AcqCreateItem¶

Default: placing an order

Asks: Create an item when ___.

Values:

• cataloging a record
• placing an order
• receiving an order

Description:

• This preference lets you decide when you’d like to create an item record in Koha. If you choose to add an item record when ‘placing an order’ then you will enter item information in as you place records in your basket. If you choose to add the item when ‘receiving an order’ you will be asked for item record information when you’re receiving orders in acquisitions. If you choose to add the item when ‘cataloging a record’ then item records will not be created in acquisitions at all, you will need to go to the cataloging module to add the items.

AcqViewBaskets¶

Default: created by staff member

Asks: Show baskets ___

Values:

• created by staff member
• from staff member’s branch
• in system, regardless of owner

Description:

• When in acquisitions this preference allows you to control whose baskets you can see when looking at a vendor. The default value of ‘created by staff member’ makes it so that you only see the baskets you created. Choosing to see baskets ‘from staff member’s branch’ will show you the baskets created by anyone at the branch you’re logged in at. Finally, you can choose to set this preference to show you all baskets regardless of who created it (‘in system, regardless of owner). Regardless of which value you choose for this preference, superlibrarians can see all baskets created in the system.

BasketConfirmations¶

Default: always ask for confirmation

Asks: When closing or reopening a basket, ___.

Values:

• always ask for confirmation
• do not ask for confirmation

Descriptions:

• This preference adds the option to skip confirmations on closing and reopening a basket. If you skip the confirmation, you do not create a new basket group.

CurrencyFormat¶

Default: 360,000.00 (US)

Asks: Display currencies using the following format ___

Values:

• 360,000.00 (US)
• 360 000,00 (FR)

gist¶

Default: 0

Asks: The default tax rate is ___

Description:

• This preference will allow the library to define a default Goods and Services Tax rate. The default of value of 0 will disable this preference.

UniqueItemFields¶

Default: barcode

Asks:___ (space-separated list of fields that should be unique for items, must be valid SQL fields of items table)

Description:

• If this preference is left blank when adding items in acquisitions there will be no check for uniqueness. This means that a duplicate barcode can be created in acquisitions which will cause errors later when checking items in and out.

OrderPdfFormat¶

Default: pdfformat::layout2pages

Asks: Use ___ when printing basket groups.

AllowPKIAuth¶

Default: no

Asks: Use ___ field for SSL client certificate authentication

Values:

• no
• the common name
• the email address

casAuthentication¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ CAS for login authentication.

casLogout¶

Default: Don’t logout

Asks: ___ of CAS when logging out of Koha.

casServerUrl¶

Asks: The CAS Authentication Server can be found at ___

DebugLevel¶

Default: lots of

Asks: Show ___ debugging information in the browser when an internal error occurs.

Values:

• lots of - will show as much information as possible
• no - will only show basic error messages
• some - will show only some of the information available

Description:

• This preference determines how much information will be sent to the user’s screen when the system encounters an error. The most detail will be sent when the value level is set at 2, some detail will be sent when the value is set at 1, and only a basic error message will display when the value is set at 0. This setting is especially important when a system is new and the administration is interested in working out the bugs (errors or problems) quickly. Having detailed error messages makes quick fixes more likely in problem areas.

delimiter¶

Default: semicolons

Asks: Separate columns in an exported report file with ___ by default.

Values:

• #’s
• backslashes
• commas
• semicolons
• slashes
• tabs

Description:

• This preference determines how reports exported from Koha will separate data. In many cases you will be able to change this option when exporting if you’d like.

KohaAdminEmailAddress¶

This is the default ‘From’ address for emails unless there is one for the particular branch, and is referred to when an internal error occurs.

Asks: Use ___ as the email address for the administrator of Koha.

Description:

• This preference allows one email address to be used in warning messages set to the OPAC. If no email address is set for the branch this address will receive messages from patrons regarding modification requests, purchase suggestions, and questions or information regarding overdue notices. It is recommended that a email address that can be accessed by multiple staff members be used for this purpose so that if one librarian is out the others can address these requests. This email address can be changed when needed.

noItemTypeImages¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ itemtype icons in the catalog.

Values:

• Shows
• Don’t show

Description:

• This preference allows the system administrator to determine if users will be able to set and see an item type icon the catalog on both the OPAC and the Staff Client. The images will display in both the OPAC and the Staff Client/Intranet. If images of item types are disabled, text labels for item types will still appear in the OPAC and Staff Client.

virtualshelves¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff and patrons to create and view saved lists of books.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t Allow

Description:

• This preference controls whether the lists functionality will be available in the staff client and OPAC. If this is set to “Don’t allow” then no one will be able to save items to public or private lists.

AutoLocation¶

Default: Don’t require

Asks: ___ staff to log in from a computer in the IP address range specified by their library (if any).

• Set IP address range in the library administration area - Get there: More >

  Administration > Basic Parameters > Libraries & Groups

Values:

• Don’t require
• Require

Description:

• This preference protects the system by blocking unauthorized users from accessing the staff client program and settings. Authorized and unauthorized users are determined by their computer’s IP addresses. When the preference is set to ‘Require’, IP authorization is in effect and unauthorized IP addresses will be blocked. This means that staff cannot work from home unless their IP address has been authorized. When set to ‘Don’t require’, anyone with a staff client login will have access no matter which IP address they are using.

IndependantBranches¶

Default: Don’t prevent

Asks: ___ staff (but not superlibrarians) from modifying objects (holds, items, patrons, etc.) belonging to other libraries.

Values:

• Don’t prevent
• Prevent

Description:

• This preference should only be used by library systems which are sharing a single Koha installation among multiple branches but are considered independent organizations, meaning they do not share material or patrons with other branches and do not plan to change that in the future. If set to ‘Prevent’ it increases the security between library branches by: prohibiting staff users from logging into another branch from within the staff client, filtering out patrons from patron searches who are not a part of the login branch conducting the search, limiting the location choices to the login branch when adding or modifying an item record, preventing users from other branch locations from placing holds or checking out materials from library branches other than their own, and preventing staff from editing item records which belong to other library branches. All of these security safeguards can be overridden only by the superlibrarian, the highest level of privileges.

insecure¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ staff to access the staff client without logging in.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference controls whether or not authentication (user login) will be required to gain access to the staff client. If set to ‘Allow’, all authentication is bypassed. If set to ‘Don’t allow’ authentication (login) on the staff client is required.

SessionStorage¶

Default: in the MySQL database

Asks: Store login session information ___

Values:

• as temporary files
• in the MySQL database
• in the PostgreSQL database - .. important:: PostgreSQL is not yet supported

Description:

• This preference allows administrators to choose what format session data is stored in during web sessions.

timeout¶

Default: 12000000

Asks: Automatically log out users after ___ milliseconds of inactivity.

Description:

• This preference sets the length of time the Staff Client or OPAC accounts can be left inactive before re-logging in is necessary. The value of this preference is in seconds. At this time, the amount of time before a session times out must be the same for both the Staff Client and the OPAC.

AutoCreateAuthorities¶

Default: do not generate

Asks: When editing records, ___ authority records that are missing.

Values:

• do not generate
• generate

Description:

• When this and BiblioAddsAuthorities are both turned on, automatically create authority records for headings that don’t have any authority link when cataloging. When BiblioAddsAuthorities is on and AutoCreateAuthorities is turned off, do not automatically generate authority records, but allow the user to enter headings that don’t match an existing authority. When BiblioAddsAuthorities is off, this has no effect.

BiblioAddsAuthorities¶

Default: allow

Asks: When editing records, ___ them to automatically create new authority records if needed, rather than having to reference existing authorities.

Values:

• allow - This setting allows you to type values in the fields

  controlled by authorities and then adds a new authority if one does not exist

• don’t allow - This setting will lock the authority controlled

  fields, forcing you to search for an authority versus allowing you to type the information in yourself.

dontmerge¶

Default: Don’t

Asks: ___ automatically update attached biblios when changing an authority record.

Values:

• Do
• Don’t

Description:

• This preference tells Koha how to handle changes to your Authority records. If you edit an authority record and this preference is set to ‘Do’ Koha will update all of the bib records linked to the authority with the new authority record’s data. If this is set to “Don’t” then Koha won’t edit bib records when changes are made to authorities.

MARCAuthorityControlField008¶

Default: || aca||aabn | a|a d

Asks: Use the following text for the contents of MARC authority control field 008 position 06-39 (fixed length data elements).

• This preference controls the default value in the 008 field on Authority records. It does not effect bibliographic records.

UseAuthoritiesForTracings¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ authority record numbers instead of text strings for searches from subject tracings.

Values:

• Don’t use - Search links look for subject/author keywords

  (example: opac-search.pl?q=su:Business%20networks)

• Use - Search links look for an authority record (example:

  opac-search.pl?q=an:354)

Description:

• For libraries that have authority files, they may want to make it so that when a link to an authorized subject or author is clicked on the OPAC or staff client it takes the searcher only to a list of results with that authority record. Most libraries do not have complete authority files and so setting this preference to ‘Don’t use’ will allow searchers to click on links to authors and subject headings and perform a keyword search against those fields, finding all possible relevant results instead.

CatalogModuleRelink¶

Default: Do not

Asks: ___ automatically relink headings that have previously been linked when saving records in the cataloging module.

Values:

• Do
• Do not

Description:

• Longtime users of Koha don’t expect the authority and bib records to link consistently. This preference makes it possible to disable authority relinking in the cataloging module only (i.e. relinking is still possible if link_bibs_to_authorities.pl is run). Note that though the default behavior matches the previous behavior of Koha (retaining links to outdated authority records), it does not match the intended behavior (updating biblio/authority link after bibliographic record is edited). Libraries that want the intended behavior of authority control rather than the way Koha used to handle linking should set CatalogModuleRelink to ‘Do’. Once setting this to ‘Do’ the following preferences can also be set.

LinkerKeepStale¶

Default: Do not

Asks: ___ keep existing links to authority records for headings where the linker is unable to find a match.

Values:

• Do
• Do not

Description:

• When set to ‘Do’, the linker will never remove a link to an authority record, though, depending on the value of LinkerRelink, it may change the link.

LinkerModule¶

Default: Default

Asks: Use the ___ linker module for matching headings to authority records.

Values:

• Default - Retains Koha’s previous behavior of only creating

  links when there is an exact match to one and only one authority record; if the LinkerOptions preference is set to ‘broader_headings’, it will try to link headings to authority records for broader headings by removing subfields from the end of the heading

• First match - Creates a link to the first authority record that

  matches a given heading, even if there is more than one authority record that matches

• Last match - Creates a link to the last authority record that

  matches a given heading, even if there is more than one record that matches

Description:

• This preference tells Koha which match to use when searching for authority matches when saving a record.

LinkerOptions¶

Asks: Set the following options for the authority linker ___

Description:

• This is a pipe separated (|) list of options. At the moment, the only option available is “broader_headings.” With this option set to “broader_headings”, the linker will try to match the following heading as follows:=600 10$aCamins-Esakov, Jared$xCoin collections$vCatalogs$vEarly works to 1800. First: Camins-Esakov, Jared–Coin collections–Catalogs–Early works to 1800 Next: Camins-Esakov, Jared–Coin collections–Catalogs Next: Camins-Esakov, Jared–Coin collections Next: Camins-Esakov, Jared (matches! if a previous attempt had matched, it would not have tried this)

LinkerRelink¶

Default: Do

Asks: ___ relink headings that have previously been linked to authority records.

Values:

• Do
• Do not

Description:

• When set to ‘Do’, the linker will confirm the links for headings that have previously been linked to an authority record when it runs, correcting any incorrect links it may find. When set to ‘Do not’, any heading with an existing link will be ignored, even if the existing link is invalid or incorrect.

authoritysep¶

Default: –

Asks: Separate multiple displayed authors, series or subjects with ___.

hide_marc¶

Default: Display

Asks: ___ MARC tag numbers, subfield codes and indicators in MARC views.

Values:

• Display – shows the tag numbers on the cataloging interface MARC editor with tags showing .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/hide_marc-display.png
• Don’t display – shows just descriptive text when cataloging MARC editor without tags showing .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/hide_marc-dont.png

IntranetBiblioDefaultView¶

Default: ISBD form

Asks: By default, display biblio records in ___

Values:

• ISBD form – displays records in the staff client in the old card catalog format - See ISBD preference

  for more information

• Labelled MARC form – displays records in the staff client in MARC with text labels to explain the different fields

• MARC form – displays records in the staff client in MARC

• normal form – visual display in the staff client (for the average person)

Description:

• This setting determines the bibliographic record display when searching the catalog on the staff client. This setting does not affect the display in the OPAC which is changed using the BiblioDefaultView preference under the OPAC preference tab. This setting changes the look of the record when first displayed. The MARC and ISBD views can still be seen by clicking in the sidebar.

ISBD¶

Default: MARC21 Default Appendix or UNIMARC Default Appendix

Asks: Use the following as the ISBD template:

Description:

• This determines how the ISBD information will display. Elements in the list can be reordered to produce a different ISBD view. ISBD, the International Standard Bibliographic Description, was first introduced by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) in 1969 in order to provide guidelines for descriptive cataloging. The purpose of ISBD is to aid the international exchange of bibliographic records for a variety of materials.

LabelMARCView¶

Default: Don’t

Asks: ___ collapse repeated tags of the same type into one tag entry.

Values:

• Do – will combine all identical tag numbers under one heading in the MARC view in the OPAC and Staff Client MARC View in the Staff Client with LabelMARCView set to Do .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/LabelMARCView-do.png
• Don’t – will list all of the tags individually in the MARC view in the OPAC and Staff Client MARC View in the Staff Client with LabelMARCView set to Don’t .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/LabelMARCView-dont.png

OpacSuppression¶

Default: Don’t hide

Asks: ___ items marked as suppressed from OPAC search results.

Values:

• Don’t hide – will show items in OPAC search results if they are marked suppressed

• Hide – will not show items in OPAC search results if they’re marked as suppressed - Each bib record with items you want to hide from the

  OPAC simply need to have the 942n field set to 1. The index then hides it from display in OPAC but will still display it in the Staff Client

Description:

• An authorized value for 942$n field should be set to eliminate errors. One example would be to create an authorized value titled SUPPRESS with a value of 0 for don’t suppress and 1 for suppress.

