Time  Nick        Message
11:18 chris       hmm
07:02 si          I'm glad to hear it
07:01 brendan     Kohacon -- was an excellent time
07:01 brendan     due to the weather there
07:00 brendan     I think chris was saying that he was glad he didn't get tickets this time
07:00 si          how did the kohacon go?
07:00 si          hey inded
07:00 brendan     hey si -- been awhile since we've chatted
07:00 si          game, even
07:00 si          must be a big rugby came on tonight
07:00 si          it's relatively unpleasant here in Wellington NZ
06:58 brendan     :)
06:57 munin       brendan: The current temperature in Wellington, New Zealand is 9.0°C (6:00 PM NZST on June 20, 2009). Conditions: Mostly Cloudy. Humidity: 87%. Dew Point: 7.0°C. Windchill: 4.0°C. Pressure: 30.45 in 1031 hPa (Steady).
06:57 brendan     @wunder wellington, NZ
06:57 brendan     well that is warmer than
06:57 munin       brendan: The current temperature in Near Mission - TC, Santa Barbara, California is 16.6°C (11:56 PM PDT on June 19, 2009). Conditions: Haze. Humidity: 76%. Dew Point: 12.0°C. Pressure: 29.79 in 1008.7 hPa (Rising).
06:57 brendan     @wunder santa barbara, ca
22:27 munin       pianohacker: Jo was last seen in #koha 18 hours, 6 minutes, and 40 seconds ago: <Jo> well we are trying ..
22:27 pianohacker @seen Jo
21:30 chris       back later
21:30 chris       ok, im gonna take kahu to gmnastics, which consists of daddy laughing hysterically as kahu dives into the big foam pit ... then me climbing in to get him out
20:47 chris       rhcl: would you like me to get walter to give me a demo of 1.3 and i write up a summary for ya?
20:43 chris       i dont enjoy it much
20:43 chris       once it starts getting over that
20:43 chris       22-28 is nice
20:42 wizzyrea    32-34
20:42 wizzyrea    yesterday was hotter
20:42 chris       that is pretty hot
20:41 chris       each of them by themselves is fine .. combine them, and it sux
20:41 chris       its a wet cold today, i hate cold + wind + rain
20:41 munin       wizzyrea: The current temperature in Channel 6 Downtown, Lawrence, Kansas is 30.4°C (3:41 PM CDT on June 19, 2009). Conditions: Clear. Humidity: 57%. Dew Point: 21.0°C. Pressure: 29.64 in 1003.6 hPa (Steady).
20:41 wizzyrea    @wunder Lawrence, KS
20:41 wizzyrea    it's as nasty cold there as it is nasty hot here
20:41 chris       its gonna be freezing at the stadium
20:41 wizzyrea    ew, cold
20:41 chris       man for once im glad i didnt get tickets
20:40 munin       chris: The current temperature in Wellington, New Zealand is 9.0°C (8:25 AM NZST on June 20, 2009). Conditions: Rain Showers. Humidity: 82%. Dew Point: 6.0°C. Windchill: 4.0°C. Pressure: 30.39 in 1029 hPa (Steady).
20:40 chris       @wunder wellington, new zealand
20:40 chris       hmm 11 hours till we get our revenge on the french rugby team
20:39 danny       friday++
20:39 munin       danny: friday: 116000000, monday: 103000000
20:39 danny       @google fight monday friday
20:34 wizzyrea    I think that a lot, actually
20:34 chris       heh
20:34 munin       chris: Quote #6: "gmcharlt: kf: hold requests are a plot to sell more aspirin ;)" (added by wizzyrea at 04:13 PM, June 16, 2009)
20:34 chris       @quote random
20:27 munin       SirStan: Error: You must be registered to use this command. If you are already registered, you must either identify (using the identify command) or add a hostmask matching your current hostmask (using the "hostmask add" command).
20:27 SirStan     @quote add <gmcharlt> you know, you got a bad deal if you sold your soul for a TODO list ;)
20:26 chris       wiggles dvd, toast and an apple .. sorted for approx 7 minutes
20:25 chris       back
20:24 wizzyrea    oh snap
20:24 munin       wizzyrea: Quote #8: "< wizzyrea> in my experience the transition to koha is much harder for libraries that are already automated" (added by pianohacker at 05:57 PM, June 19, 2009)
20:24 wizzyrea    @quote random
20:24 pianohacker quoteback!
