Tag Archives: Koha

Web Foundation and While I Was Out

2008-09-16 by mjr

I concentrated on work after my return to the keyboard last week and then spent much of the weekend reroofing a shed, so today was my first day catching up with the news. Here’s what I noticed:- One of my … Continue reading →

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More Free Software for Libraries

2008-08-28 by mjr

Two interesting nearly-free-software articles about Free Software for Libraries:- May/June 2007 Library Technology Report: Open Source Software for Libraries, from ALA TechSource (recently republished under CC-By-SA) Open Source Business Resource, August 2008: Education, Is Open Source Right for your Library?, … Continue reading →

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Using at to Record DebConf Streams

2008-08-19 by mjr

While I enjoyed watching some of the DebConf 8 Video Team’s Excellent Service, not all of it was at convenient times for me, being several timezones away, so I used the following script to record some of the streams:- #!/bin/sh … Continue reading →

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DebConf 8 Video Team Gives Excellent Service

2008-08-12 by mjr

DebConf, the annual Debian Conference, is held this year in Mar del Plata, Argentina. One sometimes-overlooked part of this is the brilliant video streaming service, with each stream supported by an IRC feedback channel including announcement of talks and events … Continue reading →

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RFID Security and Stability

2008-08-07 by mjr

While developing an RFID extension for the Koha library catalogue system over the last few months, I’ve learned a lot about I-Code tags and security systems, but I’ve not yet looked into Mifare, which is the other big RFID product … Continue reading →

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How to Install Koha 3.0.0 on MacOS X 10.5

2008-07-29 by mjr

This is a pretty technical note, which I’m posting here for review and hopefully to help other people. The reinstall I mentioned last week was a MacOS X 10.5 server, so this time I installed Koha more simply and took … Continue reading →

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