URLLinkText¶

Default: Online Resource

Asks: Show ___ as the text of links embedded in MARC records.

Description:

• If the 856 field does not have a subfield 3 or y defined, the OPAC will say ‘Click here to access online.’ If you would like the field to say something else enter that in this field.

UseControlNumber¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ record control number ($w subfields) and control number (001) for linking of bibliographic records.

Values:

• Don’t use - When clicking on links to titles that appear next to

  ‘Continues’ and ‘Continued by’ in the detail display Koha will perform a title search

• Use - When clicking on links to titles that appear next to

  ‘Continues’ and ‘Continued by’ in the detail display Koha will perform a control number (MARC field 001) search

Description:

• If you have a serial called “Journal of Interesting Things” which has a separate record from when it was called “Transactions of the Interesting Stuff Society,” you could add linking fields to indicate the relationship between the two records. UseControlNumber allows you to use your local accession numbers for those links. In MARC21, the relevant sections of the two records might look like this:=001 12345 =110 2_$aInteresting Stuff Society. =245 10$aTransactions of the Interesting Stuff Society. =785 00$aInteresting Stuff Society$tJournal of Interesting Things.$w12346 =001 12346 =110 2_$aInteresting Stuff Society. =245 10$aJournal of Interesting Things. =780 00$aInteresting Stuff Society$tTransactions of the Interesting Stuff Society.$w12345 With UseControlNumber set to ‘Use’, the 78x links will use the Control Numbers is subfield $w, instead of doing a title search on “Journal of Interesting Things” and “Transactions of the Interesting Stuff Society” respectively.

advancedMARCeditor¶

Default: Don’t display

Asks: ___ descriptions of fields and subfields in the MARC editor.

Description:

• This preference determines whether or not MARC field names will be present when editing or creating MARC records.

Values:

• Display MARC editor with text labels .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/advancedMARCeditor-display.png
• Don’t display MARC editor without text labels .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/advancedMARCeditor-dontdisplay.png

DefaultClassificationSource¶

Default: Dewey Decimal System

Asks: Use ___ as the default classification source.

Values:

• ANSCR (Sound Recordings)
• Dewey Decimal Classification
• Library of Congress Classification
• Other/Generic Classification Scheme
• SuDoc Classification (U.S. GPO)
• Universal Decimal Classification

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EasyAnalyticalRecords¶

Asks: ___ easy ways to create analytical record relationships

Default: Don’t Display

Values:

• Display
• Don’t Display

Description:

• An analytic entry in a catalog is one that describes a part of a larger work that is also described in the catalog. In bibliographic cataloging, analytic entries may be made for chapters in books or special issues of articles in periodicals. In archival cataloging, analytic entries may be made for series or items within a collection. This feature in Koha allows for an easy way of linking analytic entries to the host records, and this system preference adds several new menu options to the staff cataloging detail pages to allow that to happen.

autoBarcode¶

Default: generated in the form <branchcode>yymm0001

Asks: Barcodes are ___

Values:

• generated in the form <branchcode>yymm0001
• generated in the form <year>-0001
• <year>-0002. generated in the form 1, 2, 3
• incremental EAN-13 barcodes
• not generated automatically

Description:

• This setting is for libraries wishing to generate barcodes from within Koha (as opposed to scanning in pre-printed barcodes or manually assigning them).

DefaultLanguageField008¶

Asks: Fill in the default language for field 008 Range 35-37 ___.

Description:

• This preference will allow you to set the language for your 008 field by default. If this is left empty it will default to English (eng). See the MARC Code List for Languages for additional values for this preference.

item-level_itypes¶

Default: specific item

Asks: Use the item type of the ___ as the authoritative item type (for determining circulation and fines rules, etc).

Values:

• biblio record
• specific item

Description:

• This preference determines whether the item type Koha uses for issuing rules will be an attribute of the bibliographic record or the item record. Most libraries refer to the item record for item types. It also determines if the item type icon appears on the OPAC search results. If you have the preference set to ‘biblio record’ then Koha displays the item type icon on the search results to the left of the result info. Item Type Icons to the Left of Result Information .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/item-level_itypes.png

itemcallnumber¶

Default: 082ab

Asks: Map the MARC subfield to an item’s callnumber.

Description:

• This setting determines which MARC field will be used to determine the call number that will be entered into item records automatically (952$o). The value is set by providing the MARC field code (050, 082, 090, 852 are all common) and the subfield codes without the delimiters ($a, $b would be ab).

Examples:

• Dewey: 082ab or 092ab; LOC: 050ab or 090ab; from the item record: 852hi

marcflavour¶

Default: MARC21

Asks: Interpret and store MARC records in the ___ format.

Description:

• This preference defines global MARC style (MARC21 or UNIMARC) used for encoding. MARC21 is the standard style for the US, Canada and Britain. UNIMARC is a variation of MARC21 that is used in France, Italy, Russia, and many other countries.

Values:

• MARC21
• UNIMARC

MARCOrgCode¶

Default: OSt

Asks: Fill in the MARC organization code ___ by default in new MARC records (leave blank to disable).

Description:

• The MARC Organization Code is used to identify libraries with holdings of titles and more.

Learn more and find your library’s code on the MARC Code list for Organizations or in Canada on the Canadian Symbols Directory.

NewItemsDefaultLocation¶

Asks: When items are created, give them the temporary location of ___ (should be a location code, or blank to disable).

z3950NormalizeAuthor & z3950AuthorAuthFields¶

Defaults: Don’t copy & 701,702,700

Asks: ___ authors from the UNIMARC ___ tags (separated by commas) to the correct author tags when importing a record using Z39.50.

Description for z3950NormalizeAuthor:

• This preference allows for ‘Personal Name Authorities’ to replace authors as the bibliographic authority. This preference should only be considered by libraries using UNIMARC.

Values for z3950NormalizeAuthor:

• Copy
• Don’t copy

Description for z3950AuthorAuthFields:

• This preference defines which MARC fields will be used for ‘Personal Name Authorities’ to replace authors as the bibliographic authorities. This preference only applies to those using UNIMARC encoding. The MARC fields selected here will only be used if ‘z3950NormalizeAuthor’ is set to “Copy”. The default field are 700, 701, and 702.

SpineLabelAutoPrint¶

Default: don’t

Asks: When using the quick spine label printer, ___ automatically pop up a print dialog.

Values:

• do
• don’t

SpineLabelFormat¶

Default: <itemcallnumber><copynumber>

Asks: Include the following fields on a quick-printed spine label: (Enter in columns from the biblio, biblioitems or items tables, surrounded by < and >.)

SpineLabelShowPrintOnBibDetails¶

Default: Don’t display

Asks: ___ buttons on the bib details page to print item spine labels.

Values:

• Display ‘Print Label’ link appears on bibliographic record in the staff client .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/SpineLabelShowPrintOnBibDetails.png
• Don’t display

AllFinesNeedOverride¶

Default: Require

Asks: ___ staff to manually override all fines, even fines less than noissuescharge.

Values:

• Don’t require
• Require

Description:

• This preference let’s you decide if you want to always be warned that the patron has fines when checking out. If you have it set to ‘Require’ then no matter how much money the patron owes a message will pop up warning you that the patron owes money.

AllowFineOverride¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ staff to manually override and check out items to patrons who have more than noissuescharge in fines.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference lets you decide if you staff can check out to patrons who owe more money than you usually let them carry on their account. If set to ‘Allow’ staff will be warned that the patrons owes money, but it won’t stop the staff from checking out to the patron.

AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ checkouts of items reserved to someone else. If allowed do not generate RESERVE_WAITING and RESERVED warning. This allows self checkouts for those items.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• When this preference is set to ‘Allow’ patrons will be able to use your external self check machine to check out a book to themselves even if it’s on hold for someone else. If you would like Koha to prevent people from checking out books that are on hold for someone else set this preference to “Don’t allow.”

AllowNotForLoanOverride¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff to override and check out items that are marked as not for loan.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This parameter is a binary setting which controls the ability of staff (patrons will always be prevented from checking these items out) to check out items that are marked as “not for loan”. Setting it to “Allow” would allow such items to be checked out, setting it to “Don’t allow” would prevent this. This setting determines whether items meant to stay in the library, such as reference materials, and other library resources can be checked out by patrons.

AllowRenewalLimitOverride¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff to manually override the renewal limit and renew a checkout when it would go over the renewal limit.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference is a binary setting which controls the ability of staff to override the limits placed on the number of times an item can be renewed. Setting it to “Allow” would allow such limits to be overridden, setting it to “Don’t allow” would prevent this. This is a preference in which if it is set to “allow” it would allow the library staff to use their judgment for overriding the renew limit for special cases, setting it to “Don’t allow” prevents an opportunity for abuse by the library staff.

AutomaticItemReturn¶

Default: Do

Asks: ___ automatically transfer items to their home branch when they are returned.

Values:

• Do
• Don’t

Description:

• This preference is a binary setting which determines whether an item is returned to its home branch automatically or not. If set to “Don’t”, the staff member checking an item in at a location other than the item’s home branch will be asked whether the item will remain at the non-home branch (in which case the new location will be marked as a holding location) or returned. Setting it to “Do” will ensure that items checked in at a branch other than their home branch will be sent to that home branch.

CircControl¶

Default: the library the item is from

Asks: Use the checkout and fines rules of ___

Values:

• the library the item is from - The circulation and fines policies will be

  determined by the library that owns the item

• the library the patron is from - The circulation and fines policies will be

  determined the patron’s home library

• the library you are logged in at - The circulation and fines policies will be

  determined by the library that checked the item out to the patron

HomeOrHoldingBranch¶

Default: the library the item was checked out from

Asks: Use the checkout and fines rules of ___

Description:

• This preference establishes what may be done with a loaned item once the item has been returned. It deals with situations in which one library branch has borrowed materials from a different branch. Essentially it decides whether a library may check the borrowed item back out to its patron or if it must immediately send the item back to the owning location.

Values:

• the library the item is from
• the library the item was checked out from

• *Get there:*More > Administration > Global System Preferences > Admin > IndependantBranches

InProcessingToShelvingCart¶

Default: Don’t move

Asks: ___ items that have the location PROC to the location CART when they are checked in.

Values:

• Don’t move
• Move

IssuingInProcess¶

Default: Don’t prevent

Asks: ___ patrons from checking out an item whose rental charge would take them over the limit.

Values:

• Don’t prevent
• Prevent

Description:

• This preference determines if a patron can check items out if there is an overdue fine on the account and any of the materials the patron wishes to check out will potentially tip the account balance over the maximum fines policy the library has in place.

Example: Your library has a $5 limit set for ‘fines’ (ie, after incurring $5 in fines, a patron can no longer check out items). A patron comes to the desk with 5 items to check out (4 books and a video) The patron has $4 in charges already on their account. One of the videos has a rental charge of $1, therefore making the total fines on the patron’s account suddenly $5 (the limit).

IssueLostItem¶

Default: diplay a message

Asks: When issuing an item that has been marked as lost, ___.

Values:

• display a message Lost message when checking out .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/IssueLostItem-msg.png

• do nothing - This option will just check the item out without

  notifying you that the item was marked lost.

• require confirmation Confirm checkout of lost item .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/IssueLostItem-confirm.png

Description:

• This preference lets you define how library staff are notified that an item with a lost status is being checked out. This will help staff mark items as ‘available’ if you choose to ‘display a message’ or ‘require confirmation.’ If you choose to ‘do nothing,’ there will be no notification that the item being checked out is marked as ‘lost.’

maxoutstanding¶

Default: 5

Asks: Prevent patrons from making holds on the OPAC if they owe more than ___ USD in fines.

noissuescharge¶

Default: 5

Asks: Prevent patrons from checking out books if they have more than ___ USD in fines.

Description:

• This preference is the maximum amount of money owed to the library before the user is banned from borrowing more items. This also coincides with maxoutstanding that limits patrons from placing holds when the maximum amount is owed to the library.

OverduesBlockCirc¶

Default: Ask for confirmation

Asks: ___ when checking out to a borrower that has overdues outstanding

Values:

• Ask for confirmation - Will not let you check an item out to patrons with

  overdues until a librarian confirms that it is okay

• Block - Block all patrons with overdue items from being able

  to check out

• Don’t block - Allow all patrons with overdue items to continue to

  check out

OverdueNoticeBcc¶

Asks: Send all notices as a BCC to this email address ___

This preference makes it so that a librarian can get a copy of every notice sent out to patrons.

PrintNoticesMaxLines¶

Asks: Include up to ___ item lines in a printed overdue notice.

RenewalPeriodBase¶

Default: the old due date of the checkout

Asks: When renewing checkouts, base the new due date on ___

Values:

• the old due date of the checkout
• the current date

ReturnBeforeExpiry¶

Default: Don’t require

Asks: ___ patrons to return books before their accounts expire (by restricting due dates to before the patron’s expiration date).

Values:

• Don’t require
• Require

Description:

• This is preference may prevent a patron from having items checked out after their library card has expired. If this is set to “Require”, then a due date of any checked out item can not be set for a date which falls after the patron’s card expiration. If the setting is left “Don’t require” then item check out dates may exceed the expiration date for the patron’s library card.

ReturnToShelvingCart¶

Default: Don’t move

Asks: ___ all items to the location CART when they are checked in.

Values:

• Don’t move
• Move

TransfersMaxDaysWarning¶

Default: 3

Asks: Show a warning on the “Transfers to Receive” screen if the transfer has not been received ___ days after it is sent.

Description:

• The TransferMaxDaysWarning preference is set at a default number of days. This preference allows for a warning to appear after a set amount of time if an item being transferred between library branches has not been received. The warning will appear in the Transfers to Receive report.

UseBranchTransferLimits & BranchTransferLimitsType ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Defaults: Don’t enforce & collection code

Asks: ___ branch transfer limits based on ___

UseBranchTransferLimits Values:

• Don’t enforce
• Enforce

BranchTransferLimitsType Values:

• collection code
• item type

BranchTransferLimitsType Description:

• This parameter is a binary setting which determines whether items are transferred according to item type or collection code. This value determines how the library manager is able to restrict what items can be transferred between the branches.

useDaysMode¶

Default: Don’t include

Asks: Calculate the due date using ___.

