1 RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 3.4.0 - 22 April 2011
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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/
12 Koha 3.4.0 is released in memoriam of Elizabeth Mae Gallagher-Mitchell
13 December 20, 2010 - March 10, 2011.
14 Haere. Mōu tai ata; mōku tai ahiahi
16 Koha 3.4.0 can be downloaded from:
18 http://download.koha-community.org/koha-3.04.00.tar.gz
20 Installation instructions can be found at:
22 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation
24 OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball
26 Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release.
29 ======================
32 * Can filter budgets by active status and date on the acquisitions
34 * Freetext field added to specify one off delivery addresses/comments
35 * Can create multiple orders from a staged MARC file
36 * New cronjob to delete old suggestions
37 * Warning when ordering from an external source when a catalogue
39 * Currency can be set when ordering
42 * Many additional granular permissions are added
43 * Ability to replace the favicon from within the admin interface
44 * Ability to import and export MARC frameworks
45 * Separate field for state
46 * WYSIWYG editor for Koha News
47 * Ability to add news items to slips
48 * Label batch edit interface allows entry of items by scanning
50 * Can choose the MARC framework when importing records
53 * NORMARC support added
54 * Edits to Authority records are now logged
55 * 005 field updated when a Biblio or Authority record is edited
56 * Added edit record/edit items to the search result if logged in
57 user has cataloguing privileges
58 * Add support of record linking by record control number in $w
59 * 006/008 plugins much improved
62 * Callnumbers are displayed when an item is checked in
63 * Waiting holds now show the date they were marked waiting
64 * Show guarantees checkouts when checking out to a guarantor and vice versa
65 * Show holds waiting for a patron on check in
66 * New report wizard for Holds
67 * Syspref to disable the ability for borrowers to choose their
68 pickup branch for holds
69 * Self Checkout supports login
70 * Ability to set 'hard' due dates, which will not allow items to
71 be checked out past that
72 * Printed receipts can now include the library phone,address and
74 * Fast Add framework at circulation
75 * Ability to define due dates in the past
76 * Notify of fines owing at checkin
77 * Preferences for defining the fine level when an staff
79 * Search to Hold feature
82 * New System Preference added to allow the librarians to hide
83 items from the OPAC see docs/opac/OpacHiddenItems.txt
84 * Authority display improved on OPAC
85 * Allow the patron to choose which branch they wish to make a
86 purchase suggestion for
87 * Added the ability to hide the name of a reviewer/commenter in
89 * CSS/HTML and other UI improvements
90 * Lists respect the XSLT preferences
91 * Truncation of facets now controllable by a syspref
92 * Can use 856u to store an image uri, and Koha will display the
94 * User can renew multiple items at once
95 * A new librarian controlled column added to the'My Summary' page on the OPAC
96 * Recent comments view for the opac (allow users to see recently reviewed items)
97 * Feature to make the OPAC private (allow only logged in users to search/view items)
98 * Ability to edit what displays when no results are found
99 * Privacy feature allowing the user to specify when their reading
100 (or circulation) records are anonymised
101 * opacstylesheet can link to a url anywhere, not just a local file
104 * Separate field for State
105 * Ability to duplicate a Patron
106 * Print overdue and hold notices for patrons without email addresses
109 * Run a report immediately after creation
110 * The list of saved reports has pagination and can be sorted
111 * SQL is formatted much more nicely when viewing a report
112 * Parameters can be set in guided reports
115 * Added shelf location to the indexes
116 * Added a search link for analytics to serial records
117 * Subjects can now search complete subfields
118 * MARC21 tag 751 (geographical entry) is now searchable
119 * UNIMARC EAN/UPC/Music fields added to the indices
120 * usecontrolnumber syspref allows you to like the 78X fields to
121 other names of the same serial
124 * 50 bugs fixed in serials management 5508
127 * Enumchron added to the biblio detail page
128 * Improvements to suggestion management
129 * Can use 856u to store an image uri, and Koha will display the
131 * Cart is emptied when a user logs out
132 * IntranetUserCSS preference added to allow styling of staff interface
135 * New icon set for itemtypes (Nimes)
136 * Liblime kids iconset resized to consistent size
137 * Seshat itemtype iconset added (Naropa College)
138 * Classes added to the XSLT results to enable styling
