Koha Administration

Global system preferences

Manage global system preferences like MARC flavor, date format, administrator email, and templates.

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Configure these parameters in the order they appear.

Basic parameters

Libraries, branches and groups
Define libraries, branches and groups.
Item types and circulation codes
Define item types and circulation codes used for circulation rules.

Patrons and circulation

Patron categories
Define patron categories.
Cities and towns
Define cities and towns that your patrons live in.
Road types
Define road types (street, avenue, way, etc.). Road types display as authorized values when adding/editing patrons and can be used in geographic statistics.
Patron attribute types
Define extended attributes (identifiers and statistical categories) for patron records
Circulation and fines rules
Define circulation and fines rules for combinations of libraries, patron categories, and item types
Library Transfer Limits
Limit the ability to transfer items between libraries based on the library sending, the library receiving, and the item type involved. These rules only go into effect if the preference UseBranchTransferLimits is set to ON.
Item Circulation Alerts
Define rules for check-in and checkout notifications for combinations of libraries, patron categories, and item types

Catalog

Authorized values
Define categories and authorized values for them.
MARC Bibliographic framework
Create and manage Bibliographic frameworks that define the characteristics of your MARC Records (field and subfield definitions) as well as templates for the MARC editor.
Koha to MARC mapping
Define the mapping between the Koha transactional database (SQL) and the MARC Bibliographic records. Note that the mapping can be defined through MARC Bibliographic Framework. This tool is just a shortcut to speed up linkage.
MARC Bibliographic framework test
Checks the MARC structure. If you change your MARC Bibliographic framework it's recommended that you run this tool to test for errors in your definition.
Authority types
Create and manage Authorities frameworks that define the characteristics of your MARC Records (field and subfield definitions).
Classification sources
Define classification sources (i.e., call number schemes) used by your collection. Also define filing rules used for sorting call numbers.
Record matching rules
Manage rules for automatically matching MARC records during record imports.

Additional parameters

Stop words
Words ignored during search.
Z39.50 Client Targets
Define which servers to query for MARC data in the integrated Z39.50 client.

Acquisition parameters

Currencies and exchange rates
Define currencies and exchange rates used for acquisitions.
Budget periods
Define your budget periods
Acquisition (contracts)
Define the contracts you have with booksellers. Used for stat purposes