Values:

• circulation rules only.
• the calendar to push the due date to the next open day.
• the calendar to skip all days the library is closed.

Description:

• This preference controls how scheduled library closures affect the due date of a material. The ‘the calendar to skip all days the library is closed’ setting allows for a scheduled closure not to count as a day in the loan period, the ‘circulation rules only’ setting would not consider the scheduled closure at all, and ‘the calendar to push the due date to the next open day’ would only effect the due date if the day the item is due would fall specifically on the day of closure.

Example:

• The library has put December 24th and 25th in as closures on the calendar. A book checked out by a patron has a due date of December 25th according to the circulation and fine rules. If this preference is set to ‘circulation rules only’ then the item will remain due on the 25th. If the preference is set to ‘the calendar to push the due date to the next open day’ then the due date will be December 26th. If the preference is set to ‘the calendar to skip all days the library is closed’ then the due date will be pushed to the 27th of December to accommodate for the two closed days.

The calendar is defined on a branch by branch basis. To learn more about the calendar, check out the ‘Calendar & Holidays‘ section of this manual.

finesCalendar¶

Default: not including the days the library is closed

Asks: Calculate fines based on days overdue ___

Values:

• directly
• not including the days the library is closed

Description:

• This preference will determine whether or not fines will be accrued during instances when the library is closed. Examples include holidays, library in-service days, etc. Choosing ‘not including the days the library is closed” setting will enable Koha to access its Calendar module and be considerate of dates when the library is closed. To make use of this setting the administrator must first access Koha’s calendar and mark certain days as “holidays” ahead of time.

The calendar is defined on a branch by branch basis. To learn more about the calendar, check out the ‘Calendar & Holidays‘ section of this manual.

finesMode¶

Default: Calculate (but only for mailing to the admin)

Asks: ___ fines

Values:

• Calculate (but only for mailing to the admin)
• Calculate and charge
• Don’t calculate

AllowHoldDateInFuture¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ hold requests to be placed that do not enter the waiting list until a certain future date.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

AllowHoldsOnDamagedItems¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ hold requests to be placed on damaged items.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This parameter is a binary setting which controls whether or not hold requests can be placed on items that are marked as “damaged” (items are marked as damaged by editing subfield 4 on the item record). Setting this value to “Don’t allow” will prevent anyone from placing a hold on such items, setting it to “Allow” will allow it. This preference is important because it determines whether or not a patron can place a request for an item that might be in the process of being repaired or not in good condition. The library may wish to set this to “Don’t allow” if they were concerned about their patrons not receiving the item in a timely manner or at all (if it is determined that the item is beyond repair). Setting it to “Allow” would allow a patron to place a hold on an item and therefore receive it as soon as it becomes available.

AllowHoldPolicyOverride¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff to override hold policies when placing holds.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference is a binary setting which controls whether or not the library staff can override the circulation and fines rules as they pertain to the placement of holds. Setting this value to “Don’t allow” will prevent anyone from overriding, setting it to “Allow” will allow it. This setting is important because it determines how strict the libraries rules for placing holds are. If this is set to “Allow”, exceptions can be made for patrons who are otherwise normally in good standing with the library, but there is opportunity for the staff to abuse this function. If it is set to “Don’t allow”, no abuse of the system is possible, but it makes the system entirely inflexible in respect to holds.

AllowOnShelfHolds¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ hold requests to be placed on items that are not checked out.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t Allow

Description:

• This preference is a binary setting which controls the ability of patrons to place holds on items that are not currently checked out. Setting it to “Don’t allow” allows borrowers to place holds on items that are checked out but not on items that are on the shelf (or assumed available in the library), setting it to “Allow” allows borrowers to place holds on any item that is available for loan whether it is checked out or not. This setting might be set to “Allow” if the library system is a multi branch system and patrons used the hold system to request items from other libraries, or if the library wanted to allow users to place holds on items from home through the OPAC. Setting it to “Don’t allow” would enforce a first come, first served standard.

AutoResumeSuspendedHolds¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ suspended holds to be automatically resumed by a set date.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• If this preference is set to ‘Allow’ then all suspended holds will be able to have a date at which they automatically become unsuspended. If you have this preference set to ‘Allow’ you will also need the Unsuspend Holds cron job running.

canreservefromotherbranches¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ a user from one library to place a hold on an item from another library

Description:

• This preference is a binary setting which determines whether patrons can place holds on items from other branches. If the preference is set to “Allow” patrons can place such holds, if it is set to “Don’t allow” they cannot. This is an important setting because it determines if users can use Koha to request items from another branch. If the library is sharing an installation of Koha with other independent libraries which do not wish to allow interlibrary borrowing it is recommended that this parameter be set to “Don’t allow”.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow (with independent branches)

DisplayMultiPlaceHold¶

Default: Don’t enable

Asks: ___ the ability to place holds on multiple biblio from the search results

Values:

• Don’t enable
• Enable

emailLibrarianWhenHoldIsPlaced¶

Default: Don’t enable

Asks: ___ sending an email to the Koha administrator email address whenever a hold request is placed.

Values:

• Don’t enable
• Enable

Description:

• This preference enables Koha to email the library staff whenever a patron requests an item to be held. While this function will immediately alert the librarian to the patron’s need, it is extremely impractical in most library settings. In most libraries the hold lists are monitored and maintained from a separate interface. That said, many libraries that allow on shelf holds prefer to have this preference turned on so that they are alerted to pull an item from the shelf.

ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelay¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ holds to expire automatically if they have not been picked by within the time period specified in ReservesMaxPickUpDelay

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• If set to ‘allow’ this will cancel holds that have been waiting for longer than the number of days specified in the ReservesMaxPickUpDelay system preference. Holds will only be cancelled if the Expire Holds cron job is runnning.

ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelayCharge¶

Default: 0

Asks: If using ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelay, charge a borrower who allows his or her waiting hold to expire a fee of ___ USD

Description:

• If you are expiring holds that have been waiting too long you can use this preference to charge the patron for not picking up their hold. If you don’t charge patrons for items that aren’t picked up you can leave this set to the default which is 0. Holds will only be cancelled and charged if the Expire Holds cron job is running.

maxreserves¶

Default: 50

Asks: Patrons can only have ___ holds at once.

OPACAllowHoldDateInFuture¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to place holds that don’t enter the waiting list until a certain future date.

Values:

• Allow - AllowHoldDateInFuture

  must also be enabled for this to work

• Don’t allow

OPACAllowUserToChooseBranch¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ a user to choose the branch to pick up a hold from.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• Changing this preference will not prevent staff from being able to transfer titles from one branch to another to fill a hold, it will only prevent patrons from saying they plan on picking a book up at a branch other than their home branch.

ReservesControlBranch¶

Default: item’s home library

Asks: Check the ___ to see if the patron can place a hold on the item.

Values:

• item’s home library.
• patron’s home library.

ReservesMaxPickUpDelay¶

Default: 7

Asks: Mark a hold as problematic if it has been waiting for more than ___ days.

Description:

• This preference (based on calendar days, not the Koha holiday calendar) puts an expiration date on an item a patron has on hold. After this expiration date the staff will have the option to release the unclaimed hold which then may be returned to the library shelf or issued to the next patron on the item’s hold list. Items that are ‘expired’ by this preference are moved to the ‘Holds Over’ tab on the ‘Holds Awaiting Pickup‘ report.

ReservesNeedReturns¶

Default: Don’t automatically

Asks: ___ mark holds as found and waiting when a hold is placed specifically on them and they are already checked in.

Values:

• Automatically
• Don’t automatically

Description:

• This preference refers to ‘item specific’ holds where the item is currently on the library shelf. This preference allows a library to decide whether an ‘item specific’ hold is marked as “Waiting” at the time the hold is placed or if the item will be marked as “Waiting” after the item is checked in. This preference will tell the patron that their item is ‘Waiting’ for them at their library and ready for check out.

StaticHoldsQueueWeight & RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

StaticHoldsQueueWeight Default: 0

RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight Default: in that order

Asks: Satisfy holds from the libraries ___ (as branchcodes, separated by commas; if empty, uses all libraries) ___

RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight Values:

• in random order - If StaticHoldsQueueWeight is left at the default

  Koha will randomize all libraries, otherwise it will randomize the libraries listed.

• in that order - If StaticHoldsQueueWeight is left at the default

  then this will use all of your branches in alphabetical order, otherwise it will use the branches in the order that you entered them in the StaticHoldsQueueWeight preference.

Descriptions:

• These preferences control how the Holds Queue report is generated using a cron job. If you do not want all of your libraries to participate in the on-shelf holds fulfillment process, you should list the the libraries that *do* participate in the process here by inputting all the participating library’s branchcodes, separated by commas ( e.g. “MPL,CPL,SPL,BML” etc. ). By default, the holds queue will be generated such that the system will first attempt to hold fulfillment using items already at the pickup library if possible. If there are no items available at the pickup library to fill a hold, build_holds_queue.pl will then use the list of libraries defined in StaticHoldsQueueWeight. If RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight is disabled ( which it is by default ), the script will assign fulfillment requests in the order the branches are placed in the StaticHoldsQueueWeight system preference. For example, if your system has three libraries, of varying sizes ( small, medium and large ) and you want the burden of holds fulfillment to be on larger libraries before smaller libraries, you would want StaticHoldsQueueWeight to look something like “LRG,MED,SML”. If you want the burden of holds fulfillment to be spread out equally throughout your library system, simply enable RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight. When this system preference is enabled, the order in which libraries will be requested to fulfill an on-shelf hold will be randomized each time the list is regenerated. Leaving StaticHoldsQueueWeight empty is contraindicated at this time. Doing so will cause the build_holds_queue script to ignore RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight, causing the script to request hold fulfillment not randomly, but by alphabetical order.

SuspendHoldsIntranet¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ holds to be suspended from the intranet.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• The holds suspension feature can be turned on and off in the staff client by altering this system preference. If this is set to ‘allow’ you will want to set the AutoResumeSuspendedHolds system preference.

SuspendHoldsOpac¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ holds to be suspended from the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• The holds suspension feature can be turned on and off in the OPAC by altering this system preference. If this is set to ‘allow’ you will want to set the AutoResumeSuspendedHolds system preference.

AllowAllMessageDeletion¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ staff to delete messages added from other libraries.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

CircAutocompl¶

Default: Try

Asks: ___ to automatically fill in the member when entering a patron search on the circulation screen.

Description:

• This preference is a binary setting which determines whether auto-completion of fields is enabled or disabled for the circulation input field. Setting it to “Try” would enable a staff member to begin typing a name or other value into the field and have a menu pop up with suggestions for completing it. Setting it to “Don’t try” would disable this feature. This preference can make staff members’ jobs easier or it could potentially slow down the page loading process.

Values:

• Don’t try
• Try When CircAutocompl is turned on search results will appear below the search box .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/CircAutocompl.png

CircAutoPrintQuickSlip¶

Default: open a print quick slip window

Asks: When an empty barcode field is submitted in circulation ___

Values:

• clear the screen
• open a print quick slip window

Description:

• If this preference is set to open a quick slip for printing it will eliminate the need for the librarian to click the print button to generate a checkout receipt for the patron they’re checking out to. If the preference is set to clear the screen then “checking out” an empty barcode will clear the screen of the patron you were last working with.

FilterBeforeOverdueReport¶

Default: Don’t require

Asks: ___ staff to choose which checkouts to show before running the overdues report.

Description:

• Koha’s overdue report shows you all of the overdue items in your library system. If you have a large library system you’ll want to set this preference to ‘Require’ to force those running the report to first limit the data generated to a branch, date range, patron category or other such filter. Requiring that the report be filtered before it’s run prevents your staff from running a system heavy report and slowing down other operations in the system. Overdue Report Filters .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/FilterBeforeOverdueReport.png

Values:

• Don’t require
• Require

FineNotifyAtCheckin¶

Default: Don’t notify

Asks: ___ librarians of overdue fines on the items they are checking in.

Values:

• Don’t notify
• Notify

Description:

• With this preference set to ‘Notify’ all books that have overdue fines owed on them will pop up a warning when checking them in. This warning will need to acknowledged before you can continue checking items in. With this preference set to ‘Don’t notify,’ you will still see fines owed on the patron record, you just won’t have an additional notification at check in. Fine notification at checkin .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/FineNotifyAtCheckin.png

DisplayClearScreenButton¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ a button to clear the current patron from the screen on the circulation screen.

Values:

• Don’t show No X in the top right .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/DisplayClearScreenButtonOff.png
• Show X in the top right will clear the screen .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/DisplayClearScreenButton.png

itemBarcodeInputFilter¶

Default: Don’t filter

Asks: ___ scanned patron barcodes.

Values:

• Convert from CueCat format

• Convert from Libsuite8 form

• Don’t filter

• EAN-13 or zero-padded UPC-A from

• Remove spaces from

• Remove the first number from T-prefix style - This format is common among those libraries

  migrating from Follett systems

NoticeCSS¶

Asks: Include the stylesheet at ___ on Notices.

Description:

• If you would like to style your notices with a consistent set of fonts and colors you can use this preference to point Koha to a stylesheet specifically for your notices.

numReturnedItemsToShow¶

Default: 20

Asks : Show the ___ last returned items on the checkin screen.

previousIssuesDefaultSortOrder¶

Default: earliest to latest

Asks: Sort previous checkouts on the circulation page from ___ due date.

Values:

• earliest to latest
• latest to earliest

RecordLocalUseOnReturn¶

Default: Don’t record

Asks: ___ local use when an unissued item is checked in.

Values:

• Don’t record
• Record

Description:

• When this preference is set to “Don’t record” you can record local use of items by checking items out to the statistical patron. With this preference set to “Record” you can record local use by checking out to the statistical patron and/or by checking in a book that is not currently checked out.

soundon¶

Default: Don’t enable

Asks: ___ circulation sounds during checkin and checkout in the staff interface.

