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The schedule for KohaCon26 (the Koha Community’s annual worldwide conference, 5–9 October 2026, Karlsruhe, Germany) is now available and registrations are open! Schedule: kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/schedule/ Registration: kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/registration/ #KohaILS

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie show off a new enhancement in Koha 26.05 that adds highlighting to the most recently edited or added item on the ‘add items page’. Watch the video at zurl.co/uHKqi #KohaILS

Episode 704: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. Powering up with widgets www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clyu... Christopher demonstrates how externally sourced widgets can bring real-time information and interactive content, to the Koha homepage. #KohaILS #KohaUS

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie talk about a Koha 26.05 enhancement to the advanced cataloging editor - a new keyboard shortcut for fixed length field plugins (Bug 40633). Watch the video zurl.co/PYB3N #KohaILS

Six staff from BibLibre attended KohCon26 from 5 to 9 October, held at the Karslruhe Institute of Technology in Germany. Read about what they got up to www.biblibre.com/fr/blog/koha... (in French). #KohaILS #KohaCon26

Will we see you there? NYLA's Conference is November 4-7 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Equinox is at Booth #85 - come by & discover how Equinox supports Evergreen, Koha, Aspen Discovery, & custom open-source integrations. #equinox #evgils #kohails #AspenDiscovery #OpenSource #Libraries

It's the last day to submit a proposal to present at the ByWater Connect Conference next February in Jacksonville, Florida! Submit a proposal by 11:59 PM EST tonight! Submit here: zurl.co/DeGk2 #bywaterconenct #libraries #KohaILS

Dispatches from KohaCon26 by the Open Fifth Team - some great updates and announcements: - Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9pe... - Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNQr... #KohaILS #KohaCon26

Episode 703: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. The Copycat Crisis www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTpX... George shares some techniques for instantly grabbing the data you need from various Koha pages - faster workflows, less manual copying! #KohaILS #KohaUS

Thomas Klausner's report about KohaCon26 domm.plix.at/perl/2026_10... #KohaILS #KohaCon26

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie chat with members of the Koha Community about their most memorable moments from the KohaCon Conference in Karlschrue, Germany www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXMZ... #KohaILS #KohaCon26

We are proud to partner with the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to support Koha ILS. Visit us at Booth #49 at PaLA to learn more! #equinox #kohails #OpenSource #Libraries

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie are live from KohaCon26 in Germany www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vk... Livestream for conference days: - Day 1: www.youtube.com/live/bexLjK1... - Day 2: www.youtube.com/live/m6pg_-T... #KohaILS #KohaCon26

Morning to everyone at PaLA 2026! Equinox is at Booth #49; come by & discover how Equinox supports Evergreen ILS, Koha ILS, Aspen Discovery, and custom open-source integrations. #evgils #kohails #AspenDiscovery #OpenSource #Libraries

KohaCon26 has started, with the livestream available at: - Conference Day 1 – www.youtube.com/live/bexLjK1... - Conference Day 2 – www.youtube.com/live/m6pg_-T... See the schedule for session details: kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/schedule/ #KohaILS #KohaCon26

Episode 702: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. The bug tracker www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTRE... George and Christopher take a look at Bugzilla, the issue tracker that the Koha Community uses to track issues (along with the community dashboard). #KohaILS #KohaUS

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie demonstrate a 26.05 enhancement to cataloging: limiting Z39.50 targets to specific libraries. Watch the video zurl.co/fHljz #KohaILS

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie cover a 26.05 enhancement: importing and exporting MARC modification templates. This lets you export and import a MARC modification template using the JSON file format, which can help with backups and sharing. Watch the video zurl.co/Uuvdt #KohaILS

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie show off how to send report data to batch modification tools. Watch the video zurl.co/TvAYL #KohaILS

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie share their 26.05 upgrade resources ahead of their partner upgrades next month. The video www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTeb... The upgrade hub zurl.co/MHoM7 A great resource, even if you're not a ByWater Solutions Partner! #KohaILS

Episode 624: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. Circulation and fine rules www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAcI... Recorded at koha-US's annual conference, George and Christopher walk through the current state of circulation and fine rules, and related bugs. #KohaILS #KohaUS

A nice tutorial from Open Fifth (@openfifth.bsky.social) on how to create spine labels in Koha www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHe1... (09:06 mins) #KohaILS

Some great presentations about Koha from the recent koha-US conference: recordings linked from the schedule tab koha-us.org/events/confe... #KohaILS #KohaUS

