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Koha 3.4.0 is a major feature release.
New features in 3.4.0
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ACQUISITIONS:
* Can filter budgets by active status and date on the acquisitions
homepage
* Freetext field added to specify one-off delivery addresses/comments
* Can create multiple orders from a staged MARC file
* New cronjob to delete old suggestions
* Warning when ordering from an external source when a catalogue
record already exists
* Currency can be set when ordering
ADMINISTRATION
* Many additional granular permissions are added
* Ability to replace the favicon from within the admin interface
* Ability to import and export MARC frameworks
* Separate field for library state/province
* WYSIWYG editor for Koha News
* Ability to add news items to slips
* Label batch edit interface allows entry of items by scanning
barcodes
* Can choose the MARC framework when importing records
CATALOGING
* NORMARC support added
* Edits to Authority records are now logged
* 005 field updated when a Biblio or Authority record is edited
* Added edit record/edit items to the search result if logged in
user has cataloguing privileges
* Add support of record linking by record control number in $w
* 006/008 plugins much improved
CIRCULATION
* Callnumbers are displayed when an item is checked in
* Waiting holds now show the date they were marked waiting
* Show guarantees checkouts when checking out to a guarantor and vice versa
* Show holds waiting for a patron on check in
* New report wizard for Holds
* Syspref to disable the ability for borrowers to choose their
pickup library for holds
* Self Checkout supports login
* Ability to set 'hard' due dates, which will not allow items to
be checked out past that
* Printed receipts can now include the library phone, address and
other fields
* Fast Add framework at circulation
* Ability to define due dates in the past
* Checkin page now lists fines owed by patron
* Preferences for defining the fine level when a staff
override is needed
* Search to Hold feature
OPAC
* New system preference added to allow the librarians to hide
items from the OPAC. See docs/opac/OpacHiddenItems.txt for
more information.
* Authority display improved in OPAC
* Allow the patron to choose which library they wish to make a
purchase suggestion for
* Added the ability to hide the name of a reviewer/commenter in
the OPAC
* CSS/HTML and other UI improvements
* Lists respect the XSLT bibliograhic display preferences
* Truncation of facets now controllable by a system preference
* Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in the OPAC
* User can renew multiple items at once
* A new librarian-controlled column added to the 'My Summary' page on the OPAC
* Recent comments view for the OPAC (allow users to see recently reviewed items)
* Feature to make the OPAC private (allow only logged in users to search/view items)
* Ability to edit what displays when no results are found
* Privacy feature allowing the user to specify when their reading
(or circulation) records are anonymised
* opacstylesheet can link to a url anywhere, not just a local file
PATRONS
* Separate field for state/province
* Ability to duplicate a Patron
* Print overdue and hold notices for patrons without email addresses
REPORTS
* Run a report immediately after creation
* The list of saved reports has pagination and can be sorted
* SQL formatting improvements when viewing a report
* Parameters can be set in guided reports
SEARCHING
* NoZebra mode is officially deprecated.
* Added shelf location to the indexes
* Added a search link for analytics to serial records
* Subjects can now search complete subfields
* MARC21 tag 751 (geographical entry) is now searchable
* UNIMARC EAN/UPC/Music fields added to the indices
* usecontrolnumber syspref allows you to link the 78X fields to
other names of the same serial
SERIALS
* 50 bugs fixed in serials management 5508
STAFF INTERFACE
* Enumchron added to the biblio detail page
* Improvements to suggestion management
* Can use 856$u to store an image URI which Koha can then display in
the staff interface.
* Cart is emptied when a user logs out
* IntranetUserCSS preference added to allow styling of staff interface
INTERFACE
* New icon set for itemtypes (Nimes)
* LibLime kids iconset resized to consistent size
* Seshat itemtype iconset added (Naropa College)
* CSS classes added to the XSLT results to enable styling
INTERNATIONALIZTION
* New initialization SQL files for Norwegian
INTERNALS, PACKAGING AND PERFORMANCE
* Koha now uses Template::Toolkit rather than HTML::Template::Pro
* Improvements to test case coverage
* .packages file for Ubuntu Maverick
* Testing using Test::Perl::Critic
* CGI::Session can now be stored in Memcached
* mod_deflate added to save bandwidth
* Move items out of biblioitems
COMMAND LINE UTILITIES
* Script to update all items and biblio
* Script to set and get system preferences from the command line
basu dpl
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