Values:

• Don’t enable
• Enable

SpecifyDueDate¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff to specify a due date for a checkout.

Due dates are calculated using your circulation and fines rules, but staff can override that if you allow them to specify a due date at checkout.

Description:

• This preference allows for circulation staff to change a due date from the automatic due date to another calendar date. This option would be used for circumstances in which the due date may need to be decreased or extended in a specific circumstance. The “Allow” setting would allow for this option to be utilized by staff, the “Don’t allow” setting would bar staff from changing the due date on materials.

Values:

• Allow Specify Due Date Box Shows .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/SpecifyDueDate.png
• Don’t allow Specify Due Date Box Doesn’t Show .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/SpecifyDueDate-no.png

todaysIssuesDefaultSortOrder¶

Default: latest to earliest

Asks: Sort today’s checkouts on the circulation page from ___ due date.

Values:

• earliest to latest
• latest to earliest

UpdateTotalIssuesOnCirc¶

Default: Do not

Asks: ___ update a bibliographic record’s total issues count whenever an item is issued

Values:

• Do .. important:: This increases server load significantly; if

  performance is a concern, use the cron job to update the total issues count instead.

• Do not

Description:

• Koha can track the number of times and item is checked out and store that on the item record in the database. This information is not stored by default. Setting this preference to ‘Do’ will tell Koha to track that info everytime the item is checked out in real time. Otherwise you could use the cron job to have Koha update that field nightly.

UseTablesortForCirc¶

Default: Don’t enable

Asks: ___ the sorting of current patron checkouts on the circulation screen.

Values:

• Don’t enable
• Enable

WaitingNotifyAtCheckin¶

Default: Don’t notify

Asks: ___ librarians of waiting holds for the patron whose items they are checking in.

Values:

• Don’t notify
• Notify Notification that a hold is waiting .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/WaitingNotifyAtCheckin.png

Description:

• When checking in books you can choose whether or not to have a notice pop up if the patron who returned the book has a hold waiting for pick up. If you choose ‘Notify’ for WaitingNotifyAtCheckin then every time a hold is found for the patron who had the book out last a message will appear on your check in screen.

AllowSelfCheckReturns¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons to return items through web-based self checkout system.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference is used to determine if you want patrons to be allowed to return items through your self check machines. By default Koha’s self check interface is simply for checking items out.

AutoSelfCheckAllowed, AutoSelfCheckID & AutoSelfCheckPass ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

AutoSelfCheckAllowed Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ the web-based self checkout system to automatically login with this staff login ___ and this password ___ .

AutoSelfCheckAllowed Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

AutoSelfCheckID needs to be set to the username of a staff member with ‘circulate’ permissions.

AutoSelfCheckPass needs to be set to the password of a staff member with ‘circulate’ permissions.

SelfCheckHelpMessage¶

Asks: Include the following HTML in the Help page of the web-based self checkout system

Description:

• Clicking the ‘Help’ link in the top right of the self checkout interface opens up a three step process for using the self check interface. Adding HTML to this system preference will print that additional help text above what’s already included.

SelfCheckoutByLogin¶

Default: Barcode

Asks: Have patrons login into the web-based self checkout system with their ___

Values:

• Barcode Self Checkout Patron Card Number .. image:: images/circ/selfcheckout.png
• Username and password Shelf checkout by login .. image:: images/circ/SelfCheckoutByLogin.png

Description:

• This preference lets you decide how your patrons will log in to the self checkout machine. Barcode is the patron’s card number and their username and password is set using the opac/staff username and password fields on the patron record.

SelfCheckTimeout¶

Default: 120

Asks: Time out the current patron’s web-based self checkout system login after ___ seconds.

Description:

• After the machine is idle for the time entered in this preference the self check out system will log out the current patron and return to the starting screen.

ShowPatronImageInWebBasedSelfCheck¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ the patron’s picture (if one has been added) when they use the web-based self checkout.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

WebBasedSelfCheck¶

Default: Don’t enable

Asks: ___ the web-based self checkout system.

Values:

• Don’t enable
• Enable

Enabling this preference will allow access to the self checkout module in Koha.

ImageLimit¶

Asks: Limit the number of creator images stored in the database to ___ images.

FRBRizeEditions¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ other editions of an item on the staff client

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show Editions tab in staff client .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/editionstab.png

Description:

• Using the rules set forth in the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic records, this option, when enabled, pulls all editions of the same title available in your collection regardless of material type. Items will appear under an ‘Editions’ tab on the detail page for the title in question.. According to Libraries Unlimited’s Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (http://lu.com/odlis/), FRBRizing the catalog involves collating MARC records of similar materials. FRBRization brings together entities (sets of Works, Expressions, or Manifestations), rather than just sets of Items. It can aid patrons in selecting related items, expressions, and manifestations that will serve their needs. When it is set to “Show”, the OPAC will query one or more ISBN web services for associated ISBNs and display an Editions tab on the details pages. Once this preference is enabled, the library must select one of the ISBN options (ThingISBN or XISBN). This option is only for the Staff Client; the OPACFRBRizeEditions option must be enabled to have the Editions tab appear on the OPAC.

OPACFRBRizeEditions¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ other editions of an item on the OPAC.

Description:

• Using the rules set forth in the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic records, this option, when enabled, pulls all editions of the same title available in your collection regardless of material type. Items will appear under an ‘Editions’ tab on the detail page for the title in question.. According to Libraries Unlimited’s Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science (http://lu.com/odlis/), FRBRizing the catalog involves collating MARC records of similar materials. FRBRization brings together entities (sets of Works, Expressions, or Manifestations), rather than just sets of Items. It can aid patrons in selecting related items, expressions, and manifestations that will serve their needs. When it is set to “Show”, the OPAC will query one or more ISBN web services for associated ISBNs and display an Editions tab on the details pages. Once this preference is enabled, the library must select one of the ISBN options (ThingISBN or XISBN). This option is only for the OPAC; the ‘FRBRizeEditions’ option must be turned “On” to have the Editions tab appear on the Staff Client.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show Editions tab in the OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/editions.png

This preference pulls all editions of the same title available in your collection regardless of material type. Items will appear under an ‘Editions’ tab on the detail page for the title in question.

AmazonEnabled¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ data from Amazon on the staff interface (including reviews and “Search Inside” links on item detail pages).

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

• Sign up at: http://aws.amazon.com/
• Enter your key in the AWSAccessKeyID system preference

Description:

• This preference does not display any content but instead enables other Amazon-related preferences (AmazonCoverImages, AmazonSimilarItems, AmazonReviews). Before turning this feature to “Use”, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Furthermore, if Amazon content is enabled, other jacket services should be disabled to avoid interference. This preference applies only to the Staff Client. In order to display Amazon content on the OPAC, please set the OPACAmazonEnabled preference.

OPACAmazonEnabled¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ data from Amazon on the OPAC (including reviews and “Search Inside” links on item detail pages).

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

• Sign up at: http://aws.amazon.com/
• Set your enter your key in the AWSAccessKeyID system preference

Description:

• This preference does not display any content but instead enables other Amazon-related preferences (AmazonCoverImages, AmazonSimilarItems, AmazonReviews). Before turning this feature to “Use”, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Furthermore, if Amazon content is enabled, other jacket services should be disabled to avoid interference. This preference applies only to the OPAC. In order to display Amazon content on the Staff Client, please set the AmazonEnabled preference.

AmazonLocale¶

Default: American

Asks: Use Amazon data from its ___ website.

Value:

• American
• British
• Canadian
• French
• German
• Japanese

AWSAccessKeyID¶

Asks: Access Amazon content using the access key ___

Sign up at: http://aws.amazon.com/

Description:

• If the library has signed up for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account, it will be assigned an Access Key ID. In order to enable Amazon content, cover images, reviews, and similar item suggestions, the library’s Access Key ID must be entered here.

Once signed up your keys can be accessed by logging into your account and going to the ‘Security Credentials’ page. Your Access Key will be listed next to the date it was created.

Amazon Access Keys

AWSPrivateKey¶

Asks: Access Amazon content (other than book jackets) using the private key ___

Sign up at: http://aws.amazon.com/

Description:

• If the library has signed up for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account, it will be assigned a Secret Access Key. In order to enable Amazon reviews and similar item suggestions, the library’s Secret Access Key must be entered here.

Once signed up your keys can be accessed by logging into your account and going to the ‘Security Credentials’ page. Next to your Access key is a link that says ‘Show,’ clicking this will open up your secret access key or your AWSPrivateKey.

Amazon Private Key

AmazonAssocTag¶

Asks: Put the associate tag ___ on links to Amazon.

Description:

• An Amazon Associates Tag allows a library to earn a percentage of all purchases made on Amazon when a patron accesses Amazon’s site via links on the library’s website. More information about the Amazon Associates program is available at Amazon’s Affiliate Program’s website, https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/. Before a tag can be obtained, however, the library must first apply for an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. Applications are free of charge and can be made at http://aws.amazon.com. Once an AWS account has been established, the library can then obtain the Amazon Associates Tag.

Sign up at: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/

AmazonCoverImages¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ cover images from Amazon on search results and item detail pages on the staff interface.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to either allow or prevent Amazon cover images from being displayed in the Staff Client. Cover images are retrieved by Amazon, which pulls the content based on the first ISBN number in the item’s MARC record. Amazon offers this service free of charge, but interested libraries must first establish an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account (http://aws.amazon.com). If the value for this preference is set to “Show”, the cover images will appear in the Staff Client, and if it is set to “Don’t show”, the images will not appear. If activating this feature, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Finally, if you’re using Amazon cover images, all other cover image services must be disabled. If they are not disabled, they will prevent AmazonCoverImages from functioning properly.

AmazonReviews¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ reviews from Amazon on item detail pages on the staff interface.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to either allow or prevent Amazon reviews from being displayed in the Staff Client. Amazon offers this service free of charge, but interested libraries must first establish an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account (http://aws.amazon.com). If the value is set to “Show”, the reviews will appear in the Staff Client, and if it is set to “Don’t show”, the reviews will not appear. Before setting this to “Show”, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Finally, if AmazonReviews is enabled, all other review services should be disabled to avoid interference.

AmazonSimilarItems¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ similar items, as determined by Amazon, on item detail pages on the staff interface.

Values:

• Don’t show

• Show - This will use Amazon data to determine if you have

  similar items in your collection - it will not show items that you do not already have cataloged at your library.

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to either allow or prevent Amazon’s suggestions for Similar Items from being displayed in the Staff Client. Amazon offers this service free of charge, but interested libraries must first establish an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account (http://aws.amazon.com). If the value is set to “Show”, the Similar Items suggestions will appear in the Staff Client, and if it is set to “Don’t show”, the suggestions will not appear. Before enabling this preference, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Finally, if AmazonSimilarItems is enabled, all other similar item services should be disabled to avoid interference.

OPACAmazonCoverImages¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ cover images from Amazon on search results and item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to either allow or prevent Amazon cover images from being displayed in the OPAC. Cover images are retrieved by Amazon, which pulls the content based on the first ISBN number in the item’s MARC record. Amazon offers this service free of charge, but interested libraries must first establish an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account (http://aws.amazon.com). If the value for this preference is set to “Show”, the cover images will appear in the OPAC, and if it is set to “Don’t show”, the images will not appear. If activating this feature, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Finally, if you’re using Amazon cover images, all other cover image services must be disabled. If they are not disabled, they will prevent AmazonCoverImages from functioning properly.

OPACAmazonSimilarItems¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ similar items, as determined by Amazon, on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show

• Show - This will use Amazon data to determine if you have

  similar items in your collection - it will not show items that you do not already have cataloged at your library.

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to either allow or prevent Amazon’s suggestions for Similar Items from being displayed in the OPAC. Amazon offers this service free of charge, but interested libraries must first establish an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account (http://aws.amazon.com). If the value is set to “Show”, the Similar Items suggestions will appear in the OPAC, and if it is set to “Don’t show”, the suggestions will not appear. Before enabling this preference, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Finally, if AmazonSimilarItems is enabled, all other similar item services should be disabled to avoid interference.

OPACAmazonReviews¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ reviews from Amazon on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to either allow or prevent Amazon reviews from being displayed in the OPAC. Amazon offers this service free of charge, but interested libraries must first establish an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account (http://aws.amazon.com). If the value is set to “Show”, the reviews will appear in the OPAC, and if it is set to “Don’t show”, the reviews will not appear. Before setting this to “Show”, the library must first set AWSAccessKeyID and AWSPrivateKey. Finally, if AmazonReviews is enabled, all other review services should be disabled to avoid interference.

Babeltheque¶

Default: Don’t

Asks: ___ include information (such as reviews and citations) from Babelthèque in item detail pages on the OPAC.

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to display a Babeltheque tab in the OPAC, allowing patrons to access tags, reviews, and additional title information provided by Babeltheque. The information which Babeltheque supplies is drawn from the French language-based Babelio.com, a French service similar to LibraryThing for Libraries. More information about Babeltheque is available through its website, http://www.babeltheque.com. Libraries that wish to allow access to this information must first register for the service at http://www.babeltheque.com. Please note that this information is only provided in French.

Values:

• Do Data from Babelthèque on the bib record .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/Babeltheque.png
• Don’t

Babeltheque_url_js¶

Asks: ___ Defined the url for the Babeltheque javascript file (eg. http://www.babeltheque.com/bw_XX.js)

Babeltheque_url_update¶

Asks: ___ Defined the url for the Babeltheque update periodically (eq. http://www.babeltheque.com/.../file.csv.bz2).

BakerTaylorEnabled¶

Default: Don’t add

Asks: ___ Baker and Taylor links and cover images to the OPAC and staff client. This requires that you have entered in a username and password (which can be seen in image links).

Values:

• Add
• Don’t add

Description:

• This preference makes it possible to display Baker & Taylor content (book reviews, descriptions, cover images, etc.) in both the Staff Client and the OPAC. Libraries that wish to display Baker & Taylor content must first register and pay for this service with Baker & Taylor (http://www.btol.com). If Baker & Taylor content is enabled be sure to turn off other cover and review services to prevent interference.

