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Koha 3.2 Manual (en)

Nicole C. Engard

ByWater Solutions/BibLibre

Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 Nicole C. Engard/ByWater Solutions/BibLibre

This manual is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later

Learn more about this license in the GPL3 Appendix

2009, 2010

Table of Contents

1. Administration
1. Global System Preferences
1.1. Acquisitions
1.2. Administration
1.3. Authorities
1.4. Cataloging
1.5. Circulation
1.6. Creators
1.7. Enhanced Content
1.8. I18N/L10N
1.9. Local Use
1.10. Logs
1.11. OPAC
1.12. Patrons
1.13. Searching
1.14. Serials
1.15. Staff Client
1.16. Web Services
2. Basic Parameters
2.1. Libraries & Groups
2.2. Item Types
2.3. Authorized Values
3. Patrons & Circulation
3.1. Patron Categories
3.2. Cities and Towns
3.3. Road Types
3.4. Patron Attribute Types
3.5. Circulation and Fine Rules
3.6. Library Transfer Limits
3.7. Item Circulation Alerts
4. Catalog Administration
4.1. MARC Bibliographic Frameworks
4.2. Koha to MARC Mapping
4.3. Keywords to MARC Mapping
4.4. MARC Bibliographic Framework Test
4.5. Authority Types
4.6. Classification Sources
4.7. Record Matching Rules
5. Acquisitions
5.1. Currencies and Exchange Rates
5.2. Budgets
5.3. Funds
6. Additional Parameters
6.1. Stop Words
6.2. Z39.50 Servers
2. Tools
1. News
2. Label Creator
2.1. Templates
2.2. Profiles
2.3. Layouts
2.4. Batches
3. Quick Spine Label Creator
4. Patron Card Creator
4.1. Templates
4.2. Profiles
4.3. Layouts
4.4. Batches
4.5. Manage Images
5. Calendar & Holidays
5.1. Adding Events
5.2. Editing Events
5.3. Additional Help
6. Comments/Reviews
7. Tag Moderation
8. CSV Profiles
8.1. Add CSV Profiles
8.2. Modify CSV Profiles
8.3. Using CSV Profiles
9. Stage MARC Records for Import
10. Staged MARC Record Management
11. Export Bibliographic and Holdings Data (MARC Export)
12. Patron Import
12.1. Creating Patron File
12.2. Importing Patrons
13. Patrons (anonymize, bulk-delete)
14. Upload Patron Images
15. Task Scheduler
15.1. Troubleshooting
16. Notices
16.1. Adding Notices
16.2. Existing Notices
17. Overdue Notice/Status Triggers
18. Log Viewer
19. Inventory/Stocktaking
20. Batch item modification
21. Batch item deletion
3. Patrons
1. Add a new patron
2. Add a Staff Patron
3. Add a Statistical Patron
4. Editing Patrons
5. Patron Permissions
5.1. Setting Patron Permissions
5.2. Patron Permissions Defined
6. Patron Information
6.1. Check Out
6.2. Details
6.3. Fines
6.4. Circulation History
6.5. Modification Log
6.6. Messaging
6.7. Notices
7. Patron Search
4. Circulation
1. Check Out (Issuing)
1.1. Checking Items Out
1.2. Check Out Messages
1.3. Check Out Warnings
2. Check In (Returning)
2.1. Checking Items In
2.2. Check In Messages
3. Circulation Messages
3.1. Setting up Messages
3.2. Adding a Message
3.3. Viewing Messages
4. Holds
4.1. Placing Holds in Staff Client
4.2. Managing Holds
4.3. Receiving Holds
5. Transfers
6. Set Library
7. Fast Add Cataloging
8. Circulation Reports
8.1. Holds Queue
8.2. Holds to pull
8.3. Holds awaiting pickup
8.4. Hold ratios
8.5. Transfers to receive
8.6. Overdues
8.7. Overdues with fines
9. Tracking Inhouse Use
10. In Processing / Book Cart Locations
11. Self Checkout
12. Offline Circulation Utility
12.1. Firefox Plugin
12.2. Offline Circ Tool for Windows
12.3. Upload Offline Circ File
5. Cataloging
1. Bibliographic Records
1.1. Adding Records
1.2. Editing Records
1.3. Duplicating Records
1.4. Merging Records
2. Item Records
2.1. Adding Items
2.2. Editing Items
2.3. Moving Items
2.4. Item Specific Circulation History
3. Authorities
3.1. Adding Authorities
3.2. Searching Authorities
3.3. Editing Authorities
4. Cataloging Guides
4.1. Bibliographic Record Cataloging Cheat Sheet
4.2. Item/Holdings Record Cataloging Guide
4.3. Handling On Order Items and Holds
6. Serials
1. Add a subscription
2. Receive Issues
3. Create a Routing List
4. Subscriptions in Staff Client
5. Subscriptions in OPAC
7. Acquisitions
1. Setup
2. Vendors
2.1. Add a Vendor
2.2. View/Edit a Vendor
2.3. Vendor Contracts
3. Managing Suggestions
4. Placing Orders
4.1. Create a basket
4.2. Create a basket group
4.3. Printing baskets
5. Receiving Orders
6. Claims & Late Orders
7. Acquisition Searches
8. Lists & Cart
1. Lists
1.1. Create a List
1.2. Add to a List
1.3. Viewing Lists
1.4. Merging Bibliographic Records Via Lists
2. Cart
9. Reports
1. Custom Reports
1.1. Add Custom Report
1.2. Edit Custom Reports
2. Statistics Reports
2.1. Acquisitions Statistics
2.2. Patron Statistics
2.3. Catalog Statistics
2.4. Circulation Statistics
