xn_auth=noWe cant tell you its benefits…tag:lislinks.com,2011-08-06:2013205:Comment:1904902011-08-06T04:03:57.184ZVimal Kumar V.http://lislinks.com/profile/vimalkumar
<p>We cant tell you its benefits within few words.</p>
<p>As a librarian you must use your information grabbing skills for this purpose.</p>
<p>Everything regarding Koha Home page</p>
<p>See the site <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.koha-community.org" target="_blank">www.koha-community.org</a></p>
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<p>We cant tell you its benefits within few words.</p>
<p>As a librarian you must use your information grabbing skills for this purpose.</p>
<p>Everything regarding Koha Home page</p>
<p>See the site <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.koha-community.org" target="_blank">www.koha-community.org</a></p>
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<p> </p> Where is the link to installa…tag:lislinks.com,2011-08-05:2013205:Comment:1904622011-08-05T07:03:20.566ZSushanthttp://lislinks.com/profile/Sushant
Where is the link to installation guide to Koha 3.4 on Ubuntu
Where is the link to installation guide to Koha 3.4 on Ubuntu hi
Koha 3.4.0 is a major fea…tag:lislinks.com,2011-08-05:2013205:Comment:1903582011-08-05T05:19:13.237ZBasavarajhttp://lislinks.com/profile/Basavaraj79
<p>hi </p>
<pre>Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release.</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>New features in 3.4.0</pre>
<pre>======================</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> ACQUISITIONS:</pre>
<pre> * Can filter budgets by active status and date on the acquisitions</pre>
<pre> homepage</pre>
<pre> * Freetext field added to specify one-off delivery addresses/comments</pre>
<pre> * Can create multiple orders from a staged MARC file</pre>
<pre> * New cronjob to delete old…</pre>
<p>hi </p>
<pre>Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release.</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>New features in 3.4.0</pre>
<pre>======================</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> ACQUISITIONS:</pre>
<pre> * Can filter budgets by active status and date on the acquisitions</pre>
<pre> homepage</pre>
<pre> * Freetext field added to specify one-off delivery addresses/comments</pre>
<pre> * Can create multiple orders from a staged MARC file</pre>
<pre> * New cronjob to delete old suggestions</pre>
<pre> * Warning when ordering from an external source when a catalogue</pre>
<pre> record already exists</pre>
<pre> * Currency can be set when ordering</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> ADMINISTRATION</pre>
<pre> * Many additional granular permissions are added</pre>
<pre> * Ability to replace the favicon from within the admin interface</pre>
<pre> * Ability to import and export MARC frameworks</pre>
<pre> * Separate field for library state/province</pre>
<pre> * WYSIWYG editor for Koha News</pre>
<pre> * Ability to add news items to slips</pre>
<pre> * Label batch edit interface allows entry of items by scanning</pre>
<pre> barcodes</pre>
<pre> * Can choose the MARC framework when importing records</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> CATALOGING</pre>
<pre> * NORMARC support added</pre>
<pre> * Edits to Authority records are now logged</pre>
<pre> * 005 field updated when a Biblio or Authority record is edited</pre>
<pre> * Added edit record/edit items to the search result if logged in</pre>
<pre> user has cataloguing privileges</pre>
<pre> * Add support of record linking by record control number in $w</pre>
<pre> * 006/008 plugins much improved</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> CIRCULATION</pre>
<pre> * Callnumbers are displayed when an item is checked in</pre>
<pre> * Waiting holds now show the date they were marked waiting</pre>
<pre> * Show guarantees checkouts when checking out to a guarantor and vice versa</pre>
<pre> * Show holds waiting for a patron on check in</pre>
<pre> * New report wizard for Holds</pre>
<pre> * Syspref to disable the ability for borrowers to choose their</pre>
<pre> pickup library for holds</pre>
<pre> * Self Checkout supports login</pre>
<pre> * Ability to set 'hard' due dates, which will not allow items to</pre>
<pre> be checked out past that</pre>
<pre> * Printed receipts can now include the library phone, address and</pre>
<pre> other fields</pre>