BakerTaylorBookstoreURL¶

Asks: Baker and Taylor “My Library Bookstore” links should be accessed at https:// ___ isbn

Description:

• Some libraries generate additional funding for the library by selling books and other materials that are purchased from or have been previously leased from Baker & Taylor. These materials can be accessed via a link on the library’s website. This service is often referred to as “My Library Bookstore.” In order to participate in this program, the library must first register and pay for the service with Baker & Taylor. Additional information about this and other services provided by Baker & Taylor is available at the Baker & Taylor website, http://www.btol.com. The BakerTaylorBookstoreURL preference establishes the URL in order to link to the library’s Baker & Taylor-backed online bookstore, if such a bookstore has been established. The default for this field is left blank; if no value is entered, the links to My Library Bookstore will remain inactive. If enabling this preference, enter the library’s Hostname and Parent Number in the appropriate location within the URL. The “key” value (key=) should be appended to the URL, and https:// should be prepended.

This should be filled in with something like koha.mylibrarybookstore.com/MLB/actions/searchHandler.do?nextPage=bookDetails&parentNum=10923&key=

BakerTaylorUsername & BakerTaylorPassword¶

Asks: Access Baker and Taylor using username ___ and password ___

Descriptions:

• This setting in only applicable if the library has a paid subscription to the external Content Café service from Baker & Taylor. Use the box provided to enter in the library’s Content Café username and password. Also, ensure that the BakerTaylorBookstoreURL and BakerTaylorEnabled settings are properly set. The Content Café service is a feed of enhanced content such as cover art, professional reviews, and summaries that is displayed along with Staff Client/OPAC search results. For more information on this service please see the Baker & Taylor website: http://www.btol.com

GoogleJackets¶

Default: Don’t add

Asks: ___ cover images from Google Books to search results and item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Add
• Don’t add

Description:

• This setting controls the display of applicable cover art from the free Google Books database, via the Google Books API. Please note that to use this feature, all other cover services should be turned off.

ThingISBN¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ the ThingISBN service to show other editions of a title

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

Description:

• Set to ‘Use’ to display an “Editions” tab on the item’s detail page. Editions are listed, complete with cover art (if you have one of the cover services enabled) and bibliographic information. The feed comes from LibraryThing’s ThingISBN web service. This is a free service to non-commercial sites with fewer than 1,000 requests per day.

LibraryThingForLibrariesEnabled¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ reviews, similar items, and tags from Library Thing for Libraries on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This setting is only applicable if the library has a paid subscription to the external LibraryThing for Libraries service. This service can provide patrons with the display of expanded information on catalog items such as book recommendations. It also can offer advanced features like tagged browsing, patron written reviews, and a virtual library display accessed from the details tab.

LibraryThingForLibrariesID¶

Asks: Access Library Thing for Libraries using the customer ID ___

Description:

• This setting is only applicable if the library has a paid subscription to the external LibraryThing for Libraries service. Use the box provided to enter in the library’s LibraryThing for Libraries ID as provided to the library by LibraryThing. The ID number is a series of numbers in the form ###-#########, and can be found on the library’s account page at LibraryThing for Libraries. This service can provide patrons with the display of expanded information on catalog items such as book recommendations and cover art. It also can offer advanced features like tagged browsing, patron written reviews, and a virtual library display accessed from the details tab.

LibraryThingForLibrariesTabbedView¶

Default: in line with bibliographic information

Asks: Show Library Thing for Libraries content ___

Values:

• in line with bibliographic information
• in tabs

Description:

• This setting is only applicable if the library has a paid subscription to the external LibraryThing for Libraries service. This service can provide patrons with the display of expanded information on catalog items such as book recommendations and cover art. It also can offer advanced features like tagged browsing, patron written reviews, and a virtual library display accessed from the details tab.

AllowMultipleCovers¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ multiple images to be attached to each bibliographic record.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• If this preference is set to ‘Allow’ then you can upload multiple images that will appear in the images tab on the bib record in the OPAC and the staff client. This preference requires that either one or both LocalCoverImages and OPACLocalCoverImages are set to ‘Display.’ Multiple cover images .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/AllowMultipleCovers.png

LocalCoverImages¶

Default: Don’t display

Asks: ___ local cover images on intranet search and details pages.

Values:

• Display
• Don’t display

Description:

• Setting this preference to ‘Display’ allows you to upload your own cover images to bib records and display them on the detail page in the staff client. At this time the cover will only show under the ‘Images’ tab on the holdings table on the detail display, not next to the title at the top left or on the search results.

OPACLocalCoverImages¶

Default: Don’t display

Asks: ___ local cover images on OPAC search and details pages.

Values:

• Display
• Don’t display

Description:

• Setting this preference to ‘Display’ allows you to upload your own cover images to bib records and display them on the detail page and search results in the OPAC.

NovelistSelectEnabled¶

Default: Don’t add

Asks: ___ Novelist Select content to the OPAC.

Values:

• Add
• Don’t add

• Novelist Select from Ebsco is a subscription service that can provide additional content in the OPAC.

NovelistSelectProfile & NovelistSelectPassword¶

Asks: Access Novelist Select using user profile ___ and password ___.

Description:

• Novelist Select from Ebsco is a subscription service that can provide additional content in the OPAC.

NovelistSelectView¶

Default: in an OPAC tab

Asks: Display Novelist Select content ___

Description:

• Novelist Select provides a lot of content, for that reason you have four choices of where to display this content. The default view is in a tab in the holdings table. Novelist Select in a tab .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/novelisttab.png The content is the same if you choose to show it above the holdings table or below it. If shown in the right column of the page it’s the same content, but displays a bit differently since space is limited. Novelist Select on the side .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/novelistside.png

Values:

• above the holdings table
• below the holdings table
• in an OPAC tab
• under the Save Record dropdown on the right

XISBN¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ the OCLC xISBN service to show other editions of a title

Description:

• Set to ‘Use’ to display an “Editions” tab on the item’s detail page. Editions are listed, complete with cover art and bibliographic information. The feed comes from OCLC’s xISBN web service. The feed limit for non-commercial sites is 1000 requests per day.

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

OCLCAffiliateID¶

Asks: Use the OCLC affiliate ID ___ to access the xISBN service.

Description:

• This setting is only applicable if the library has an OCLC Affiliate ID. This allows WorldCat searching in the OPAC via the XISBN programming interface. Simply enter the library’s OCLC Affiliate ID in the box provided. Please note that using this data is only necessary if FRBRizeEditions and/or OPACFRBRizeEditions and XISBN settings are enabled. For more information on this service please visit the OCLC website: http://www.worldcat.org/affiliate/default.jsp.

XISBNDailyLimit¶

Default: 999

Asks: Only use the xISBN service ___ times a day.

OpenLibraryCovers¶

Default: Don’t add

Asks: ___ cover images from Open Library to search results and item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Add
• Don’t add

Description:

• This setting controls the display of applicable cover art from the free Open Library database, via the Open Library API. Please note that to use this feature, all other cover services should be turned off.

SyndeticsEnabled¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ content from Syndetics.

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

Description:

• When this option is enabled any of the Syndetics options can be used.

SyndeticsClientCode¶

Asks: Use the client code ___ to access Syndetics.

Description:

• Once the library signs up for Syndetics’ services, Syndetics will provide the library with an access code. (Visit the Syndetics homepage at http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/ for more information.) This is the code that must be entered to access Syndetics’ subscription services. Syndetics is a paid subscription service. This value must be entered before SyndeticsEditions can be enabled. If the code is lost, corrupted, or forgotten, a new one can be obtained from http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/.

SyndeticsCoverImages & SyndeticsCoverImageSize¶

SyndeticsCoverImages Default: Don’t show

SyndeticsCoverImageSize Default: medium

Asks: ___ cover images from Syndetics on search results and item detail pages on the OPAC in a ___ size.

Descriptions:

• When enabled, SyndeticsCoverImages, allows libraries to display Syndetics’ collection of full-color cover images for books, videos, DVDs and CDs on their OPAC. For each book or item that comes up during a user search, the cover image for that title will be displayed. Since these cover images come in three sizes, the optimum size must be selected using the SyndeticsCoverImageSize preference after SyndeticsCoverImages are enabled. Syndetics cover images come in two sizes: mid-size (187 x 187 pixels), and large (400 x 400 pixels). Syndetics is a paid subscription service. The SyndeticsClientCode must be entered and the SyndeticsEnabled option must be activated before this service can be used. Other cover image preferences should also be disabled to avoid interference.

SyndeticsCoverImages Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

SyndeticsCoverImageSize Values:

• medium
• large

SyndeticsAuthorNotes¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ notes about the author of a title from Syndetics on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• When this option is set to “Show”, Syndetics provides notes and short author biographies for more that 300,000 authors, in both fiction and nonfiction. With this option enabled the library can display Syndetics Author Notes on the OPAC. According to the Syndetics Solutions website (http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/), Author Notes include lists of contributors for many multi-author texts and compilations. The SyndeticsClientCode must be entered and the SyndeticsEnabled option must be activated before this service can be used.

SyndeticsAwards¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ information from Syndetics about the awards a title has won on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• When this option is set to “Show”, Syndetics provides its clients with a list of awards that any title has won. With this service enabled the library can display those awards for each book on its website. For each book or item that comes up during a user search, the list of awards for that title will be displayed. When a user clicks on a given award, information about that award is presented along with a list of the other titles that have won that award. If the user clicks on any title in the list, they will see holdings information about that title in their region. This option is a paid subscription service. The SyndeticsClientCode must be entered and the SyndeticsEnabled option must be activated before this service can be used.

SyndeticsEditions¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ information about other editions of a title from Syndetics on item detail pages on the OPAC

Description:

• When enabled this option shows information on other editions of a title from Syndetics on the item detail pages of the OPAC. Syndetics is a paid subscription service. The SyndeticsClientCode must be entered and the SyndeticsEnabled option must be activated before this service can be used.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

SyndeticsExcerpt¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ excerpts from of a title from Syndetics on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This preference allows Syndetics to display excerpts given to them from selected publishers. The excerpts are available from prominently reviewed new titles, both fiction and non-fiction. The excerpts include poems, essays, recipes, forwards and prefaces. Automatic links provided by the ISBNs within local MARC records are required to integrate Syndetics secured, high-speed Internet servers to the library OPACs. For more information see (http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/).

SyndeticsReviews¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ reviews of a title from Syndetics on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• Syndetics Reviews is an accumulation of book reviews available from a variety of journals and serials. The reviews page displays colored images of reviewed books dust jackets, partnered with the names of the journal or serial providing the review. Clicking on an icon opens a window revealing the book title, author’s name, book cover icon and the critic’s opinion of the book. Automatic links provided by the ISBNs within local MARC records are required to integrate Syndetics secured, high-speed Internet servers to the library OPACs. For more information see (http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/).

SyndeticsSeries¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ information on other books in a title’s series from Syndetics on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• Each fiction title within a series is linked to the complete series record. The record displays each title in reading order and also displays the publication order, if different. Alternate series titles are also displayed. Automatic links provided by the ISBNs within local MARC records are required to integrate Syndetics secured, high- speed Internet servers to the library OPACs. For more information see (http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/).

SyndeticsSummary¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ a summary of a title from Syndetics on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• Providing more than 5.6 million summaries and annotations derived from book jackets, edited publisher copy, or independently written annotations from Book News, Inc. Covering fiction and non-fiction, this summaries option provides annotations on both trade and scholarly titles. For more information see (http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/).

SyndeticsTOC¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ the table of contents of a title from Syndetics on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This preference allows staff and patrons to review the Table of Contents from a wide variety of publications from popular self-help books to conference proceedings. Specific Information access is the main purpose for this option, allowing patrons guidance to their preferred section of the book. Special arrangements with selected book services is used to obtain the table of contents for new publications each year. Automatic links provided by the ISBNs within local MARC records are required to integrate Syndetics secured, high-speed Internet servers to the library OPACs. For more information see (http://www.bowker.com/syndetics/).

TagsEnabled¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons and staff to put tags on items.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• Set to ‘Allow’ enable tagging. A tag is metadata, a word added to identify an item. Tags allow patrons to classify materials on their own. TagsEnabled is the main switch that permits the tagging features. TagsEnable must be set to ‘Allow’ to allow for other tagging features.

TagsModeration¶

Default: Don’t require

Asks: ___ that tags submitted by patrons be reviewed by a staff member before being shown.

Values:

• Don’t require
• Require

Description:

• When set to ‘Require,’ all tags to be first filtered by the tag moderator. Only approved tags will be visible to patrons. When set to ‘Don’t require’ tags will bypass the tag moderator and patrons’ tags to be immediately visible. When this preference is enabled the moderator, a staff member, would approve the tag in the Staff Client. The moderator will have the option to approve or reject each pending tag suggestion.

When moderation is required all tags go through the tag moderation tool before becoming visible.

• Get there: More > Tools > Tags

TagsShowOnList¶

Default: 6

Asks: Show ___ tags on search results on the OPAC.

TagsInputOnList¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to input tags on search results on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow Tags on Search Results .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/TagsInputOnList.png
• Don’t allow

TagsShowOnDetail¶

Default: 10

Asks: Show ___ tags on item detail pages on the OPAC.

TagsInputOnDetail¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to input tags on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow Add Tags on Detail .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/TagsInputOnDetail.png
• Don’t allow

TagsExternalDictionary¶

Asks: Allow tags in the dictionary of the ispell executable ___ on the server to be approved without moderation.

Description:

• The dictionary includes a list of accepted and rejected tags. The accepted list includes all the tags that have been pre-allowed. The rejected list includes tags that are not allowed. This preference identifies the “accepted” dictionary used. Ispell is an open source dictionary which can be used as a list of accepted terms. Since the dictionary allows for accurately spelled obscenities, the libraries policy may dictate that modifications are made to the Ispell dictionary if this preference is use. For more information about Ispell http://www.gnu.org/software/ispell/ispell.html. Enter the path on your server to a local ispell executable, used to set $Lingua::Ispell::path.

AuthorisedValueImages¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ images for authorized values (such as lost statuses and locations) in search results and item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Get there: More > Administration > Authorized Values

BiblioDefaultView¶

Default: in simple form

Asks: By default, show bib records ___

Values:

• as specified in the ISBD template. - See ISBD preference

  for more information

• in simple form.

