1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.2.0 - 22 October 2010
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4 Koha is the first free and open source software library automation package
5 (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes,
6 volunteers, and support companies from around the world.
7 The website for the Koha project is
9 http://koha-community.org/
11 Koha 3.2.0 can be downloaded from:
13 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.02.00.tar.gz
15 Installation instructions can be found at:
17 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
19 Koha 3.2.0 is a major feature release.
22 ======================
25 * The acquisitions module is significantly revamped:
26 * Support for hierarchical funds and budgets
27 * Budget planning by calendar and item type
28 * Vendor contract periods
29 * Generation of PDF purchase orders
30 * Ability to place orders on a batch of bibliographic
31 records imported into the catalog from a file or Z39.50 search
34 * Significant usability enhancements to the system preferences
36 * Granular permissions are now always on; the GranularPermissions
37 system preference is consequently removed
38 * Many additional granular permissions are added
42 * Revamped inventory/stock-taking
43 * Ability to export bibliographic information in CSV format
45 * New quick spine label print button
46 * Support for temporary location and in-process item statuses
47 * Usability enhancements to cataloging workflow:
48 * Can now choose whether to edit items after saving a bib record
49 * Option to move an item from one bib to another
50 * Option to delete all items attached to a bib
51 * Ability to clone an item
52 * View bib in OPAC link from the staff interface
53 * Ability to merge duplicate bibliographic record from the staff
57 * Ability to define library transfer limits
58 * Email checkout slips
59 * Option to enable alert sounds during checkin and checkout
60 * Improvements in Koha's ability to express circulation policies
61 * Option to charge fines using suspension days instead of money
62 * Hold policies are now on the library/itemtype/categorycode level
63 * Renewal policies are now on the library/itemtype/categorycode level
64 * Ability to specify an expiration date for a hold request
65 when placing it via the staff interface or OPAC
66 * Daily batch job to cancel expired holds
67 * Improvements to the interface to change the priority of hold
68 requests for a bib in the staff interface
69 * New messaging system for patron records, allowing an unlimited
70 number of patron notes to be stored and managed
71 * Changes to web-based self checkout
72 * Ability to login in automatically to self-check, allowing
73 for unattended self-check stations
74 * Ability to display the patron image in self-check
77 * Numerous enhancements to the bib display XML templates
78 * Per-patron OPAC search history, with ability for patrons
79 to manage the retention of their search history
80 * Support for Syndetics, LibraryThing, and Babeltheque enhanced
82 * Support for RIS and BibTeX export
83 * Bib details page includes which lists a bib belongs to
84 * Can now customize the 'search for this title in' links
85 * Preference to control whether patrons can change their
87 * OPAC icon set provided by vokal
90 * Guided reports can now take runtime parameters
91 * Can now edit SQL reports
94 * Can now specify the subscription end date, library location,
96 * Option to automatically place hold requests for members of a
101 * The cart has been added to the staff interface
102 * Staff can add items to lists in bulk from search results
103 * Enhanced patron card and item label creator
104 * Support for XSLT templates in the staff bib details display
105 * Bib details page includes which lists a bib belongs to
107 WEB SERVICES AND INTERFACE
108 * Integration with SOPAC, including support for various
109 web services defined by the ILS-DI recommendation
110 * Support for CAS single sign-on
111 * Improvements to OAI-PMH support
114 * New initialization SQL files for German, Italian, and Polish
115 * Revamped UNIMARC framework for English
117 INTERNALS AND PACKAGING
118 * Koha is now packaged for Debian Squeeze; installation of Koha
119 can now be as simple as apt-get install koha
120 * Improvements to the management of required Perl modules
121 * Improvements to test case coverage
122 * Substantial progress on enabling the warnings pragma in all of
126 * Approximately 1,050 tracked bugs and enhancement requests
127 are addressed in this release
130 ======================
132 The following system preferences are new in 3.2.0:
135 * AllowAllMessageDeletion
136 * AllowHoldDateInFuture
137 * AllowHoldPolicyOverride
138 * AutoSelfCheckAllowed
141 * BranchTransferLimitsType
148 * DisplayClearScreenButton
149 * DisplayMultiPlaceHold
150 * DisplayOPACiconsXSLT
151 * EnableOpacSearchHistory
152 * FilterBeforeOverdueReport
155 * ILS-DI:AuthorizedIPs
157 * InProcessingToShelvingCart
159 * LibraryThingForLibrariesEnabled
160 * LibraryThingForLibrariesID
