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ByWater Koha Q&A

00:13:15 Rose Harrison (DDL): What provisions are there for transactions when the internet is down?
00:13:59 Nate Curulla: Koha has an offline circulation tool which allows libraries to circulate items and later upload those circs into the system once internet connectivity is restored
00:14:11 Adam Brooks: Koha has an offline circulation tool
00:14:16 Rose Harrison (DDL): Thanks
00:15:14 Vinny Alascia – DE Div Libraries: Something our current system doesn’t do
00:15:26 Nate Curulla: Also, because Koha is web based your circulation could be run using a cell phone hot spot. This is also often used in outreach or bookmobiles utilized by our current library partners
00:16:51 Vinny Alascia – DE Div Libraries: Replying to “Something our curren…”

Correction I was referring to the context help
00:16:58 Steffi Prigoff: is there a way to link patron accounts like a family or responsible party and minors?
00:17:05 Nate Curulla: Reacted to “Correction I was ref…” with 👍
00:17:31 Michelle Hughes: Can you suspend a hold without an unsuspend date of never?
00:17:31 Adam Brooks: Yes, there are guarantor accounts
00:17:47 Michelle Hughes: Replying to “Can you suspend a ho…”

*with
00:17:48 Steffi Prigoff: Are there credit accounts for users (prepay printing)
00:20:07 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Can you suspend a ho…”

Yes
00:20:17 Steffi Prigoff: Can the system store and make searchable phone or separate SMS numbers
00:20:36 Adam Brooks: Yes
00:22:18 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Are there credit acc…”

Yes, patrons can have a credit balance, however it will be used to pay ANY fees
00:22:52 Steffi Prigoff: Can holds queue be weighted? Some titles owned fill holds in a hierarchy of user libraries for patrons
00:25:09 Steffi Prigoff: Is truncation supported or is it more natural language search?
00:25:16 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Can holds queue be w…”

Yes, local priority is available
00:26:19 Karen Milowicki (she/her): What is the default for search result order? Newest first, relevancy, etc.?
00:27:19 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Is truncation suppor…”

Truncation is supported, natural language is supported also
00:27:47 Michelle Hughes: Can you track date inventoried?
00:28:51 Adam Brooks: Replying to “What is the default …”

Relevance is according to your weights in the elastic search mapping
00:30:17 Vinny Alascia – DE Div Libraries: Where do the cover images come from
00:30:38 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Can you track date i…”

Yes
00:31:44 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Where do the cover i…”

You can use Novelist of Syndetics, or use the Koce server included in Koha.
00:34:04 Steffi Prigoff: Is there an automated way of maintaining authority headings or reading programs/lexile>
00:36:32 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Is there an automate…”

Authority headings: yes, there are permissions that stop people from changing them, and we can set up imports of auth files from vendors
00:47:29 Pam Stevens – Newark Free Library: Replying to “Is there an automate…”

Can the serials module connect with an outside vendor such as Ebsco to automatically claim issues not received?
00:48:34 Steffi Prigoff: can money spent by fund by item type per fiscal?
00:51:33 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Is there an automate…”

Because of the specialized data that EBSCO requires, the automatic claims process in serials does not work with them. We can create a report that can then be sent to EBSCO.
00:53:10 Adam Brooks: Replying to “can money spent by f…”

I’m not sure I completely understand this question
00:53:41 Adam Brooks: Replying to “can money spent by f…”

We can report on those combinations and funds can be set up in any combination
00:55:19 Rose Harrison (DDL): Do reports only report on data or do some also perform functions?
00:56:22 Nate Curulla: In Koha, Reports provide data and Tools perform functions
00:57:09 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Do reports only repo…”

Reports do not perform functions in Koha
00:57:36 Vinny Alascia – DE Div Libraries: Replying to “Do reports only repo…”

That’s good
00:59:51 Rose Harrison (DDL): Are reports permissions granular to user role?
01:00:04 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Are reports permissi…”

Yes
01:01:30 Renee O’Donnell -Brandywine Hundred Library: Can you show the ILL request feature?
01:01:41 Michelle Hughes: Is the system RFID enabled?
01:02:04 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Is the system RFID e…”

Yes, those connections are included.
01:02:07 Vinny Alascia – DE Div Libraries: can we see the public opac
01:03:06 Adam Brooks: Links to partner sites https://bywatersolutions.com/about-us/library-partners
01:04:03 Bear Library: Will staff be able to see e-checkouts and physical checkouts for the patron?
01:05:30 Adam Brooks: Replying to “Will staff be able t…”

Yes
01:05:35 Rose Harrison (DDL): How much control do we have regarding the upgrade schedule? Can upgrades be scheduled outside of library hours?
01:06:56 Rose Harrison (DDL): Thank you for the overview.
01:06:58 Missy Williams, Delaware Libraries: Thank you, Jessie & Koha team!
01:07:02 Bear Library: Thank you
01:07:04 Aurora Charlow: Thanks so much!
01:07:04 Karen Milowicki (she/her): Thank you!
01:07:14 Beth S. – Elsmere Library: Thank you! great demo!
01:07:21 Jessie Z: Reacted to “Thank you! great dem…” with 😍