• in their MARC format.

Description:

• This preference determines the level of bibliographic detail that the patron will see on the OPAC detail page. The simple form displays the graphical interface; MARC format displays the MARC21 cataloging view; ISBD displays the ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description, AACR2) view.

COinSinOPACResults¶

Default: Include

Asks: ___ COinS / OpenURL / Z39.88 in OPAC search results.

Values:

• Don’t include - If you choose not to include COinS on the search

  results, it will still be loaded on the individual bibliographic records.

• Include - Enabling this feature will slow OPAC search response

  times.

Description:

• COinS stands for ContextObjects in Spans. COinS is a method to embed bibliographic metadata in the HTML code of web pages. This allows bibliographic software to publish machine-readable bibliographic items and client reference management software (such as Zotero) to retrieve bibliographic metadata. The metadata can also be sent to an OpenURL resolver. This allows, for instance, searching for a copy of a book in one’s own library.

DisplayOPACiconsXSLT¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: On pages displayed with XSLT stylesheets on the OPAC, ___ icons for itemtype and authorized values.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show DisplayOPACiconsXSLT .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/DisplayOPACiconsXSLT.png

hidelostitems¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ lost items on search and detail pages.

Description:

• Items that are marked lost by the library can either be shown or not shown on the OPAC. By setting the value to “Don’t show,” the lost item is not shown on the OPAC. By setting the value “Show,” the lost item is shown on the OPAC for patrons to view with a status of ‘lost.’

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show Lost item showing in the OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/hidelostitems.png

LibraryName¶

Asks: Show ___ as the name of the library on the OPAC.

Browser title and address bar

OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown¶

Default: Don’t add

Asks: ___ a library select pulldown menu on the OPAC masthead.

Values:

• Add Library select box on Koha OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown-add.png
• Don’t Add No library select box on Koha OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown-dontadd.png

OPACBaseURL¶

Asks: The OPAC is located at http:// ___

With OPACBaseURL set, links to the OPAC will appear on each individual bib record in the staff client

opaccolorstylesheet¶

Asks: Include the additional CSS stylesheet ___ to override specified settings from the default stylesheet.

Description:

• The preference can look for stylesheets in the template directory for your OPAC language, for instance: /koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/prog/en/css. If you upload a custom file, opac-mystyles.css to this directory, you can specify it by entering opac-mystyles.css in your opaccolorstylesheet system preference. This adds your custom stylesheet as a linked stylesheet alongside the OPAC’s default CSS files. This method is preferable because linked stylesheets are cached by the user’s browser, meaning upon repeat visits to your site the user’s browser will not have to re-download the stylesheet, instead using the copy in the browser’s cache.
• If you would rather, you can upload your CSS to another server and enter the full URL pointing to it’s location remember to begin the URL with http://

opaccredits¶

Asks: Include the following HTML in the footer of all pages in the OPAC:

HTML version of a footer for your OPAC

A sample of what can appear in your OPAC credits/footer

Description:

• This setting is for credits that will appear at the bottom of your OPAC pages. Credits traditionally encompass copyright information, last date updated, hyperlinks or other information represented in an HTML format. This is static information and any updates must be entered manually.

Learn more in the OPAC Editable Regions section.

OPACDisplay856uAsImage¶

Default: Neither details or results page

Asks: Display the URI in the 856u field as an image on: ___

Values:

• Both results and details pages - .. important:: Not implemented yet

• Detail page only - .. important:: OPACXSLTDetailsDisplay

  needs to be on for this preference to work.

  Showing the 856u as an image .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OPACDisplay856uAsImage.png

• Neither details or results page

• Results page only - .. important:: Not yet implemented

Description:

• In addition to this option being set, the corresponding XSLT option must be turned on. Also, the corresponding 856q field must have a valid MIME image extension (e.g., “jpg”) or MIME image type (i.e. starting with “image/”), or the generic indicator “img” entered in the field. When all of the requirements are met, an image file will be displayed instead of the standard link text. Clicking on the image will open it in the same way as clicking on the link text. When you click on the image it should open to full size, in the current window or in a new window depending on the value in the system pref OPACURLOpenInNewWindow. Sample 856 in MARC Record .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/856imagemarc.png

OpacExportOptions¶

Default: bibtex|dc|marcxml|marc8|utf8|marcstd|mods|ris

Asks: List export options that should be available from OPAC detail page separated by |: ___

Description:

• In the OPAC on the right of each bib record there is a menu that allows for saving the record in various formats. This patch will allow you to define which options are in the pull down menu. Available options are: BIBTEX (bibtex), Dublin Core (dc), MARCXML (marcxml), MARC-8 encoded MARC (marc8), Unicode/UTF-8 encoded MARC (utf8), Unicode/UTF-8 encoded MARC without local use -9xx, x9x, xx9- fields and subfields (marcstd), MODS (mods), and RIS (ris).

OpacFavicon¶

Asks: Use the image at ___ for the OPAC’s favicon.

Description:

• The favicon is the little icon that appears next to the URL in the address bar in most browsers. The default value for this field (if left blank) is the small ‘K’ in the Koha logo. Default Koha Favicon .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/favicon.png

opacheader¶

Asks: Include the following HTML in the header of all pages in the OPAC

Sample HTML to be displayed at the top of my OPAC

OPAC display of the value from ‘opacheader’

Learn more in the OPAC Editable Regions section.

OpacHighlightedWords¶

Default: Don’t highlight

Asks: ___ words the patron searched for in their search results.

Values:

• Don’t highlight
• Highlight

OpacKohaUrl¶

Default: Don’t show

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• When this preference is set to ‘Show’ text will appear in the bottom right of the OPAC footer stating ‘Powered by Koha’ and linking to the official Koha website. Powered by Koha .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacKohaUrl.png

opaclayoutstylesheet¶

Default: opac.css

Asks: Use the CSS stylesheet /css/ ___ on all pages in the OPAC, instead of the default

Description:

• This setting’s function is to point to the *.css file used to define the OPAC layout. A *.css file is a cascading stylesheet which is used in conjunction with HTML to set how the HTML page is formatted and will look on the OPAC. There are two stylesheets that come with the system; opac.css and opac2.css. A custom stylesheet may also be used. A style sheet designated in the opacstylesheet preference will override the stylesheet listed here. The stylesheets listed in the opaclayoutstylesheet preference are held on the Koha server.

OpacMaintenance¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ a warning that the OPAC is under maintenance, instead of the OPAC itself.

Description:

• This preference allows the system administrator to turn off the OPAC during maintenance and display a message to users. When this preference is switched to “Show” the OPAC is not usable. The text of this message is not editable at this time.

Values:

• Don’t show

• Show - When this preference is set to show the maintenance

  message the ability to search the OPAC is disabled and a message appears OPAC Maintenance Message .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/opacmaintenance.png

OpacMainUserBlock¶

Default: Welcome to Koha... <hr>

Asks: Show the following HTML in its own column on the main page of the OPAC

HTML entered in this field will appear in the center of the main page of your OPAC

Sample OpacMainUserBlock appears below the search bar

Learn more in the OPAC Editable Regions section.

OPACMySummaryHTML¶

Asks: Include a “Links” column on the “my summary” tab when a user is logged in to the OPAC, with the following HTML (leave blank to disable).

Description:

• In this preference you can enter HTML that will appear on the ‘Checked Out’ tab on the ‘My Summary’ section when logged in to the OPAC. The placeholders {BIBLIONUMBER}, {TITLE}, {ISBN} and {AUTHOR} will be replaced with information from the displayed record. This can be used to enter in ‘share’ links for social networks or generate searches against other library catalogs. Example of ‘Links’ column with a value in the OPACMySummaryHTML preference .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OPACMySummaryHTML.png

Sample Data:<p><a href=”http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://YOUROPAC.ORG/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber={BIBLIONUMBER}”>Share on Facebook</a> <br />TITLE: {TITLE} <br />AUTHOR: {AUTHOR} <br />ISBN: {ISBN} <br />BIBLIONUMBER: {BIBLIONUMBER}</p>

OpacNav¶

Default: Important links here.

Asks: Show the following HTML on the left hand column of the main page and patron account on the OPAC (generally navigation links)

Sample navigation links

Learn more in the OPAC Editable Regions section.

OpacNavBottom¶

Asks: Show the following HTML on the left hand column of the main page and patron account on the OPAC, after OpacNav, and before patron account links if available:

Description: When a patron is logged in to their account they see a series of tabs to access their account information. OpacNav appears above this list of tabs and OpacNavBottom will appear below them. When not on the patron account pages the HTML in OpacNavBottom will just appear right below OpacNav.

OpacNav and OpacNavBottom on Patron Account

OpacNavRight¶

Asks: Show the following HTML in the right hand column of the main page under the main login form.

Description: HTML entered in this preference will appear on the right hand side of the OPAC under the log in form. If the log in form is not visible this content will move up on the right column.

OpacNavRight

OPACNoResultsFound¶

No Default

Asks: Display this HTML when no results are found for a search in the OPAC

This HTML will display below the existing notice that no results were found for your search.

HTML in OPACNoResultsFound will appear below lines that look like this

OpacPublic¶

Default: Enable

Asks: ___ Koha OPAC as public. Private OPAC requires authentication before accessing the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t enable
• Enable

Description:

• This preference determines if your OPAC is accessible and searchable by anyone or only by members of the library. If set to ‘Don’t enable’ only members who are logged into the OPAC can search. Most libraries will leave this setting at its default of ‘Enable’ to allow their OPAC to be searched by anyone and only require login for access to personalized content.

OPACResultsSidebar¶

Asks: Include the following HTML under the facets in OPAC search results

Description:

• The HTML entered in this preference will appear on the search results pages below the list of facets on the left side of the screen.

OPACSearchForTitleIn¶

Default: <li><a href=”http://worldcat.org/search?q={TITLE}” target=”_blank”>Other Libraries (WorldCat)</a></li> <li><a href=”http://www.scholar.google.com/scholar?q={TITLE}” target=”_blank”>Other Databases (Google Scholar)</a></li> <li><a href=”http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author={AUTHOR}&title={TITLE}&st=xl&ac=qr” target=”_blank”>Online Stores (Bookfinder.com)</a></li>

Asks: Include a “More Searches” box on the detail pages of items on the OPAC, with the following HTML (leave blank to disable)

OPACShowBarcode¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ the item’s barcode on the holdings tab.

Values:

• Don’t show Barcode not shown in the OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OPACShowBarcode-noshow.png
• Show Barcode shown in the OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OPACShowBarcode-show.png

Description:

• This preference allows you to control whether patrons can see items’ barcodes in the OPAC.

OPACShowCheckoutName¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ the name of the patron that has an item checked out on item detail pages on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This preference allows all patrons to see who has the item checked out if it is checked out. In small corporate libraries (where the OPAC is behind a firewall and not publicly available) this can be helpful so coworkers can just contact the patron with the book themselves. In larger public and academic libraries setting this to ‘Show’ would pose serious privacy issues.

OPACShowHoldQueueDetails¶

Default: Don’t show any hold details

Asks: ___ to patrons in the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show any hold details

• Show holds The holdings table on the bibliographic record will show the number of holds .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OPACShowHoldQueueDetails-showholds.png

• Show holds and priority level

• Show priority level Patron record in the OPAC shows where in line the patron waits for their hold. .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OPACShowHoldQueueDetails-priority.png - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

OpacShowRecentComments¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ a link to recent comments in the OPAC masthead.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• If you have chosen to allow comments in your OPAC by setting reviewson to ‘Allow’ you can include a link to the recent comments under the search box at the top of your OPAC with this preference. Recent Comments link on OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacShowRecentComments.png

OPACShowUnusedAuthorities¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ unused authorities in the OPAC authority browser.

Values:

• Do not show

• Show - .. important:: Requires that the OpacAuthorities

  preference is set to ‘Allow’

Description:

• When patrons search your authority file via the OPAC they will see all authorities in your system even if you don’t have them linked to any bibliographic records. This preference lets you determine what the default behavior is when searching authorities via the OPAC. If you choose ‘Do not show’ it will only show patrons authority records that are linked to bib records in the search results. Otherwise the system will show all authority records even if they aren’t linked to records.

opacsmallimage¶

Asks: Use the image at ___ in the OPAC header, instead of the Koha logo. If this image is a different size than the Koha logo, you will need to customize the CSS.

Description:

• The opacsmallimage system pref is a little tricky to deal with because you really have to tweak some CSS at the same time. The default CSS defines a region just large enough to display the Koha logo, and if your logo doesn’t match the Koha logo’s dimensions (120 pixels wide by 38 pixels high), it won’t display correctly.

OpacStarRatings¶

Default: no

Asks: Show star-ratings on ___ pages.

Values:

• no
• only details Star Ratings on the Details Page .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacStarRatings-details.png
• results and details OPAC Star Ratings on the Search Results .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacStarRatings-results.png

Description:

• Star ratings are a way for your patrons to leave ratings without having to leave a full review. Patrons who are not logged in will only be able to see the stars, once logged in patrons can click on the stars on the details page to leave their own rating. Clicking on the stars on the search results will not submit a rating.

opacthemes¶

Default: prog

Asks: Use the ___ theme on the OPAC.

Values:

• prog

OPACURLOpenInNewWindow¶

Default: don’t

Asks: When patrons click on a link to another website from your OPAC (like Amazon or OCLC), ___ open the website in a new window.

Values:

• do
• don’t

Description:

• This preference determines if URLs in the OPAC will open in a new window or not. When clicking on a link in the OPAC, a patron does not need to worry about navigating away from their search results.

OPACUserCSS¶

Asks: Include the following CSS on all pages in the OPAC

Description:

• OPACUserCSS allows the administrator to enter styles that will overwrite the OPAC’s default CSS as defined in ‘opaclayoutstylesheet’ or ‘opacstylesheet’. Styles may be entered for any of the selectors found in the default style sheet. The default stylesheet will likely be found at http://your_koha_address/opac-tmpl/prog/en/css/opac.css. Unlike opaccolorstylesheet, opaclayoutstylesheet and opacstylesheet this preference will embed the CSS directly on your OPAC pages.

opacuserjs¶

Asks: Include the following JavaScript on all pages in the OPAC

OPAC login box before opacuserjs edit

JavaScript in opacuserjs to change the OPAC login box

New OPAC login box after editing opacuserjs

Description:

• This preference allows the administrator to enter JavaScript or JQuery that will be embedded across all pages of the OPAC. Administrators may use this preference to customize some of the interactive sections of Koha, customizing the text for the login prompts, for example. Sample JQuery scripts used by Koha libraries can be found on the wiki: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/JQuery_Library.

OPACXSLTDetailsDisplay¶

Default: default

Asks: Display OPAC details using XSLT stylesheet at ___

Values:

• leave empty to not use the XSLT stylesheet - In previous versions of Koha this was the setting

  that read ‘normally’

• enter “default” for the default one

• put a path to define a XSLT file - ex: /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl - If in a multi-language system you can enter

  {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder - ex:

  /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/opac/prog/{langcode}/xslt/OpacDetail.xsl

  • ex. http://mykohaopac.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

• put an URL for an external specific stylesheet - ex: http://mykohaopac.org/stylesheet.xsl

Description:

• XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shows on the screen when viewing a bib record. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

OPACXSLTResultsDisplay¶

Default: default

Asks: Display OPAC results using XSLT stylesheet at ___

Values:

• leave empty to not use the XSLT stylesheet - In previous versions of Koha this was the setting

  that read ‘normally’

• enter “default” for the default one

• put a path to define a XSLT file - ex: /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl - If in a multi-language system you can enter

  {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder - ex:

  /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/opac/prog/{langcode}/xslt/OpacDetail.xsl

  • ex. http://mykohaopac.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

• put an URL for an external specific stylesheet - ex: http://mykohaopac.org/stylesheet.xsl

Description:

• XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shows on the screen when viewing the search results. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

numSearchRSSResults¶

Default: 50

Asks: Display ___ search results in the RSS feed.

Description:

• By default the RSS feed that is automatically generated for every search results page will list 50 items. This can sometimes be too much for some RSS feed readers and for some people this isn’t enough. This preference allows you to adjust this number to show the best number of results for your patrons.

OpacAuthorities¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to search your authority records.

Description:

• This preference displays the link on the OPAC for the authority search (titled ‘Browse by Subject’). By setting the preference to “Allow” patrons can use this search link of the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - A link labeled ‘Browse by Subject’ will appear at

  the top of your OPAC under the search box ‘Browse by Subject’ link under search box on OPAC .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacAuthorities.png

• Don’t allow

opacbookbag¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to store items in a temporary “Cart” on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference allows the user to temporarily save a list of items found on the catalog. By using the Book Bag, or Cart, the user can print out or email a list of items found. The user does not need to be logged in. This list is temporary and will be emptied, or cleared, at the end of the session.

OpacBrowser¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons to browse subject authorities on OPAC

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

OpacBrowseResults¶

Default: enable

Asks: ___ browsing and paging search results from the OPAC detail page.

Values:

• disable
• enable Browsing and Paging Search Results .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacBrowseResults.png

Description:

• This preference will control the option to return to your results and/or browse them from the detail page in the OPAC.

OPACFinesTab¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to access the Fines tab on the My Account page on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow

OpacPasswordChange¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to change their own password on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow

OPACPatronDetails¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to notify the library of changes to their contact information from the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow

Description:

• If patrons are allowed to notify the library of changes an email will be sent to the library administration email address with the changes. Lines that start with the field name in all caps are the lines that the patron made changes to.

OPACpatronimage¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ patron images on the patron information page in the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• If patronimages is set to allow the upload of patron images via the staff client, then setting this preference to ‘show’ will show the patron what image you have on file for them when they view their personal information on their account in the OPAC.

OpacTopissue¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons to access a list of the most checked out items on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - A link to ‘Most Popular’ will appear at the top of

  your OPAC ‘Most Popular’ link under the search box .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OpacTopissue.png

• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference allows the administrator to choose to show the “Most Popular” link at the top of the OPAC under the search box. The “Most Popular” page shows the top circulated items in the library, as determined by the number of times a title has been circulated. This allows users to see what titles are popular in their community. It is recommended that you leave this preference set to ‘Don’t allow’ until you have been live on Koha for a couple of months, otherwise the data that it shows will not be an accurate portrayal of what’s popular in your library. Sample top issues page .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/topissues.png

opacuserlogin¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to log in to their accounts on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow

• Don’t allow - The OPAC will still be searchable if patrons can’t

  log in, this just disables the patron account access via the OPAC

RequestOnOpac¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to place holds on items from the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow

reviewson¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to make comments on items on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - Patrons comments/reviews all require moderation

  before they appear in the OPAC

  • opacuserlogin needs to be set to ‘Allow’

• Don’t allow

Description:

• This button allows the patrons to submit comments on books they have read via the OPAC. If this preference is set to “Allow” reviews are first sent to the staff client for staff approval before the review is displayed in the OPAC. The staff member who reviews and approves comments may find the pending comments on the Comments tool. The staff member can then choose to approve or delete the comments.

ShowReviewer¶

Default: full name

Asks: Show ___ of commenter with comments in OPAC.

Values:

• first name
• first name and last initial
• full name
• last name
• no name
• username

Description:

• If you would like to protect your patron’s privacy in the OPAC you can choose to hide their names or parts of their names from any of the comments they leave on bib records in your system. reviewson needs to be set to ‘Allow’ for this to preference to come in to play

ShowReviewerPhoto¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ reviewer’s photo beside comments in OPAC.

Values:

• Hide

• Show - reviewson needs to

  be set to ‘Allow’ and ShowReviewer needs to be set to ‘Show’ for this to preference to come in to play ShowReviewerPhoto set to ‘Show’ .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/ShowReviewerPhoto.png

Description:

• This system preference allows libraries to show avatars next to patron’s comments in the OPAC. These avatars are pulled from the Libravatar library, an open source powered product that allows Internet users to choose a small icon to display next to their name on various different websites. The library has no control over the images the patron chooses to display.

SocialNetworks¶

Default: Disable

Asks: ___ social network links in opac detail pages

Values:

• Disable
• Enable Social Networks .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/SocialNetworks.png

Description:

• This preference will enable a line of social network share buttons below the right hand column on the detail pages of records in the OPAC.

suggestion¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to make purchase suggestions on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’ unless AnonSuggestions is set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow

AllowPurchaseSuggestionBranchChoice¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons to select branch when making a purchase suggestion

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• If your library system lets patrons make purchase suggestions for a specific branch you can set this preference to ‘Allow’ to add a branch selection option to the purchase suggestion form.

OpacAllowPublicListCreation¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ opac users to create public lists

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• Public lists are visible to anyone who visits your OPAC. With this preference you can control whether or now patrons are allowed to create these public lists. If this is set to “Don’t allow” then only staff will be able to create public lists.

OpacAllowSharingPrivateLists¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ opac users to share private lists with other patrons.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

Description:

• This feature will add the option for patrons to share their lists with other patrons.

OPACFineNoRenewals¶

Default: 99999

Asks: Only allow patrons to renew their own books on the OPAC if they have less than ___ USD in fines

OpacHiddenItems¶

Asks: Allows to define custom rules for hiding specific items at opac.

Description:

• In this field you can enter criteria for items you would like to hide from display in the OPAC. This field takes any combination of item fields (from the items table in the Koha database) for blocking. For example a value of: itype: [07, 10] location: [STAFF, ISO]Will block items with an itype code of 07 or 10 as well as items that have a shelving location of STAFF or ISO. In items my items.itype 07 is defined in Item Types Administration as Staff Assigned My items.itype 10 in Item Types is Archival Copy The locations STAFF and ISO are in Authorized Values for category=LOC STAFF means it’s assigned to the staff reading room and ISO means it is in the isolation room.

OPACItemHolds¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to place holds on specific items in the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - Patrons can place holds on specific items as well as

  the next available item.

  • opacuserlogin needs to be set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow - If this is disabled, users can only put a hold on

  the next available item.

OpacRenewalAllowed¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons to renew their own books on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow - Staff will still be able to renew items for patrons

  via the staff client

Description:

• This preference allows the administration to choose if patrons can renew their checked out materials via their checked out history in the OPAC. It allows patrons to renew their materials without having to contact the library or having to return to the library.

OpacRenewalBranch¶

Default: the branch the item was checked out from

Asks: Use ___ as branchcode to store in the statistics table

Values:

• NULL
• ‘OPACRenew’
• the item’s home branch
• the patron’s home branch
• the branch the item was checked out from

Description:

• This value is used in the statistics table to help with reporting. The statistics table in Koha keeps track of all checkouts and renewals, this preference defines which branch is entered in to the table when a patron renews an item for themselves via the OPAC.

OPACViewOthersSuggestions¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ purchase suggestions from other patrons on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t show

• Show - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

SearchMyLibraryFirst¶

Default: Don’t limit

Asks: ___ patrons’ searches to the library they are registered at.

Values:

• Don’t limit - Searching the OPAC will show results from all

  libraries

  • If you’re a one branch system, choose ‘Don’t limit’

• Limit - Patrons will still be able to search other libraries

  via the Advanced search page - but will be limited to searches for their library only from the basic search box

  • opacuserlogin needs to be set to ‘allow’

singleBranchMode¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons to select their branch on the OPAC.

Values:

• Allow - opacuserlogin

  needs to be set to ‘allow’

• Don’t allow

Description:

• This preference is for libraries that have branches but do not want to share their items among other branches within their system. If the preference is set to “Don’t allow” then holdings will be shown for all branches within a system. On the “Home” screen of the OPAC users have the choice of narrowing down results by item location. Setting this preference to “Allow” will display only one branch’s holdings.

AnonSuggestions¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons that aren’t logged in to make purchase suggestions.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

AnonymousPatron¶

Default: 0

Asks: Use borrowernumber ___ as the Anonymous Patron (for anonymous suggestions and reading history)

EnableOpacSearchHistory¶

Default: Keep

Asks: ___ patron search history in the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t keep
• Keep

OPACPrivacy¶

Default: Don’t allow

Asks: ___ patrons to choose their own privacy settings for their reading history.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

opacreadinghistory¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ patrons to see what books they have checked out in the past.

OPACShelfBrowser¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ a shelf browser on item details pages, allowing patrons to see what’s near that item on the shelf.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show OPACShelfBrowser .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/OPACShelfBrowser.png

Description:

• This preference allows patrons to view what is located on the shelf near the item they looked up. The shelf browser option appears on the details page to the right of each items’ call number. Clicking the ‘Browse Shelf’ link allows for a virtual shelf browsing experience via the OPAC and lets patrons see other books that may relate to their search and items that sit on the shelf near the item they are looking at.

ShelfBrowserUsesCcode¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ the item collection code when finding items for the shelf browser.

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

Description:

• If your library uses collection codes then you might want the shelf browser to take into consideration what collection the books belong to when populating the virtual shelf browser.

ShelfBrowserUsesHomeBranch¶

Default: Use

Asks: ___ the item home branch when finding items for the shelf browser.

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

Description:

• If you have a multiple branch system you may want to make sure that Koha takes into consideration what branch owns the books when populating the virtual shelf browser for accuracy.

ShelfBrowserUsesLocation¶

Default: Use

Asks: ___ the item location when finding items for the shelf browser.

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

Description:

• If your library uses shelving locations then you might want the shelf browser to take into consideration what shelving location the books belong to when populating the virtual shelf browser.

NoZebra¶

Default: Use

Asks: ___ the Zebra search engine. Searches are very slow on even modest sized collections when Zebra is off.

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

NoZebraIndexes¶

Default: See the Systems Preferences Appendix

OpacGroupResults¶

Default: Don’t use

Asks: ___ PazPar2 to group similar results on the OPAC.

Values:

• Don’t use
• Use

QueryAutoTruncate¶

Default: automatically

Asks: Perform wildcard searching (where, for example, Har would match Harry and harp) ___ (The * character would be used like so: Har* or *logging.)

Values:

• automatically
• only if * is added

Description:

• This setting allows for searches to be automatically truncated or for additional characters to be added to the end of a search string. When set to “automatically” the search string automatically ends with a wildcard function. For example, a search for the word “invent” with auto truncation enabled will also retrieve results for inventor, invention, inventory, etc. If you don’t want this to happen automatically you can still be perform wildcard searches manually by adding an asterisk (*). Typing “invent*” even with auto truncation disabled will retrieve the same inventor, invention, inventory results. Auto truncation bypasses the necessity to type long search strings in their entirety.

QueryFuzzy¶

Default: Try

Asks: ___ to match similarly spelled words in a search (for example, a search for flang would also match flange and fang)

Values:

• Don’t try
• Try

Description:

• This preference enables “fuzzy” searching, in which the search engine returns results that are similar to, but not exactly matching, the word or words entered by the user. This preference enables the search function to compensate for slightly misspelled names or phrases.

QueryRemoveStopwords¶

Default: Don’t remove

Asks: ___ stop words specified in Koha from searches.

Values:

• Don’t remove - .. important:: If NoZebra is set

  to ‘Use’ leave this preference set to ‘Don’t remove’

• Remove - Requires that you have updated your Koha Stop Words list

QueryStemming¶

Default: Try

Asks: ___ to match words of the same base in a search

Values:

• Don’t try

• Try - A search for enabling would also match enable and

  enabled

Description:

• This preference enables word stemming. Stemming allows the search function to return multiple versions of the same word, as well as related terms (i.e., both fish and fishing would be returned).

QueryWeightFields¶

Default: Enable

Asks: ___ ranking of search results by relevance

Values:

• Disable
• Enable

TraceCompleteSubfields¶

Default: Force

Asks: ___ subject tracings in the OPAC and Staff Client to search only for complete-subfield matches.

Values:

• Don’t force - Searches for subject keywords (example:

  opac-search.pl?q=su:World%20Wide%20Web)

• Force - Searches for complete subject fields (example:

  opac-search.pl?q=su,complete-subfield:World%20Wide%20Web)

Description:

• When TraceCompleteSubfields is set to “force,” clicking on links in non-authority controlled subject tracings will only find other records where the entire subfields match. Leaving it at “don’t force” does a keyword search of the subject indexes.

TraceSubjectSubdivisions¶

Default: Include

Asks: ___ subdivisions for searches generated by clicking on subject tracings.

Values:

• Don’t include - Searches for subject keywords (example:

  opac-search.pl?q=su,complete-subfield:%22Web%20sites%22)

• Include - Searches for complete subject fields (example:

  opac-search.pl?q=(su,complete-subfield:%22Web%20sites%22)%20and%20(su,complete-subfield:%22Design.%22))

Description:

• When TraceSubjectSubdivisions is set to “Include,” if you click on a subject with subdivisions (subfields other than ‘a’) they will be searched along with the subject heading (subfield ‘a’). To have only the subject heading (subfield ‘a’) searched, set this preference to “Don’t include.”

UseICU¶

Default: Not using

Asks: ___ ICU Zebra indexing.

Values:

• Not using
• Using

Description:

• ICU is a set of code libraries providing Unicode and Globalization support for software applications. What this means is ICU Zebra indexing is only necessary if you use non-roman characters in your cataloging. If using ICU Zebra indexing you will want to not use QueryFuzzy.

defaultSortField & defaultSortOrder¶

defaultSortField Default: author

defaultSortOrder Default: ascending

Asks: By default, sort search results in the staff client by ___, ____

Description:

• These preferences set the default sort field and sort order for searches on the staff side. Regardless of your choice, the other sort options are still available in the drop down list on the advanced search page.

defaultSortField Values:

• author
• call number
• date added
• date of publication
• relevance
• title
• total number of checkouts

defaultSortOrder Values:

• ascending
• descending
• from A to Z
• from Z to A

displayFacetCount¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ facet counts.

Description:

• This preference lets you decide if you show how many times a facet is used in your search results in the OPAC and the staff client. The relevance of these numbers highly depends on the value of the maxRecordsForFacets preference. Showing these numbers can potentially effect the performance of your searching, so test your system with different values for this preference to see what works best.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show Number of times each Facet is found in results .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/displayFacetCount.png

FacetLabelTruncationLength¶

Default: 20

Asks: Truncate facets length to ___ characters, in OPAC/staff interface.

Description:

• In the OPAC and the staff client your facets are cut off at 20 characters by default. Depending on your layout this may be too many or two few letters, this preference lets you decide what number is best for your library’s design.

maxItemsInSearchResults¶

Default: 20

Asks: Show up to ___ items per biblio in the search results

Description:

• This preference will let you set how many results display by default when a search is run on the Staff Client.

maxRecordsForFacets¶

Default: 20

Asks: Build facets based on ___ records from the search results.

Description:

• By default Koha only bases facets on the first page of results (usually 20 results). This preference lets you tell Koha to based the facet descriptions and numbers on any number of search results returned. The higher this number the longer it will take for your search results to return, so test with various different values to find the best balance for your library.

numSearchResults¶

Default: 20

Asks: By default, show ___ results per page in the staff client.

OPACdefaultSortField & OPACdefaultSortOrder¶

OPACdefaultSortField Default: relevance

OPACdefaultSortOrder Default: ascending

Asks: By default, sort search results in the OPAC by ___, ___

Description:

• These preferences set the default sort field and sort order for searches on the OPAC. Regardless of your choice, the other sort options are still available in the drop down list on the advanced search page.

OPACdefaultSortField Values:

• author
• call number
• date added
• date of publication
• relevance
• title
• total number of checkouts

OPACdefaultSortOrder Values:

• ascending
• descending
• from A to Z
• from Z to A

OPACItemsResultsDisplay¶

Default: Don’t show

Asks: ___ an item’s branch, location and call number in OPAC search results.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

Description:

• This setting selects the information about an item that will display in the search results page of the OPAC. The results can display the status of an item and/or full details including branch, location, and call number. While the ‘Show’ option allows for more information to be displayed on the search results page, the information can be overwhelming for large collections with multiple branches.

OPACnumSearchResults¶

Default: 20

Asks: By default, show ___ results per page in the OPAC.

AdvancedSearchTypes¶

Default: itemtype

Asks: Show tabs in OPAC and staff-side advanced search for limiting searches on the ___ fields (separate values with |).

Description:

• On the advanced search page you can choose to allow filters on one or all of the following: Item types (itemtypes), Collection Codes (ccode) and Shelving Location (loc). If you would like to be able to limit searches on item type and shelving location for example you would enter itemtypes|loc in the preference input box. The order of these fields will determine the order of the tabs in the OPAC and staff client advanced search screens. Values within the search type are OR’ed together, while each different search type is AND’ed together in the query limits. The current stored values are supported without any required modification.Each set of advanced search fields are displayed in tabs in both the OPAC and staff client. The first value in the AdvancedSearchTypes syspref is the selected tab; if no values are present, “itemtypes” is used. For non-itemtype values, the value in AdvancedSearchTypes must match the Authorised Value name, and must be indexed with ‘mc-‘ prefixing that name. Searching by Item Type and Shelving Location .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/AdvancedSearchTypes.png

expandedSearchOption¶

Default: don’t show

Asks: By default, ___ “More options” on the OPAC and staff advanced search pages.

Values:

• don’t show
• show

Display856uAsImage¶

Default: Neither details or results page

Asks: Display the URI in the 856u field as an image on: ___

Values:

• Both results and details pages - .. important:: Not implemented yet

• Detail page only - .. important:: XSLTDetailsDisplay

  needs to be on for this preference to work.

  Showing the 856u as an image .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/Display856uAsImage.png

• Neither details or results page

• Results page only - .. important:: Not yet implemented

Description:

• In addition to this option being set, the corresponding XSLT option must be turned on. Also, the corresponding 856q field must have a valid MIME image extension (e.g., “jpg”) or MIME image type (i.e. starting with “image/”), or the generic indicator “img” entered in the field. When all of the requirements are met, an image file will be displayed instead of the standard link text. Clicking on the image will open it in the same way as clicking on the link text. When you click on the image it should open to full size, in the current window or in a new window depending on the value in the system pref OPACURLOpenInNewWindow. Sample 856 Field .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/856imagemarc.png

intranet_includes¶

Default: includes

Asks: Use include files from the ___ directory in the template directory, instead of includes/. (Leave blank to disable)

intranetcolorstylesheet¶

Asks: Include the stylesheet /intranet-tmpl/prog/en/css/ ___ on all pages in the staff interface.

Description:

• This preference is used to set the background color and style of the Staff Client. The value is a .css file. The system administrator should determine which file is appropriate.

IntranetFavicon¶

Asks: Use the image at ___ for the Staff Client’s favicon.

Description:

• The favicon is the little icon that appears next to the URL in the address bar in most browsers. The default value for this field (if left blank) is the small ‘K’ in the Koha logo. Default Koha Favicon .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/favicon.png

IntranetmainUserblock¶

Asks: Show the following HTML in its own column on the main page of the staff client

Sample HTML for IntranetmainUserblock

Message from IntranetmainUserblock as it appears on the Staff Client main page

IntranetNav¶

Asks: Show the following HTML in the More menu at the top of each page on the staff client (should be a list of links or blank)

IntranetSlipPrinterJS¶

Asks: Use the following JavaScript for printing slips.

Description:

• The most logical use of this preference is in conjunction with the jsPrintSetup Firefox add-on. Learn more about this preference and the add-on setup on the Koha wiki at http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Setting_up_slip_printer_to_print_silently.

intranetstylesheet¶

Asks: Include the stylesheet at ___ on all pages in the staff interface, instead of the default.

Description:

• The Intranetstylesheet preference is a layout and design feature for the intranet or staff client. To change the stylesheet from the original, place in this preference the file path to the style sheet - include the entire url starting with http://. This preference allows a library to customize the appearance of the Staff Client.

IntranetUserCSS¶

Asks: Include the following CSS on all pages in the staff client

intranetuserjs¶

Asks: Include the following JavaScript on all pages in the staff interface

Sample JavaScript to alter the staff client login

Link to Self Checkout appears on staff client login because of JavaScript

Description:

• This preference allows the administrator to enter JavaScript or JQuery that will be embedded across all pages of the Staff Client. Administrators may use this preference to customize some of the interactive sections of Koha, customizing the text for the login prompts, for example. Sample JQuery scripts used by Koha libraries can be found on the wiki: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/JQuery_Library.

SlipCSS¶

Asks: Include the stylesheet at ___ on Issue and Reserve Slips.

Description:

• If you would like to style your receipts or slips with a consistent set of fonts and colors you can use this preference to point Koha to a stylesheet specifically for your slips.

StaffAuthorisedValueImages¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ images for authorized values (such as lost statuses and locations) in search results.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

staffClientBaseURL¶

Asks: The staff client is located at http:// ___

template¶

Default: prog

Asks: Use the ___ theme on the staff interface.

Values:

• prog

XSLTDetailsDisplay¶

Default: default

Asks: Display details in the staff client using XSLT stylesheet at ___

Values:

• leave empty to not use the XSLT stylesheet - In previous versions of Koha this was the setting

  that read ‘normally’ Detail display without XSLT stylesheets .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/XSLTDetailsDisplay-off.png

• enter “default” for the default one Detail display using XSLT stylesheets .. image:: images/admin/globalprefs/XSLTDetailsDisplay-on.png

• put a path to define a XSLT file - ex: /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl - If in a multi-language system you can enter

  {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder - ex:

  /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/{langcode}/xslt/intranetDetail.xsl

  • ex. http://mykoha.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

• put an URL for an external specific stylesheet - ex: http://mykoha.org/stylesheet.xsl

Description:

• XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shows on the screen when viewing a bib record. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

XSLTResultsDisplay¶

Default: default

Asks: Display results in the staff client using XSLT stylesheet at ___

Values:

• leave empty to not use the XSLT stylesheet - In previous versions of Koha this was the setting

  that read ‘normally’

• enter “default” for the default one

• put a path to define a XSLT file - ex: /path/to/koha/and/your/stylesheet.xsl - If in a multi-language system you can enter

  {langcode} in the path to tell Koha to look in the right language folder - ex:

  /home/koha/src/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/{langcode}/xslt/intranetDetail.xsl

  • ex. http://mykoha.org/{langcode}/stylesheet.xsl

• put an URL for an external specific stylesheet - ex: http://mykoha.org/stylesheet.xsl

Description:

• XSLT stylesheets allow for the customization of the details shows on the screen when viewing the search results. This preference will allow you either use the default look that comes with Koha or design your own stylesheet.

yuipath¶

Default: included with Koha

Asks: Use the Yahoo UI libraries ___

Values:

• from Yahoo’s servers - With this option there is less demand on your

  servers, but if the Internet goes down there will be issues

• included with Koha - With this option calls are made faster, and they

  will still work if the Internet goes down

Description:

• The yuipath preference allows for the user to define a local path or web URL to the Yahoo User Interface Library (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/2/). This library is a resource of developer tools including JavaScript and style sheets.

HidePatronName¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ the names of patrons that have items checked out or on hold on detail pages or the “Place Hold” screen.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

intranetbookbag¶

Default: Show

Asks: ___ the cart option in the staff client.

Values:

• Don’t show
• Show

viewISBD¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff to view records in ISBD form on the staff client.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

viewLabeledMARC¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff to view records in labeled MARC form on the staff client.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

viewMARC¶

Default: Allow

Asks: ___ staff to view records in plain MARC form on the staff client.

Values:

• Allow
• Don’t allow

ILS-DI¶

Default: Disable

Asks: ___ ILS-DI services for OPAC users

Values:

• Disable
• Enable

ILS-DI:AuthorizedIPs¶

Asks: ___ allowed IPs to use the ILS-DI services

OAI-PMH¶

Default: Disable

Asks: ___ Koha’s OAI-PMH server.

Values:

• Disable
• Enable

Description:

• For the Open Archives Initiative-Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) there are two groups of ‘participants’: Data Providers and Service Providers. Data Providers (open archives, repositories) provide free access to metadata, and may, but do not necessarily, offer free access to full texts or other resources. OAI-PMH provides an easy to implement, low barrier solution for Data Providers. Service Providers use the OAI interfaces of the Data Providers to harvest and store metadata. Note that this means that there are no live search requests to the Data Providers; rather, services are based on the harvested data via OAI-PMH. Koha at present can only act as a Data Provider. It can not harvest from other repositories. The biggest stumbling block to having Koha harvest from other repositories is that MARC is the only metadata format that Koha indexes natively. Visit http://www.oaforum.org/tutorial/english/page3.htm for diagrams of how OAI-PMH works.

Learn more about OAI-PMH at: http://www.openarchives.org/pmh/

OAI-PMH:archiveID¶

Default: KOHA-OAI-TEST

Asks: Identify records at this site with the prefix ___ :

OAI-PMH:AutoUpdateSets¶

Default: Disable

Asks: ___ automatic update of OAI-PMH sets when a bibliographic record is created or updated.

Values:

• Disable
• Enable

OAI-PMH:ConfFile¶

If this preference is left empty, Koha’s OAI Server operates in normal mode, otherwise it operates in extended mode. In extended mode, it’s possible to parameter other formats than marcxml or Dublin Core. OAI-PMH:ConfFile specify a YAML configuration file which list available metadata formats and XSL file used to create them from marcxml records.

For more information, see the sample conf file in the appendix.

OAI-PMH:MaxCount¶

Default: 50

Asks: Only return ___ records at a time in response to a ListRecords or ListIdentifiers query.

Description:

• This is the maximum number of records that would be returned based on ListRecord or ListIdentifier queries from harvesters. ListRecords harvest the entire records while the ListIdentifier is an abbreviated form of ListRecords, retrieving only headers rather than records.

Search Domain Groups¶

Search Domain Groups allow you to search a group of libraries at the same time instead of searching just one library or all libraries.

Search Domain Groups

To see Search Domain Groups in action visit the staff client advanced search page in your Koha system:

Library group search on staff client

Library Property Groups¶

You can assign specific categories to your libraries by adding groups for them

Library Property Groups

Properties are then applied to libraries via the add or edit library form

Groups on the Add/Modify library form