20:23 munin       wizzyrea: The operation succeeded.  Quote #9 added.
20:23 wizzyrea    @quote add pianohacker ponders drumstick->ear as a method of food acquisition...We haven't gone to this good mexican restaurant in a while...
20:21 pianohacker We haven't gone to this good mexican restaurant in a while...
20:09 wizzyrea    kids++
20:06 chris       have a drum kit in the lounge wasnt the best idea
20:06 chris       mmm kahu is trying to stick a drumstick in my ear
19:53 chris       yeah, they are trying to eradicate them here, for the same reason
19:53 rhcl        well, we have a lot here, and they are pests--compete with native species
19:53 wizzyrea    oops
19:53 wizzyrea    ops
19:53 chris       some idiots release some koi carp
19:52 chris       i dont think we have carp, except as pests
19:52 rhcl        Ah, the slow boat...
19:52 chris       hehe they row or swim
19:52 rhcl        :)
19:51 rhcl        so do poor people fly there to do carp fishing?
19:51 chris       and there is some good deep sea fishing too
19:51 chris       rhcl: rich people fly here to do trout fishing
19:51 chris       2 people at my work worked at weta
19:50 wizzyrea    well there you go
19:50 chris       yes
19:50 wizzyrea    hm... so does that mean you know someone who knows peter jackson?
19:50 chris       it is pretty good
19:50 rhcl        I guess I have the <possibly very foreign> idea that the fishing must be great in NZ.
19:50 chris       my wife (who is from pittsburgh originally) likes to say there is only 2 degrees of separation in nz, not 6
19:49 chris       mason also used to be a sysadmin/system support dude at the libraries up near new plymouth (and worked with me and walter at katipo too)
19:46 chris       :)
19:46 gmcharlt    ... if not necessarily as compact as it could be ;)
19:45 chris       nz is a small place :)
19:45 rhcl        well, catch a ride with him. :)
19:45 chris       and actually helped interview him when he applied for a job at katipo
19:45 chris       but i live 3 blocks away from walter :)
19:45 chris       nope
19:44 rhcl        chris: are you close to New Plymouth? http://kete.net.nz/blog/topics/show/281-see-the-latest-prerelease-kete-features
19:43 Snow_Fox    atz:  i think i found the details i need, curious about what the file size should prob be set too, i would imagine smaller better due to load times and storage
19:42 rhcl        hey chris, gimme a sec
19:39 chris       heya danny
19:37 danny       hey chris
19:20 atz         Snow_Fox: check under the patron image upload tool (or its help)?
19:17 wizzyrea    mornin chris
19:17 chris       morning
19:17 wizzyrea    BUT they didn't have to deal with transfers, either
19:16 wizzyrea    all checkins were mass checkins, technically
19:16 wizzyrea    joetho: winnebago didn't make the distinction between regular checkins and mass checkins
19:07 Snow_Fox    im having problems finding the image requirements for patron photos anyone know where i can find this?
19:00 Sharon      I got lunch, I'm ready to argue, I mean discuss, some more
19:00 SirStan     heh
18:59 Sharon      if offline circ worked...
18:59 Sharon      During summer reading, people are taking and leaving dozens of books all at once, there are long lines and overworked staff.  Anything that can make checking in items easier, would be a welcome enhancement to any ILS
18:59 atz         yes, offline circ.
18:59 SirStan     if no -> its a technical problem.
18:59 SirStan     Does KOHA have a way to scan in 50 barcodes and mark them all "in" ?
18:58 joetho      I agree it is not a technical problem. This may be an example of a staff workflow problem looking for a technical solution
18:56 atz         "nearline" circ
18:56 atz         but other than that, the bulk returns idea is feasible.  a "chunk" of returns at once instead of 1 at a time.
18:55 atz         *its
18:55 atz         it's list of 50 books may more may not have anything to do with the 50 books in front of you
18:55 atz         joetho: it's not a technical problem... it's that you don't really know what you are asking the ILS to do.
18:52 Snow_Fox    anyone know off the top of there head what the patron photo requirements are for koha?
18:49 joetho      that would check in the regular ones, and generate an "action window" or something for the ones that have holds, fines, etc
18:48 joetho      a different process than a regular individual checkin
18:48 joetho      I like the idea of a "bulk check-in button" allowing you to scan in a bunch of books (with maybe a numerical limit) and preview the results before hitting "submit"
18:46 joetho      Having to check in 50 books instantly (or close to instantly);  Is this a reasonable thing to ask of an ILS?
18:35 pianohacker  brb
18:21 wizzyrea    :)
18:21 wizzyrea    dk, thanks for the discussion.
18:20 wizzyrea    put more of the functionality on the circulation pages
18:19 wizzyrea    actually, the same library that pointed out the problem with return all had that suggestion
18:19 wizzyrea    but there's probably a  reason not to do that
18:18 wizzyrea    or eliminate that functionality from the details page, and keep it all on the returns page
18:18 atz         the hellish part would be keeping it and regular returns page in sync
18:18 wizzyrea    atz: I have no doubt that would be a large project. and it would totally change how it works, which could be good or bad, depending on your viewpoint.
18:14 wizzyrea    at least web requests
18:14 wizzyrea    and would cost fewer requests to the server, too
18:14 wizzyrea    and the workflow of that might actually be a little better
18:14 wizzyrea    dk, I'd have to see that implemented to see if I liked it... I mean, I've worked in winnebago and I always thought it was stupid how that checkin worked, but sharon has some good points about how it works practically when in a library
18:12 wizzyrea    similar idea
18:12 atz         still a moderately large project
18:12 wizzyrea    sort of how the rfid in basehor works
18:12 atz         that would be doable
18:12 wizzyrea    and it processes all at once, checks in the ones it can, but gives you a printed output of items that require further attention
18:11 wizzyrea    instead of processing all checkins one at a time you did it kind of like winnebago where you scan them all (like, into a form) and then say "submit"
18:11 wizzyrea    what if
18:11 wizzyrea    (dangerous I know)
18:10 wizzyrea    I had a thought
18:10 wizzyrea    ok how about this
18:06 atz         but it doesn't scale
18:06 atz         i'm sure to a small library, it seems like "oh, I checked those out to Sam last week, I know what they are"
18:05 Sharon      yes, that's the bug
18:04 atz         you'll get books from other libraries or the patron's private books
18:04 atz         you need to scan them or you don't know what they really are
18:03 Sharon      spit out the exceptions (transfers and holds) for scanning
18:03 Sharon      when you check in the first, it pulls up the patron's record, showing you the other 49 they might be bringing back.  Then you can figure out how to do a mass check in
18:03 atz         you still have to scan each item (or RFID it) to know what you have
18:02 atz         Sharon: the question is "how do you know it's 50 items"?
18:02 Sharon      I don't know what that means. I'm just trying to put in some practicality
18:02 pianohacker UPDATE items SET onloan = ''
18:02 atz         boom.  they're checked in.
18:02 pianohacker Switch to RFID
18:02 atz         Sharon... truncate issues table.
18:01 Sharon      The issue is time - when you have a patron bringing in a stack of 50 items...what's the most efficient way to check them in?
17:59 gmcharlt    Dynix Classic for me
17:59 atz         ah... multiLIS
17:58 atz         it's hard to forget your first time.
17:57 wizzyrea    atz++ yes, that has been our experience
17:57 munin       pianohacker: The operation succeeded.  Quote #8 added.
17:57 pianohacker @quote add < wizzyrea> in my experience the transition to koha is much harder for libraries that are already automated
17:57 atz         if they've already migrated 5 times in 10 years, they probably dont care anymore
17:57 atz         i imagine it is hardest for libraries that have seen exactly one automation system
17:57 wizzyrea    because you get the "but x did it this way and that's what I know so that's what I want"
17:56 wizzyrea    in my experience the transition to koha is much harder for libraries that are already automated
17:56 atz         i think 1 and 2 are good enough arguments
17:56 wizzyrea    nah, it's not sore for me
17:55 atz         "let teh machine handle it! teh machine is majickal!"