2.5. Serials Statistics
2.6. Patrons with the most checkouts
2.7. Most Circulated Items
2.8. Patrons with no checkouts
2.9. Items with no checkouts
2.10. Catalog by Item Type
2.11. Lost Items
2.12. Average Loan Time
3. Report Dictionary
10. OPAC
1. Search Results
1.1. Results Overview
1.2. Filters
1.3. Search RSS Feeds
2. Bibliographic Record
3. Lists & Cart
3.1. Lists
3.2. Cart
4. Enhanced Content
4.1. Tagging
4.2. Comments
4.3. Zotero
4.4. Custom RSS Feeds
5. My Account
5.1. My Summary
5.2. Patron Flags
5.3. My Fines
5.4. My Details
5.5. My Tags
5.6. Change My Password
5.7. My Search History
5.8. My Reading History
5.9. My Purchase Suggestions
5.10. My Messaging
5.11. My Lists
6. Purchase Suggestions
11. Searching
1. Advanced Search Prefixes
2. Guide to Searching
2.1. Indexing and Searching Description
2.2. Indexing Configuration
2.3. Basic Searching
2.4. Advanced Searching
2.5. Common Command Language Searching
3. Koha Search Indexes
12. About Koha
1. Server Information
2. Perl Modules
13. Implementation Checklist
1. Data Migration
2. Admin Configuration
3. Localization Configuration
4. Circulation Configuration
5. Patron Configuration
6. Cataloging Configuration
7. Authorities Configuration
8. Searching Configuration
9. OPAC Configuration
9.1. Editable OPAC Regions
10. Enhanced Content Configuration
11. Acquisitions Configuration
12. Serials Configuration
13. Planning for Go-Live
14. SOPAC2 Installation
1. SOPAC2 Introduction
2. Introduction
3. Installation of Locum and Insurge
3.1. Dependencies
3.2. Download
3.3. Creation of the Database
3.4. Sync DSN
3.5. Installation of Insurge
3.6. Installation of Locum
4. Installation of Koha Connector
5. Harvest Records
6. Installation of Sphinx
6.1. Dependencies
6.2. Download and Compile
6.3. Creation of User and Group
6.4. The demon Sphinx
6.5. Configuration
6.6. Indexing documents
7. Installation of SOPAC2
7.1. Download
7.2. Installation
7.3. Configuration
15. Cron Jobs
1. Cron Jobs
1.1. Search
1.2. Circulation
1.3. Notices
1.4. In Processing/Book Cart
1.5. Catalog
1.6. OPAC
1.7. System Administration
1.8. Deprecated scripts
16. Web Services
1. OAI-PMH
1.1. Sample OAI Conf File
17. Using the SRU server
1. Using the SRU server
1.1. Explain
1.2. Search
1.3. Retrieve
A. System Preference Defaults
1. ISBD Defaults
1.1. MARC Default
1.2. UNIMARC Default
2. NoZebraIndexes Default
B. Configuring Receipt Printers
1. For Epson TM-T88III (3) & TM-T88IV (4) Printers
1.1. In the Print Driver
1.2. In Firefox
2. For Epson TM-T88II (2) Printers
2.1. In Firefox
3. For Star SP542 Printers
3.1. Installing the Printer
4. Configuring Firefox to Print to Receipt Printer
C. Example Notice
D. Sample Serials
1. Reader's Digest (0034-0375)
2. People Weekly (1076-0091)
E. Using Koha as a Content Management System (CMS)
1. Setup
1.1. Troubleshooting
1.2. Bonus Points
2. Usage
2.1. Adding Pages
2.2. Viewing your page
2.3. Example
2.4. Live Examples
F. Resetting the Koha Database
1. Truncate Tables
2. Reset the Zebra Index
G. Important Links
1. Koha Related
2. Cataloging Related
3. Enhanced Content Related
4. Design Related
5. Reports Related
6. Installation Guides
7. Misc
H. Koha XSLT Item Types
I. MarcEdit
1. Adding a prefix to call numbers
2. Importing Excel data into Koha
2.1. Converting from Excel format into .mrk format
2.2. Convert .mrk file to .mrc
2.3. Import .mrc into Koha
J. FAQs
1. Display
1.1. Custom Item Type/Authorized Value Icons
1.2. Customizing Koha Images
1.3. Subtitle Display on Bib Records
1.4. Customize Logo on Staff Client
2. Circulation/Notices
2.1. Dropbox Date
2.2. Duplicate Overdue Notices
2.3. Printing Overdue Notices
2.4. Unable to Renew Items
2.5. Unable to Place Holds
2.6. Keyboard Shortcuts
2.7. SMS Notices/Messages
3. Cataloging
3.1. Authority Fields
3.2. Koha to MARC Mapping
3.3. Number of Items Per Bib Record
4. Acquisitions
4.1. Planning Categories
5. Serials
5.1. Advanced Patterns
6. Reports
6.1. Define Codes Stored in DB
6.2. Runtime Parameters
7. Searching
7.1. Advanced Search
8. Enhanced Content
8.1. FRBRizing Content
8.2. Amazon
9. System Administration
9.1. Errors in Zebra Cron
9.2. Making Z39.50 Target Public
9.3. Shelving Location Authorized Values
9.4. Why do I need Authorized Values?
9.5. How do I clean up the sessions table?
10. Hardware
10.1. Barcode Scanners
10.2. Printers
K. Extending Koha
1. Amazon lookup script for Koha libraries
2. Keyword Clouds
L. GNU General Public License version 3

List of Tables

5.1. Cataloging Guide
5.2. Koha Embedded Holdings Data
11.1. Attributes
11.2. Indexes
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