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The first free open source integrated library system (ILS), since 2000. For support, please use the mailing lists. On the Fediverse: @KohaILS@mastodon.world

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1 Dec 2025
The Koha Advent Calendar for 2025 is live! koha-community.gitlab.io/Koh… Each day in December, unlock a new window to discover tips, tutorials, and insights from the Koha Community (many of these are developer focused). #KohaILS

KohaAdvent 2025

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In this week’s ‘What’s on my mind’ video from Open Fifth, Helen takes you through setting up patron CSV files, and using the patron import tool to test your file formats before automating user imports. Using the import patron tool in Koha openfifth.co.uk/whats-on-our… #KohaILS

Additional fields for credit and debit types in Koha LMS

In this week's 'What's on our mind' video, Fiona shows a new feature in Koha 25.05 which allows libraries to record extra information as necessary to their credit and debit types.

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Registration is now open for the koha-US Annual Conference, 18–20 August 2026, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. For conference information, including the schedule and registration form, visit koha-us.org/events/conferenc… #KohaILS #KohaUS #Conferences #Libraries
Gems of Knowledge, koha-US 2026 annual conference, 18-20 August 2026, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.

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Koha Community events on this week (8 June 2026): - Koha Community Development Meeting - Documentation Team Meeting - koha-US: Board Meeting - QA Team Meeting - koha-US: Baby Devs SIG Check the Koha calendar for the times and details koha-community.org/calendar/ #KohaILS #KohaUS
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Jun 8
Happy Monday! In today's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie show off a new feature in Koha's 26.05 release which will be deployed to ByWater Solutions' partners in October 2026: Add an undelete feature for items/biblios. Watch here: zurl.co/eZ3Qm #opensource
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Learn about what the Koha Foundation Steering Committee has been up to, and congratulations to the board nominees. An important update from the Koha Foundation Steering Group: Milestones achieved and our first board nominees! koha-community.org/an-import… 1/2 #KohaILS

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Hear about the announcement from Andrew Auld, Open Fifth: Thoughts on leadership and the new Koha Foundation board (6:06 mins) youtube.com/watch?v=yM6pg4Ya… 2/2 #KohaILS

Thoughts on leadership and the new Koha Foundation board

Andrew provides an update on the Koha Foundation project and shares...

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Episode 618: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. SQL: A report on notices youtube.com/watch?v=SgTb6NSC… Notices - it's one of those things you might want a report on, but where do you begin? Christopher sows you how. #KohaILS #KohaUS

SQL: A Report on Notices | 618

Notices - It's one of those things you might want a report on, but ...

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Jun 1
Happy Monday and Happy June!!! In Today's Monday Minutes, Lucas is here to join Nick and Jessie to talk about some hightlights of the 26.05 release! Watch full video here: zurl.co/BJ6rw #opensource #koha #libraries #Librarylife
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Thinking about implementing Koha? Learn about the processes that Open Fifth uses to implement Koha and migrate data in these two excellent videos: - Implementing Koha in your library youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-L7Gwv… - Data migration to Koha youtube.com/watch?v=kPPMEqIC… #KohaILS

Implementing Koha in your library

In this video, Helen, experienced former librarian and archivist, g...

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The Koha Community's May 2026 Newsletter is now available at koha-community.org/koha-comm… In this edition: - New Koha 26.05 release! 🎉 - Current Koha versions - New Koha libraries - welcome! - Koha tips and tricks - Support provider news - Upcoming and past events #KohaILS
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Koha Community events on this week (25 May 2026): - koha-US: Development Committee - Koha Community Development Meeting - koha-US: Circulation SIG - koha-US: Consortia SIG For the times and details koha-community.org/calendar/ #KohaILS #KohaUS #Community
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May 25
Happy Monday (And Memorial Day to our friends in the United States)! Today, Nick and Jessie Nick and Jessie talk about the quote editor in the Tools Module inspired by a recent @UsKoha TTEOT training video! Watch the full video here: zurl.co/PZwQC #opensource
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Hope everyone is having a nice weekend! Time for our Question of the Week! This week's Question is: "Does the Batch Hold Modification Tool Interact with Item Groups?" Read the answer here: zurl.co/CnP0F #opensource #libraries #lovemylibrary #librarians #koha
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Episode 617: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. Tip of the Day: Repurposing Quote of the Day youtube.com/watch?v=5NqY-HDL… Watch to find out how George repurposed the Quote of the Day feature using JQuery. Notes hopperdietzel.org/koha_notes… #KohaILS #KohaUS

Tip of the Day: Repurposing Quote of the Day | 617

Well, George has done it again! Don't need a Quote of the Day feat...

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If you’ve ever stared at a Koha notice asking: - “How do I get the patron’s home branch name instead of the code?” or - “Why does this loop work in the checkout receipt but not the overdue notice?”, then this post from Open Fifth is for you openfifth.co.uk/whats-on-our… #KohaILS

What's on our mind: Deep diving into Koha notice templates with Template Toolkit - Open Fifth

Learn how to use Koha Template Toolkit syntax and how to "code dive" to find the hidden variables available to your notices.

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The 2026 Library Systems Report by Marshall Breeding at Library Technology Guides was published earlier in May. Innovation under constraint: how libraries and vendors navigate austerity and AI disruption librarytechnology.org/Librar…
Cover for the 2026 library technology report, with title and subtitle (Innovation under constraint).

ALT Cover for the 2026 library technology report, with title and subtitle (Innovation under constraint).
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May 18
Happy Monday!! Time for a new Monday Minutes! This week, Nick and Jessie are here to talk about Authority Search/SRU Targets. Watch the full video here: zurl.co/REBeI #opensource #libraries #librarylife #libraryofcongress #koha
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Koha Community events this week: • Documentation Team: Drop-in session • koha-US: System Administration SIG • Development Meeting • koha-US: Board Meeting • koha-US: Baby Devs SIG See the Community calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/ #KohaILS #KohaUS
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Episode 616: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. Additional fields - ready or not youtube.com/watch?v=Mf9Gv_Vb… George and Christopher walk through a feature that has been around for a little while - additional fields. #KohaILS #KohaUS

Additional Fields - Ready or Not | 616

Today we walk through a feature that has been around for a little w...

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The Koha Community's April 2026 Newsletter is out koha-community.org/koha-comm… In this edition: - Current Koha versions - Community news - New Koha libraries - Koha tips and tricks - Support provider news - Upcoming and past events . KohaCon26: Schedule and registration #KohaILS
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