17:55 gmcharlt    human clock cycles are almost always more valuable
17:55 wizzyrea    so you might not gain anything
17:54 wizzyrea    3. almost any way that you fix it is going to either trade human clock cycles for machine ones, or machine cycles for human ones
17:54 atz         good points
17:54 wizzyrea    2. staff should look at the screen when returning items to make sure the right thing is getting returned
17:53 wizzyrea    1. winnebago never had to deal with transfers, so you would have never had this problem
17:53 wizzyrea    well to me, I don't think it SHOULD work, ad here's why:
17:53 atz         *same as
17:52 atz         basically the same a link to returns w/ a fancy add on of what you expect to get through... still not a magical as they would want, i'm sure
17:52 pianohacker Thus requiring them to scan, but still allowing multiple returns
17:52 atz         you could have it post to a returns page that just queues the items from details while prompting them to scan
17:51 wizzyrea    kno*
17:51 wizzyrea    ikorite
17:51 pianohacker </badsign>
17:51 pianohacker Hmm. First result for winnebago was a mailing list post about migrating away from it
17:50 wizzyrea    <whine>"but winnebago does it!!"</whine>
17:50 wizzyrea    re: disable
17:50 wizzyrea    YES, see that's what I was thinking
17:47 gmcharlt    or, possibly, disable return all from the patron details page, on the theory that you should be scanning each item barcode anyway just to make sure that the patron has in fact returned all of their items ;)
17:46 pianohacker gmcharlt: The latter is roughly the approach I took with ajaxcirc, seemed to work well
17:46 gmcharlt    or (I suppose) have it spawn a bunch of popup windows, each handling an individual return for such items
17:45 gmcharlt    and have it either block such returns (requiring the operator to handle them one at a time)
17:45 pianohacker Enhancement sponsorship on this could involve chipping in for the necessary lobotomy for the developer in question
17:45 gmcharlt    smaller would be having code detect when a return would trigger such a message
17:44 atz         a moderately large project
17:44 gmcharlt    and tweaking the UI to deal with multiple return messages
17:44 gmcharlt    are handing lower down in the API
17:44 gmcharlt    so that events that should be triggered by the return of an item
17:43 gmcharlt    wizzyrea: refactoring returns code
17:43 wizzyrea    anybody have ideas on how to handle that?
17:43 munin       wizzyrea: 04Bug http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=3345 normal, P5, ---, galen.charlton@liblime.com, NEW, Return All items on patron detail does not initiate transfer of holds
17:43 wizzyrea    @bug 3345
17:15 SirStan     ah
17:14 pianohacker zebrasrv -f .../koha-conf.xml
17:14 SirStan     shouldnt zebrasrv -c /etc/koha/koha-conf.xml start zerbra?
17:10 gmcharlt    hi jdavidb
17:09 jdavidb     Howdy, gmcharlt.  :)
16:55 SirStan     or whatever joomla|drupla cms has that same blue border theme
16:55 SirStan     that page makes me think microsoft/shaerpoint
16:52 pianohacker *to my eyes? I dunno
16:51 pianohacker Hmm. That's actually much nicer than mibbit, in my eyes
16:51 joetho      go easy on me
16:51 joetho      I just turned my computer on
16:50 wizzyrea    you will hate this.
16:50 wizzyrea    see our new link at www.nexpresslibrary.org
16:50 wizzyrea    joetho: mibbit doesn't work with freenode anymore
16:46 SirStan     bad user.
16:46 SirStan     or maybe i symlinked the /etc/koha dir.
16:45 SirStan     I ask; because it didnt seem to put it anywhere.
16:45 SirStan     Where does koha put its conf file after make install?
15:26 wizzyrea    hence, no data
15:26 wizzyrea    turns out nobody puts in notes :P
15:26 wizzyrea    nm, it's working I"m dumb :)
15:26 gmcharlt    wizzyrea: there is a reserves.reservesnotes column
15:25 wizzyrea    was going to file a bug/make a suggestion on what to put there
15:25 pianohacker wizzyrea: I would think the note field that is filled in when you place the hold </maybenotthismightbeabug>
15:25 wizzyrea    we don't show any data at all, which is curious
15:24 wizzyrea    question: what data is supposed to show in the reserve/request.pl existing holds "notes" column?
15:24 Lybrarian   but normally, no we do not allow patrons to pick and choose which item they want to place on hold - they're stuck with 'next available'
15:24 Lybrarian   pianohacker we are sponsoring an enhancement to allow multiple item-level holds (from the staff client)
15:19 Elwell_     ditto.
15:06 |Lupin|     take care all and have a nice week-end. be !
15:06 |Lupin|     thanks anyway for having clarified the item/bibli/biblioitem issue !