<pre> * Fast Add framework at circulation</pre>
<pre> * Ability to define due dates in the past</pre>
<pre> * Checkin page now lists fines owed by patron</pre>
<pre> * Preferences for defining the fine level when a staff</pre>
<pre> override is needed</pre>
<pre> * Search to Hold feature</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> OPAC</pre>
<pre> * New system preference added to allow the librarians to hide</pre>
<pre> items from the OPAC. See docs/opac/OpacHiddenItems.txt for</pre>
<pre> more information.</pre>
<pre> * Authority display improved in OPAC</pre>
<pre> * Allow the patron to choose which library they wish to make a</pre>
<pre> purchase suggestion for</pre>
<pre> * Added the ability to hide the name of a reviewer/commenter in</pre>
<pre> the OPAC</pre>
<pre> * CSS/HTML and other UI improvements</pre>
<pre> * Lists respect the XSLT bibliograhic display preferences</pre>
<pre> * Truncation of facets now controllable by a system preference</pre>
<pre> * Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in the OPAC</pre>
<pre> * User can renew multiple items at once</pre>
<pre> * A new librarian-controlled column added to the 'My Summary' page on the OPAC</pre>
<pre> * Recent comments view for the OPAC (allow users to see recently reviewed items)</pre>
<pre> * Feature to make the OPAC private (allow only logged in users to search/view items)</pre>
<pre> * Ability to edit what displays when no results are found</pre>
<pre> * Privacy feature allowing the user to specify when their reading</pre>
<pre> (or circulation) records are anonymised</pre>
<pre> * opacstylesheet can link to a url anywhere, not just a local file</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> PATRONS</pre>
<pre> * Separate field for state/province</pre>
<pre> * Ability to duplicate a Patron</pre>
<pre> * Print overdue and hold notices for patrons without email addresses</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> REPORTS</pre>
<pre> * Run a report immediately after creation</pre>
<pre> * The list of saved reports has pagination and can be sorted</pre>
<pre> * SQL formatting improvements when viewing a report</pre>
<pre> * Parameters can be set in guided reports</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> SEARCHING</pre>
<pre> * NoZebra mode is officially deprecated.</pre>
<pre> * Added shelf location to the indexes</pre>
<pre> * Added a search link for analytics to serial records</pre>
<pre> * Subjects can now search complete subfields</pre>
<pre> * MARC21 tag 751 (geographical entry) is now searchable</pre>
<pre> * UNIMARC EAN/UPC/Music fields added to the indices</pre>
<pre> * usecontrolnumber syspref allows you to link the 78X fields to</pre>
<pre> other names of the same serial</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> SERIALS</pre>
<pre> * 50 bugs fixed in serials management 5508</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> STAFF INTERFACE</pre>
<pre> * Enumchron added to the biblio detail page</pre>
<pre> * Improvements to suggestion management</pre>
<pre> * Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in</pre>
<pre> the staff interface.</pre>
<pre> * Cart is emptied when a user logs out</pre>
<pre> * IntranetUserCSS preference added to allow styling of staff interface</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> INTERFACE</pre>
<pre> * New icon set for itemtypes (Nimes)</pre>
<pre> * LibLime kids iconset resized to consistent size</pre>
<pre> * Seshat itemtype iconset added (Naropa College)</pre>
<pre> * CSS classes added to the XSLT results to enable styling</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> INTERNATIONALIZTION</pre>
<pre> * New initialization SQL files for Norwegian</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE</pre>
<pre> * Koha now uses Template::Toolkit rather than HTML::Template::Pro</pre>
<pre> * Improvements to test case coverage</pre>
<pre> * .packages file for Ubuntu Maverick</pre>
<pre> * Testing using Test::Perl::Critic</pre>
<pre> * CGI::Session can now be stored in Memcached</pre>
<pre> * mod_deflate added to save bandwidth</pre>
<pre> * Move items out of biblioitems</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre> COMMAND LINE UTILITIES</pre>
<pre> * Script to update all items and biblio</pre>
<pre> * Script to set and get system preferences from the command line</pre>
<pre><br/></pre>
<pre>basu dpl</pre>
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