Koha -- System Administration

Koha Administration

System Preferences
System preferences Change essential system preferences like MARC flavor, date format, administrator e-mail, and templates.
For best results, configure these parameters in the order they appear
Basic parameters
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.
Patrons and circulation
Borrower categories Define the categories of borrowers.
City Define cities. Fill it to get a list of cities to create your patrons quicker.
Road Type Define road types. Fill this table to get a list of road types (will help Geographic stats)
Issuing rules Define issuing rules for branches / borrowers / item types (nb of issues, duration, cost...)
Catalogue
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).
Z39.50 Servers Servers to query for MARC data.