Important Links
Overview Blog Posts and Videos
- Using Voids within Patron's Account
- New System Preference: Additionalfieldsinz3950resultssearch
- Creating Graphs in the Reporting Module
- Emailing Receipts in Koha
- Staging Records for Acquisitions
- Video Tutorial on Acquisitions Adjustments to Invoices
- Adding a Link to the Last Patron Accessed in the Staff Client
- Prevent renewals defined by specific values in the items table
- Video Tutorial on Overdrive Integration
- Koha Integration with Bibliotheca Cloud Library
Recorded Webinars Sessions
Overview Webinars
18.11 What's New Webinar - recorded 5/2/2019
18.11 What's New Webinar - recorded 5/6/2019
18.11 OPAC& Public Services - recorded 5/6/2019
18.11 OPAC & Public Services - recorded 5/14/2019
18.11 Circulation & Patrons - recorded 5/7/2019
18.11 Circulation & Patrons - recorded 5/9/2019
18.11 Technical Services- recorded 5/7/2019
18.11 Technical Services - recorded 5/13/2019
18.11 Administration & Reports - recorded 5/8/2019
18.11 Administration & Reports- recorded 5/15/2019
Q & A from Upgrade Webinars
Click here for all the Questions and Answers from Upgrade Webinars
OPAC
- [17602] Integrate support for RecordedBooks (formerly OneClickDigital) API
- [8630] Add covers from AdLibris to the OPAC and Intranet
- [14222] Sort holds in OPAC by priority
- [14385] Extend OpacHiddenItems to allow specifying exempt borrower categories
- [15287] Use font-awesome on the OPAC
- [17153] Logging in during a search navigates to account page instead of back to search results
- [17530] Don’t show ‘article request’ link when no article requests are permitted
- [18236] MARC21: Add classes to material type icons on intranet result lists and detail pages
- [20400] Add routing list tab to the patron account in OPAC
- 20427] Convert OPAC LESS to SCSS
- [20554] New OPAC CSS
- [20876] The form_serialized_itype cookie is not used and should be removed
- [20898] Replace OPAC detail’s results browser with non-JavaScript version
- [20921] Expose borrowernumber and branch when user is logged in to OPAC
- [21157] Improve style of OPAC login modal
- [21174] Change default behavior to open OPAC cart in one click
- [21340] Add spans with classes around callnumbers in OPAC for additional styling
- [21568] Add more spans with classes around callnumbers in OPAC for additional styling
Patrons
- [20312] Add a link towards the last consulted patron
- [11401] Add support for Norwegian national library card
- [11911] Add separate permission for managing suggestions
- [12258] Datatable in Patrons Account Fines
- [14391] Granular permissions for the administration module
- [15136] Display item’s homebranch in patron’s fines list
- [18635] Koha::Patron->guarantees() should return results alphabetically
- [19524] Share patron lists between staff
- [20819] GDPR: Add a consent field for processing personal data in account menu and self-registration
Fines & Fees
- [19191] Add ability to email receipts for account payments and write-off
- [19617] Allow ‘writeoff of selected’
- [20629] Remove ability to ‘reverse’ payments
- [20703] Add ability to void any credit
- [21673] Koha::Account::Lines->total_outstanding must be used when needed
Holds
- [7534] New OPACAllowUserToChooseBranch setting for only showing libraries allowing holds
- [15486] Restrict number of holds placed by day
- [19469] Add ability to split view of holds view on record by pickup library and/or itemtype
- [21628] Simplify holds awaiting pickup report
Cataloging
- [19263] Advanced Editor – Rancor – Add auto control number (001) widget
- [19349] Allow to store biblio record’s creator and last modifier in MARC
- [20435] Allow lowercase prefix in inventory value builder
- [21318] Add control number to authority Z39.50 search form
Circulation
- [11897] Stock Rotation for Koha
- 3510] Allow staff to change checkin date and time
- [15139] Show non-public item note in overdues report
- [15494] Block renewals by arbitrary item values
- [15524] Set limit on maximum possible holds per patron by category
- [19383] Print hold slips without confirmation
- [19719] Add a new column for collection in the patron checkouts data table
- [20322] Circulation page layout and design update
- [20343] Show number of checkouts by itemtype in circulation.pl
- [20450] Add collection to list of items when placing hold on specific copy
