Koha 3.6.x Release Notes

by Nicole C. on Oct 28, 2011

Just like with the release of 3.4, I have edited the release notes for Koha 3.6 to include links to related manual pages and tutorial videos. I hope this helps you find the new features in your Koha installation.

New features in 3.6.0
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ACQUISITIONS

• When deleting an order, items are deleted and if applicable the biblio also (if no holds, subscriptions etc are attached)
• Add Basket number and Invoice number search
• Control view of baskets for vendor with a sys pref (own/branch/all)
• Control confirmation when closing a basket with a sys pref

ADMINISTRATION

• New permission for overdues report

CATALOGING

• Z3950 results highlighting
• Easy Analytics support
• Improve controls for cloning and deleting MARC subfields
• Capability to blank subfields in Batch Modification
• UNIMARC field 225 plugin: allow $a value data entry
• Adjust default values for MARC21 authority Fixed-Length Data Elements
• Update UNIMARC plugins
• Adding option to “attach another item” when finished attaching items

CIRCULATION

• Added a checkin tab to the patron search screen
• Added enumchron field to the place holds screen
• Better hold information on the staff biblio detail screen
• Added a checked out from column to list of checked out items (syspref controlled)
• Add link to fast add framework while circulating, if a barcode is not found
• Automatically check out fast add item after cataloging it
• Add shelving location to checkin results screen

OPAC

• Paging on the opac detail page, allowing the user to move through search results
• Recent comments view
• Added a powered by Koha footer
• Show a warning if placing a hold incurs a charge
• Added user customisable html block under the facets in search results
• Added customisable html block under OpacNav and patron account links
• Profile pictures in the OPAC next to review authors
• Show number of comments on the “Comments” tab in OPAC

PATRONS

• Log membership renewal
• Allow patron update script (on OPAC) to send email using the from address of the patron
• Extended attributes display much improved
• Partial fine payments
• If a patron search returns one result, redirect to patron details page

MESSAGING

• Improved the email checking when sending “Hold filled” notices.
• Add today’s date on checkin/checkout notices

REPORTS

• Added links to the schema and reports library
• Record localuse statistics, when returning items not on issue
• Control for which branch renewals are recorded with a sys pref

SEARCHING

• Added ISBN filter to advanced
• Analytic links search on full phrase title
• Control order in which facet categories display

SIP

• Add Support for the Fee Paid Message

ENHANCED CONTENT

• Add integration for EBSCO’s Novelist Select service
• Enable Koha to fetch book covers from Open Library

STAFF INTERFACE

• Improved styling of the table pager
• Add autocomplete=”off” to borrowernumbers and barcode forms
• Improved the tinymce editor on the Koha news page

INTERFACE

• Added crystal icon set
• Nicer style for “clear screen” button
• Added capability to limit the RSS results

INTERNATIONALIZATION

• Tons of fixes to the translation tools
• Add German translation for purchase suggestion mails
• Spanish translation for SQL files

INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE

• Simplified system preferences for the web installer
• Create and update the manual pages for the koha-* scripts.
• Automated backups of data and config
• Improve configurability of package building scripts

COMMAND LINE UTILITIES

• cron script to allow easy anonymisation of patron circulation data

BUGFIXES

• Longer userid fields
• Clean up guided reports dictionary entry process
• Circulation restrictions working when other withdrawn reasons are used
• Fixed LDAP username case issues

Plus 356 more bugfixes

System Preferences
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The following system preferences are new in 3.6.0:

• numSearchRSSResults
• OpacRenewalBranch
• ShowReviewerPhoto
• BasketConfirmations
• MARCAuthorityControlField008
• OpenLibraryCovers
• OPACResultsSidebar
• RecordLocalUseOnReturn
• OpacKohaUrl
• NovelistSelectEnabled
• NovelistSelectProfile
• NovelistSelectPassword
• NovelistSelectView
• EasyAnalyticalRecords
• OpacNavBottom
• AcqViewBaskets
• OpacShowRecentComments

Documentation
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As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The home page for Koha documentation is http://koha-community.org/documentation/

As of the date of these release notes, only the English version of the Koha manual is available: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.6/en/

The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary

Translations
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Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff interface are available in this release for the following languages:

• Chinese (Taiwan)
• Danish
• English (USA)
• English (UK)
• French (France)
• German
• Italian
• Portuguese (Brazil)
• Spanish

Partial translations are available for various other languages.The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha

for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate list to volunteer: http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate

The most up-to-date translations can be found at: http://translate.koha-community.org/