In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about the additional options you have for system preference CheckPrevCheckout (an enhancement added in Koha 25.11).
Watch the video at zurl.co/KJ0CS
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Koha Community events on this week (20 April 2026):
- koha-US: Acquisitions SIG*
- koha-US: Circulation SIG*
- koha-US: Consortia SIG*
Check the Koha community calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/
* koha-US events are open to everyone to attend.
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Episode 613: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US.
SQL/jQuery: Staff library switching limits (for consortia) www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI0x...
How to use reports and library groups in Koha, so you can set limits on what libraries staff can switch between.
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In this edition of Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions: Multiselect in reports.
Nick, Jessie, and Andrew on Bug 40335 - Holds queue does not allow multiselect (Koha 25.11): staff can now select multiple values for collection code and shelving locations.
Watch the video at zurl.co/3QqxG
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Speech bubble with the ByWater Solutions Question of the Week "Can required fields be configured by patron category in Koha?"
Speech bubble with the ByWater Solutions Question of the Week "How can items and/or records be hidden from the Koha OPAC?"
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- Can required fields be configured by patron category in Koha? zurl.co/w2Z7p
- How can items and/or records be hidden from the Koha OPAC? zurl.co/o1znC
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Speech bubble with the ByWater Solutions Question of the Week "How does the Koha CatalogerEmails system preference work?"
Speech bubble with the ByWater Solutions Question of the Week "What is the recommended limit of Koha inventory items to process at a time?"
Recent Koha Questions of the Week from the ByWater Solutions team:
- How does the Koha CatalogerEmails system preference work? zurl.co/Sl421
- What is the recommended limit of Koha inventory items to process at a time? zurl.co/NsUAG
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ByWater Solutions staff selfie (Nick, Tomas, Lisette, Andre) with the sun setting over the harbour - Monday Minutes live from Koha Hackfest!
In case you missed it! Great to "meet" some of those working on Koha.
BONJOUR! Welcome to this week's Monday Minutes live from Koha Hackfest!!
In this episode, Nick chats with different developers about what's new and upcoming in the Koha community!
The video: zurl.co/2gP5H
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The schedule for KohaCon26 (the Koha Community’s annual worldwide conference, 5–9 October 2026, Karlsruhe, Germany) is now available and registrations are open!
Schedule: kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/schedule/
Registration: kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/registration/
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Time for a new Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions!
This week, Nick and Jessie talk about plugins.
Watch the video at zurl.co/9ig4H
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Koha Community events coming up this week:
- Hackfest in Marseille, France
- koha-US: Education Committee*
- koha-US: Circulation SIG*
- koha-US: Consortia SIG*
View the calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/
* koha-US events are open to everyone.
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Speech bubble with the latest ByWater Solutions Question of the Week "How can items or records be hidden from the Koha OPAC?"
Time for another ByWater Solutions Question of the Week!
This week's question is: "How can items or records be hidden from the Koha OPAC?"
Read the answer at zurl.co/o1znC
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KohaCon in 2027 will be at the Rami Library in Istanbul, Türkiye!
More details:
- Announcement:
. lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/ko...
. koha-community.org/kohacon27-wi...
- Proposal: kohacon27.ktb.gov.tr
(KohaCon is the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference.)
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An excellent read and an impressive year! Particularly the section about Equinox's Open Source Grant recipients and the difference Koha has made for the recipients (page 14).
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In the latest Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie show you how to set up search engine shortcuts to make it easy to search the ByWater Help Center or Bugzilla right in your URL.
Watch the full video: zurl.co/F3TWK
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The call for sponsors for KohaCon26 is open!
Details: kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/call-for-spo...
KohaCon26, the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference, is from 5–9 October 2026 in Karlsruhe, Germany, and is hosted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
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Koha Community events this week:
- General Koha Community Meeting
- koha-US: Acquisitions SIG*
- Development Meeting
- koha-US: Development Committee*
- koha-US: Customization SIG*
Check the calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/
* koha-US events are open to everyone.
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Episode 612: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US.
The trouble with cataloging permissions www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMX...
Christopher and George talk about issues and challenges managing permissions for staff.
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Speech bubble with the latest ByWater Solutions Question of the Week "Do I need to update Z39.50 credentials with Library of Congress?"
This week's Question of the Week from ByWater Solutions:
"Do I need to update Z39.50 credentials with Library of Congress?"
The answer: zurl.co/Kvear
(Spoiler alert: Yes!)
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In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about an enhancement to the OPAC library card feature in 25.11, and how patrons can bring up their digital library card for mobile use!
The video: zurl.co/eKvLZ
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Episode 611: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US.
Understanding authorities www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekZT...
In this excellent session, Christopher and special guest Esther Melander from ByWater Solutions show you how to use authorities in Koha.
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Episode 610: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US.
Borrower counts www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLj...
In this episode George and Christopher show you two ways to count your borrowers, and some of the challenges.
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How is your presentation/poster/workshop proposal going for #KohaCon26, the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference?
Submissions close on 14 March 2026
Full details at kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/call-for-pre...
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Last call! If you are a Koha library, please consider contributing your experiences to the 2025 International Library Automation Perceptions Survey.
Marshall needs a few hundred more responses before he closes the survey for this year.
👉 librarytechnology.org/perceptions/...
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Happy lime green Koha ILS logo.
The latest Koha Newsletter is here! The Feburary issue has the latest tips, events & more: koha-community.org/koha-community-newslette... #kohails #OpenSource #Libraries
Koha Community events on this week:
- Development Meeting
- Documentation Team Meeting
- koha-US: General Meeting*
- koha-US: Cataloging Special Interest Group*
Check the calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/
* Open to everyone from around the world to attend.
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In the latest Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about a new acquisitions enhancement in 25.11.
A duplicate check is now performed when ordering from an empty record.
The video: zurl.co/BO2mH
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The Koha Community's February 2026 Newsletter is now available koha-community.org/koha-communi...
In this edition:
- Current Koha versions
- New Koha libraries
- Koha tips and tricks
- Support provider news
- Upcoming and past events
. KohaCon26: call for presentations
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The recording for Sign off on bugs - Session 2 is now available www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhKp... (YouTube, 56 minutes)
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For more details, see the ByWater Solutions' post bywater.solutions/gbsw26 and the community calendar koha-community.org/calendar/
Check in your timezone www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...
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On "today" for the Koha Global Bug Squashing Week: Sign off on bugs - Session 2.
Join the ByWater Solutions development team and members of the Koha Community as we walk through signing off bugs using a sandbox or Koha Testing Docker.
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