Koha 3.2 Status

Koha 3.2 Update Galen Charlton, Release Manager for 3.2, LibLime Paul Poulain, Release Manger for 2.x, BibLibre

Goals • Koha 3.2 is an ambitious release • New acquisitions module • Holdings support • Many circulation improvements • Improving stability

RFCs http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2

RFCs continued • Not all RFCs will be implemented for 3.2 • Some were just proposals • Others didn’t end up being sponsored • Tempis fugit

Big features • New acquisitions module • Developed by BibLibre • In production one of their customers • BibLibre working to submit patches for 3.2 • Review and testing period

Big features • Holdings structure • Introduces “summary” records to Koha • LibLime developing; sponsored by WALDO • Entering testing by WALDO

WALDO circulation features • Proxy patrons • Fines thresholds • Callslips • Recalls • Hourly loans • Email checkout slips

Other circulation features • Calculate ﬁnes in days debarred • BibLibre - patch submited and available in 3.0.1, will make its way to 3.2 soon • Introducing Alloy Computing • Place hold on multiple items

Circulation continued • Additional hold request improvements sponsored by NEKLS • Course Reserves - Integration with ReservesDirect

OPAC enhancements • Support for enhanced content providers • Syndetics • LibraryThing (coming) • Babelthèque • Tag multiple items

Cataloging • ‡biblios.net integration • Improved browse indexes • ISBN13 normalization (sponsored by PISD) • Item bulk status change • BibLibre working on this • LibLime also working on global change

Cataloging • Brief records • Record maintenance • Deleted records

Serials • General improvements to serials display and prediction pattern management • More control over display of recently checked in issues (WALDO)

Administration • Improved system preferences editor • All together now: thanks, Jesse!

Reporting • Improvements to guided reports

Miscellaneous • Granular permissions (new acquisitions module already implements some of these) • Internet Explorer compatibility improvements (WALDO) • Improvements to overdue report (PISD) • Improved OAI-PMH server (Tamil) • URL checker (Tamil)

More • There will be at least one cool new thing from coming from the KohaCon development meeting this weekend

Timeline • Remember what I said about ambitious? • I’ll be discussing precise timelines with the developers ... but production release of Koha 3.2 will most likely be late summer or early autumn • 3.1 release for testing in early summer

Thanks! • Galen Charlton • Paul Poulain

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Koha 3.2 Status

by Galen Charlton on Apr 17, 2009

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