15:05 |Lupin|     will have to experiment
15:05 |Lupin|     I see
15:02 pianohacker Lybrarian: Ahh, since you might have multiple copies of each, and Koha currently does not allow you to restrict the hold to multiple items ?
15:02 wizzyrea    lybrarian++
15:01 Lybrarian   Cataloging decisions like that are up  to the library - we try to think in terms of what's best for the patron trying to place an item on hold...if they want the DVD and not the VHS, there need to be 2 separate bib records
15:01 |Lupin|     I thought it would be okay to have only one record with multiple 852 unimarc fields...
15:00 pianohacker For instance, at our library, if we have the game X-men legends for the Xbox and PS2, we have one bib for both of them
15:00 pianohacker I'd go with what Lybrarian said, and then try combining certain very similar formats and seeing how it works for you
15:00 |Lupin|     Lybrarian: but then they should be generated automatically by the system...
14:59 |Lupin|     are there some recommandations about it ?
14:59 pianohacker |Lupin|: That really depends on the librarie's policy
14:59 Lybrarian   Lupin different formats should have different bib records
14:58 pianohacker Lybrarian: Yup, will be merged into biblio
14:58 Lybrarian   at Kohacon, didn't they say biblioitems is redundant and going away soon?
14:58 |Lupin|     pianohacker: now imagine you have a book but in several formats. Would it be correct to use one item entry for each of them ?
14:58 pianohacker Cool; it's weird, took me some time to get used to
14:57 pianohacker Currently, there would be one entry in biblio, one entry in biblioitems and five entries in items
14:57 |Lupin|     pianohacker: okay, thanks, I think I got it.
14:57 pianohacker If I have five copies of Moby Dick, there'll be one entry in biblio and five entries in items
14:57 pianohacker *on each copy
14:56 pianohacker Well, there'll be biblio, which contains information on each book, and items, which contains information each copy
14:56 |Lupin|     pianohacker: ah, so there will be only two things ultimately, biblio which is generic bibliographic data, and biblio-item which conains informaton specific to each book. Right ?
14:54 pianohacker |Lupin|: biblio and biblioitem both contain information about the whole record (used to be more separate; they will be merged soon), and items contains information about single items
14:53 |Lupin|     hi pianohacker
14:53 |Lupin|     can't stay very ong but I'd like to ask if someone could explain what biblio, biblioitem and item are or perhaps point to relevant documentation ?
14:52 pianohacker morning
14:52 |Lupin|     hello there !
14:48 pianohacker He usually comes in around 1-2:00 mountain time (7-8:00 AM his time)
14:46 munin       rhcl: chris was last seen in #koha 5 hours, 37 minutes, and 24 seconds ago: <chris> evening
14:46 rhcl        @seen chris
14:33 jwagner     Snow_Fox, we are working on an enhancement for a client to dump notices to an HTML file for people without email addresses.  Then that file can be called up in the browser and printed.
14:32 Snow_Fox    kk thankyou
14:32 pianohacker Snow_Fox: I think there's a CSV output option
14:32 Snow_Fox    hey instead of recieving a email about user over due notices is there a way to dump that info to a file for processing for print jobs?
14:19 SirStan     ah.
14:19 gmcharlt    you have to have chosen to instsall the Zebra config files when you go through the Makefile.PL questions
14:19 SirStan     mm ../usr/local/src/koha-3.00.02/etc/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg
14:19 gmcharlt    source is etc/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg
14:19 SirStan     it isnt
14:19 pianohacker SirStan: That should be installed with the rest of Koha
14:18 gmcharlt    SirStan: perl Makefile.PL, make install
14:18 SirStan     What causes `/etc/koha/zebradb/zebra-biblios.cfg' to be generated?
14:15 pianohacker Settings for each borrower category are under tools
14:15 pianohacker Through a nightly cronjob
14:15 Snow_Fox    how does koha handle overdue notices?
14:15 Snow_Fox    hey quick question
14:03 gmcharlt    I will be doing a bit more testing before I push them
14:03 gmcharlt    atz: re your circ patches, I think the approach is fine
13:11 hdl_laptop  gmcharlt: bug me if you need any explanation
13:09 gmcharlt    hdl_laptop: yes
12:01 hdl_laptop  gmcharlt: Are you working on reconciliation ?
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