141 * New initialization SQL files for Norwegian
143 INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE
144 * Koha now uses Template::Toolkit rather than HTML::Template::Pro
145 * Improvements to test case coverage
146 * .packages file for Ubuntu Maverick
147 * Testing using Test::Perl::Critic
148 * CGI::Session can now be stored in Memcached
149 * mod_deflate added to save bandwidth
150 * Move items out of biblioitems
152 COMMAND LINE UTILITIES
153 * Script to update all items and biblio
154 * Script to set and get systempreferences from the command line
157 * Approximately 633 tracked bugs and enhancement requests
158 are addressed in this release
161 ======================
163 The following system preferences are new in 3.4.0:
165 * AllFinesNeedOverride
167 * AllowPurchaseSuggestionBranchChoice
168 * AllowSelfCheckReturns
169 * AlternateHoldingsField
170 * AlternateHoldingsSeparator
175 * FacetLabelTruncationLength
176 * FineNotifyAtCheckin
177 * HoldNotifyAtCheckin
180 * itemBarcodeInputFilter
181 * maxItemsInSearchResults
182 * maxRecordsForFacets
183 * OPACAllowUserToChooseBranch
184 * OPACDisplay856uAsImage
191 * SelfCheckHelpMessage
194 * StaffAuthorisedValueImages
195 * TraceCompleteSubfields
196 * TraceSubjectSubdivisions
197 * UseAuthoritiesForTracings
199 * UseTablesortForCirc
200 * WaitingNotifyAtCheckin
203 ======================
211 ======================
213 As of Koha 3.2, the Koha manual is now maintained in DocBook. The
214 home page for Koha documentation is
216 http://koha-community.org/documentation/
218 As of the date of these release notes, only the english version of the
219 Koha manual is available:
221 http://koha-community.org/documentation/3-4-manual/
223 The Git repository for the Koha manual can be found at
225 http://git.koha-community.org/gitweb/?p=kohadocs.git;a=summary
228 ======================
230 Complete or near-complete translations of the OPAC and staff
231 interface are available in this release for the following languages:
235 * English (New Zealand)
248 Partial translations are available for various other languages.
250 The Koha team welcomes additional translations; please see
252 http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Translating_Koha
254 for information about translating Koha, and join the koha-translate
257 http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
259 The most up-to-date translations can be found at:
261 http://translate.koha-community.org/
264 ======================
266 The release team for Koha 3.4 is
268 Release Manager: Chris Cormack <chrisc@catalyst.net.nz>
269 Documentation Manager: Nicole C Engard <nengard@gmail.com>
270 Translation Manager: Frédéric Demians <frederic@tamil.fr>
271 Release Maintainer (3.2.x):
272 Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
273 Release Maintainer (3.4.x):
274 Chris Nighswonger <cnighswonger@foundations.edu>
275 QA Manager: Colin Campbell
279 ======================
281 We thank the following libraries who are known to have sponsored
282 new features in Koha 3.4:
284 * Aix-Marseille University, France
285 * East Brunswick Public Library, USA
286 * Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations
287 * Goddard College, USA
288 * Hauraki District Council, New Zealand
289 * Horowhenua Library Trust, New Zealand
290 * Merrill Memorial Library, Maine, USA
291 * Middletown Township Public Library, USA
292 * La Trappe Monastery, France
293 * Lyon3 University, France
294 * Marlboro College, USA
296 * Naropa College, USA
297 * Nelsonville Public Library, USA
299 * Regionbibliotek Halland, Sweden
300 * Rijksmuseum Research Library, Netherlands
301 * SAN Ouest Provence, France
303 * St Etienne University, France
306 We thank the following individuals who contributed patches to
312 * Bernardo Gonzalez Kriegel
317 * Christophe Croullebois
329 * Frédérick Capovilla
330 * Frère Sébastien Marie
333 * Henri-Damien LAURENT
337 * Jared Camins-Esakov
354 * Matthias Meusburger
363 * Ricardo Dias Marques
365 * Salvador Zaragoza Rubio
367 * Serhij Dubyk {Сергій Дубик}
378 We regret any omissions. If a contributor has been inadvertantly missed,
379 please send patch against these release notes to
380 koha-patches@lists.koha-community.org.
382 Revision control notes
383 ======================
385 The Koha project uses Git for version control. The current development
386 version of Koha can be retrieved by checking out the master branch of
388 git://git.koha-community.org/koha.git
390 The branch for Koha 3.4.x (i.e., this version of Koha and future bugfix
393 The next major feature release of Koha will be Koha 3.6.0.
395 Bugs and feature requests
396 ======================
398 Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at the Koha bug
401 http://bugs.koha-community.org/
404 Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini