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3 <h1>System preferences administration</h1>
5 <p>This page allows you to set the system preferences that control much of the basic behavior of Koha.</p>
6 <p>Each of the tabs on the left holds several different preferences:</p>
8 <li><strong>Acquisitions:</strong> holds preferences related to acquisitions such as handling patron suggestions and local taxes.</li>
9 <li><strong>Administration:</strong> holds administrative preferences such as admin email address, sessions and timout.</li>
10 <li><strong>Authorities:</strong> holds preference related to handling authority records.</li>
11 <li><strong>Cataloging:</strong> holds preferences that control the cataloging functions. This is where you choose your MARC flavor, set up Z39.50 and barcoding.</li>
12 <li><strong>Circulation:</strong> holds preferences that control circulation functions such as holds and fines.</li>
13 <li><strong>Creators:</strong> this tab contains preferences related to modules that create objects.</li>
14 <li><strong>Enhanced Content:</strong> holds preferences that will add content from outside sources to your OPAC and Staff Client. This is where you can turn on cover images, FRBR and tagging.</li>
15 <li><strong>I18N/L10N:</strong> holds preferences related to internationalization and localization such as date formats and languages.</li>
16 <li><strong>Local Use:</strong> this tab will usually be empty unless your library has a preference just for your library.</li>
17 <li><strong>Logs:</strong> turn on/off logging functionality in your system.</li>
18 <li><strong>OPAC:</strong> customize the OPAC and OPAC functions (aside from the Enhanced Content preferences).</li>
19 <li><strong>Patrons:</strong> holds preferences that control how your system handles patron functions. Some preferences include the minimum password length and membership number settings.</li>
20 <li><strong>Searching:</strong> holds preference related to advanced search functions such as removing stop words or allowing stemming.</li>
21 <li><strong>Serials</strong> holds all preferences related to managing serial subscriptions.</li>
22 <li><strong>Staff Client:</strong> customize the staff client by editing the stylesheet and navigation menu.</li>
23 <li><strong>Web Services:</strong> includes preferences related to services like OAI-PMH.</li>
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