Koha Administration

System Preferences
System preferences	Change essential system preferences like MARC flavor, date format, administrator e-mail, and templates.

System parameters
For best results, configure these parameters in the order they appear
Library branches	The different branches you manage with this Koha server.
Book funds	Book fund administration. Remember to edit your book funds before you start editing the budgets.
Currencies	Define exchange rates.
Item types	Define item types.
Borrower categories	Define the categories of borrowers.
Issuing rules	Define issuing rules for branches / borrowers / item types (nb of issues, duration, cost...)
Authorised values	Define categories and authorised values for them. Authorised values are used in MARC form to limit and help editing MARC biblios.
Thesaurus Structure	Define categories and thesaurus/authority MARC structure.
Biblio framework (MARC structure)	the frameworks defined for the MARC editor. Create frameworks, then define the MARC structure (fields & subfields)
Links Koha - MARC DB	Define links between the Koha standard DB and the MARC one. Note those links can be defined through MARC structure. This tool is just a shortcut to speed up linkage.
MARC Check	Checks the MARC structure. USE IT before working with real data. It will show mistakes that can BREAK Koha's database!
Various parameters
Printers	Printers (UNIX paths).
Stop words	Words deleted during searches.
Z39.50 Servers	Servers to query for MARC data.

Tools
Export
MARC biblio export	Exporting in MARC format.
Import
Upload MARC records to the reservoir	The reservoir is a table where imported MARC records are stored. A MARC record is stored in the reservoir as long as you have no item. When you type the ISBN or title of a biblio, it's searched for in the reservoir. If it is found, the biblio is added to Koha active table.
Barcode generator
Generate barcodes	the barcode generator deals with generating barcodes for items you acquire