- [20468] Multiselect on staff article requests form
- [21121] New syspref to allow hiding of private patron data in circulation page
- [21380] Circulation history UI improvements – make barcode clickable
Acquisitions
- [15184] Ability to duplicate existing order lines to a given basket
- [19166] Add the ability to add adjustments to an invoice
- [7651] Add separate permission for managing currencies and exchange rates
- [12395] Save order line’s creator
- [18480] Use modal for displaying patron details on add_user_search.pl to avoid redirect
- [18639] Separate replacement cost and retail price fields in acquisitions
- 20366] More information about orders linked to subscriptions on “Acquisition details” tab
- [20966] Add column configuration to table of orders in a basket
- [20969] Use modal to add and edit notes from basket
- [20970] Reformat basket information on acquisitions basket page
- [21333] Add ability to add to basket from a file
Serials
- [21467] Allow several receipts for a given subscription
- [3355] Pagination in bib search for subscriptions
- [17877] Show internal and vendor note in acquisition info on subscription detail page
- [18327] Add the ability to set the received date to today on multi receiving serials
- [20365] Allow several open orders on subscription
- [20726] Display acquisition details on the subscription detail page
- [21511] Don’t show acquisition details on subscription detail when there is no acq data
Reports
- [17282] Ability to create charts for SQL reports
- [9188] Remove ‘debug’ information from patron statistics
- [20260] Use CodeMirror for the SQL reports editor
- [20495] Refactor C4::Reports.Guided – remove get_saved_report
Staff Client
- [13406] Add classes to MARC Authority display to enable CSS styling
- [16280] purge_suggestions.pl: Cron job log should tell number of days used
- [17698] Make patron notes show up on staff dashboard
- [19550] Add links to related authorities for UNIMARC
- [19902] Add column configuration to bibliographic record checkouts history table
- [20339] Unify MARC21 ISBN/ISSN handling in XSL
- [20896] Move serial enumeration to the right of callnumber on staff detail page
- [21158] Add cronjob references to the system preference descriptions if a cronjob is required
- [21376] Catalogue detail date handling improvements
Labels
- [15766] Give label and patron card batches a description
- [15836] Labels: Offer configuration option for splitting call numbers
Rest API
- [20942] Add route to get patron’s account balance
- [20944] Add routes to add credits to a patron’s account
[21116] Add API routes through plugins
ILL
- [18591] Allow an arbitrary number of comments on ILLs
- [20651] Improve display of “Toggle full supplier metadata”
- [20772] Make request metadata editable and add price_paid field
- [20797] If an Ill request has an associated bib record, the detail view should contain a link to the record
- [20995] Add request ID to OPAC ILL requests display table
- [21079] Unify metadata schema across backends
Notices
- [15280] Switch default CHECKOUT notice to Template Toolkit
- [15282] Switch default CHECKIN notice to Template Toolkit
- [19743] Header and Footer should be updated on each item for checkin / checkout / renewal notices
- [20356] Add EmailSMSSendDriverFromAddress system preference for overriding Email SMS send driver from address
Searching
Tools
- [13560] MARC modification templates – Add an ‘Add’ option
- [21216] Notices – Add filter/search options to table
- [21408] Inventory – Warn of items possibly scanned out of order
- [21413] Inventory – Allow skipping items with waiting holds
New System Preferences
- AdditionalFieldsInZ3950ResultSearch
- AdlibrisCoversEnabled
- AdlibrisCoversURL
- ArticleRequestsLinkControl
- ElasticsearchIndexStatus_authorities
- ElasticsearchIndexStatus_biblios
- GDPR_Policy
- HoldsAutoFill
- HoldsAutoFillPrintSlip
- HoldsSplitQueue
- ItemsDeniedRenewal
- KohaManualBaseURL
- KohaManualLanguage
- MarcFieldForCreatorId
- MarcFieldForCreatorName
- MarcFieldForModifierId
- MarcFieldForModifierName
- OpacHiddenItemsExceptions
- OverDrivePasswordRequired
- PrivacyPolicyURL
- RecordedBooksClientSecret
- RecordedBooksDomain
- RecordedBooksLibraryID
- RotationPreventTransfers
- StockRotation
- UseEmailReceipts
- showLastPatron
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