161 * LibraryThingForLibrariesTabbedView
162 * NewItemsDefaultLocation
163 * numReturnedItemsToShow
165 * OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown
166 * OPACAllowHoldDateInFuture
168 * OPACDisplayRequestPriority
172 * OPACSearchForTitleIn
173 * opacSerialDefaultTab
174 * OPACSerialIssueDisplayCount
175 * OPACShowCheckoutName
179 * PrintNoticesMaxLines
180 * ReturnToShelvingCart
181 * RoutingListAddReserves
182 * ShowPatronImageInWebBasedSelfCheck
184 * SpineLabelAutoPrint
186 * SpineLabelShowPrintOnBibDetails
187 * StaffSerialIssueDisplayCount
188 * SyndeticsAuthorNotes
190 * SyndeticsClientCode
191 * SyndeticsCoverImages
192 * SyndeticsCoverImageSize
200 * UseBranchTransferLimits
203 ======================
207 * The minimum version of Perl required is now 5.8.8.
208 * There are a number of new Perl module dependencies.
209 Run ./koha_perl_deps.pl -u -m to get a list of
210 any new modules to install during upgrade.
213 ======================
215 The structure of the acquisitions tables have changed significantly
216 from 3.0.x. In particular, the budget hierarchy is quite different.
217 During an upgrade, a new database table is created called fundmapping
218 that contains a record of how budgets were mapped. It is strongly
219 recommended that users of Koha 3.0.x acquisitions carefully review
220 the results of the upgrade before resuming ordering in Koha 3.2.0.
223 ======================
225 As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
226 home page for Koha documentation is
228 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
230 As of the date of these release notes, several translations of the
231 Koha manual are available:
233 English: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual/
234 Spanish: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-es/
235 French: http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-2-manual-fr/
237 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
239 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
242 ======================
244 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
245 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
249 * English (New Zealand)
262 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
264 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
266 http://www.kohadocs.org/usersguide/apb.html
268 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
271 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
273 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
275 http://translate.koha.org/
278 ======================
280 The release team for Koha 3.2 is
282 Release Manager: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt@gmail.com>
283 Documentation Manager: Nicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
284 Translation Manager: Chris Cormack <chris@bigallofwax.co.nz>
285 Release Maintainer (3.0.x):
286 Henri-Damien Laurent <henridamien.laurent@biblibre.com>
287 Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
288 Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
291 ======================
293 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
294 new features in Koha 3.2:
296 * Aix-Marseille Universities, France
297 * BrailleNet (http://www.braillenet.org/)
298 * BULAC, France (www.bulac.fr)
299 * East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
300 * Foundations Bible College & Seminary, Dunn, North Carolina, USA
301 * Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg, Germany (www.hfjs.eu)
302 - XSLT changes to display 880 fields
303 * Howard County Library, Maryland, USA (http://www.hclibrary.org/)
304 * MassCat, Massachussetts, USA
305 * Middletown Township Public Library, Middletown, New Jersey, USA
306 * New York University Health Sciences Library, New York, USA
307 * Northeast Kansas Library System, Kansas, USA
308 * Plano Independent School District, Plano, Texas, USA
309 * SAN Ouest Provence, France
310 * vokal (Vermont Association of Koha Automated Libraries),
312 * www.digital-loom.com
314 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
320 * Andrei V. Toutoukine
324 * Brendan A. Gallagher
345 * Henri-Damien Laurent
349 * Jared Camins-Esakov
366 * Matthias Meusburger
375 * Ricardo Dias Marques
389 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
390 please send patch against these release notes to
391 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
393 Revision control notes
394 ======================
396 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
397 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
399 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
401 The branch for Koha 3.2.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
404 The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.4.0.
406 Bugs and feature requests
407 ======================
409 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
412 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
414 Naku te rourou, nau te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi.