3.10 Upgrade Notes

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Heather Braum

We are upgrading to Koha 3.10.5 on Saturday night (May 11). If you’re interested in reading the release notes for the 3.10 version releases, see this section on the Koha community website. A nice PDF document was put together detailing the major enhancements in 3.10.0.

Additionally, here are some highlighted features/bugs from the 3.10 upgrade that we have found in testing, including patron search changes, a local hold check-in bug, a few cataloging menu changes (and options to avoid!), and report changes. After the upgrade, please let us know if you notice any additional changes/bugs/features worth highlighting and we’ll add them to this document and the post online.

Patron Search Changes (from Patrons section):

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3.10 patron search:

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New Search Option in patron search

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Local Hold checkin bug

Local Hold checkins at non-home library: triggering holds unexpectedly for wrong patrons. See this community bug for more information. We are continuing to look into an explanation and resolution of this issue.

Cataloging:

When starting a new record from the cataloging module, if you’re immediately selecting the framework, note that Standard framework is now at the bottom, when creating a new record from cataloging module:

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However, when importing in new record and changing the frameworks, it’s still the same menu as in previous versions:

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Edit Menu on Records: Please do not use the highlighted options in the image below (The Edit items in batch; delete items in batch; delete all items) if they are still present after the upgrade. We are in the process of getting these options hidden. They allow you to change/delete ALL items on a single bib record, including items that are not your library’s!

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Staging records for import:
One small change (just leave record type set to bibliographic)

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Batch item modification results: don’t do anything to the check boxes:

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Reports

The organization of reports will be changing after the upgrade, and they will be much
easier to find: we’ll now be able to internally group reports by categories! The categorization will be implemented after the upgrade and more information will be provided after it is set up.

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Prairie Hills USD 113 Training

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Heather Braum

Welcome to NExpress

Welcome, Introduction and ‘What is NExpress?’

Public Catalog Tour

An Introduction to the NExpress Patron Catalog (.pdf, Updated 4/12/13)

About Your Account (.pdf, updated 4/12/13 )

Homework – Explore Additional Patron Training Tutorial Videos

Notes and Discussion

Questions and Answers so far…

Staff Client Tour

An introduction to the staff client (.pdf, updated 4/12/13)

Landmarks of the Home Page and Circulation Page

Basic Circulation – Checking items in:

Basic Circulation – Checking items out:

Patrons

Holds

Homework / Extra Credit – Searching

  • Overview of the keyword and advanced search features of the Staff Client
  • Keyword searching hints -
    • add “richmond” to improve results
    • Look for and use UNIQUE terms.  Is the author’s last name unusual, like “Evanovich”? Is there a term like “playaway” that will improve results?
    • As in Google, use a combination of keywords from the title, series and author name, including dates
    • Keyword searching looks at All fields of All attached items, even mis-cataloged ones
  • Advanced searching hints
    • Non-keyword searches are EXACT, so spelling counts but you get faster results
    • Look for unique or unusual subject headings to help narrow your search – “cookery for two”
    • Koha can’t find what is NOT in the record.  If a series title isn’t in the record, no amount of searching will find the book.
  • Use specialized external sites to find ISBNs and other unique identifiers AND correct spelling:

Workflows, Troubleshooting and Questions

DONE!
Welcome and enjoy access to 850,000 items, including books, movies, videogames, audiobooks and cake pans.

Advanced Training and Homework Posts:

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New McNaughton order

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Heather Braum

New and upcoming materials have been ordered from McNaughton for the NExpress collection. See the lists below, ordered by title and ordered by release date!

Ordered by Title:

Ordered by released date:

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