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie talk about an enhancement to reports in Koha 26.05, "Open in DataTables". Watch the video zurl.co/NgJHE #KohaILS

The Koha Community's August 2026 Newsletter is now available koha-community.org/koha-communi... In this edition: - Current Koha versions - Health Libraries Koha User Group - Kohala news - New Koha libraries - Koha tips and tricks - Support provider news - Upcoming and past events #KohaILS

Interested in Koha and discovery layers? This Aspen Weekly update from ByWater Solutions about how Koha and Aspen (a popular discovery layer) work so well together may be of interest. Koha and Aspen: the dynamic duo! zurl.co/qS3Fg #KohaILS #AspenDiscovery

If you are planning on attending KohaCon26 in person, registration closes on 28 August! The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is hosting KohaCon26, the Koha Community's international conference, from the 5–9 October 2026, in Karlsruhe, Germany. For details kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu

Fiona from Open Fifth looks at activity reports in Koha openfifth.co.uk/webinar-acti... This webinar recording looks at the reports module and using it to get information about patron engagement, staff actions, and system operations (plus much more!). #KohaILS

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie are joined by special guests George and Christopher (of TTEOTV fame - celebrating 6 years of videos🎉) at the koha-US conference. Watch the video zurl.co/DSZGb #KohaILS

In this week’s ‘What’s on our mind’ video from @openfifth.bsky.social, Fiona Borthwick shares an enhancement to the log viewer in Koha 26.05. The enhancement makes the display of changes more user-friendly and readable: openfifth.co.uk/whats-on-our... #KohaILS

Here are our highlights from day 1 of the 2026 Koha-US Annual Conference. Day 2 is already underway. What's on your schedule? Follow along live: https://youtube.pulse.ly/31zoanriof #kohails #KohaUSCon #OpenSource #Libraries

koha-US's annual conference is on this week in Fayetteville, Arizona, USA. We hope everyone has a great time! You can watch each session live: - Individual sessions are linked from the schedule koha-us.org/events/confe... - Using the YouTube playlist youtube.com/playlist?lis... #KohaILS #KohaUS

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie have a special guest - Brendan Lawlor from CLAMS. They demonstrate a Koha 26.05 enhancement which lets you use multiple Fast Add Frameworks. Watch the video zurl.co/2SNfG #KohaILS

Episode 623: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. The return of the cart enhancement www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFkv... George revisits their very first video from 6 years ago! What has changed since then, and updates to the custom code. #KohaILS #KohaUS

Relaxing green space at the Fayetteville Public Library - thank you for hosting the 2026 Koha-US Annual Conference! ✨ #kohails #OpenSource #Libraries

Wish you were here - photos from the opening Keynote of the 2026 Koha-US Annual Conference: Jason Battles on libraries in a world of AI. Presentations are streaming live: https://youtube.pulse.ly/r5wmlheh9o #KohaUSCon #kohails #Libraries #OpenSource

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about a Koha 26.05 enhancement that adds authorized value lists for use in MARC21 RDA tags. Watch the video zurl.co/4VfgT #KohaILS

Koha Community events on this week (10 August 2026): - koha-US: System Administration SIG - koha-US: Board Meeting - QA Team Meeting - koha-US: Baby Devs SIG Check the Koha Community calendar for the times and details koha-community.org/calendar/ #KohaILS #KohaUS #Community

The latest ByWater Solutions Question of the Week: "How do record merges handle total circulation counts?" Read the answer at zurl.co/B3SN9 #KohaILS

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie show off a new EDI enhancement coming in 26.05 - enhanced EDI messages. Watch the video zurl.co/m5aJJ #KohaILS

The Koha Community's 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 is now out koha-community.org/koha-communi... In this edition: • Current Koha versions • Documentation team update • Koha and linked open data • New Koha libraries • Koha tips and tricks • Support provider news • KohaCon26: register by 28 August #KohaILS

Episode 622: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US. Importing records www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9XP... George walks through the process of importing records into Koha using Z39.50 and a batch file. #KohaILS #KohaUS

We love Koha conferences! We also love conferences about free + open source software used by libraries. ByWater Connect from 2-4 February 2027 in Florida, USA looks like a great event! Conference information: connect.bywatersolutions.com Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlUe... #KohaILS #Libraries

Registration for KohaCon26 in Karlsruhe closes on August 28! Details below. 👇#kohails #OpenSource #Libraries

In the latest Open Fifth ‘What’s on our mind’ video, learn about an enhancement (added in Koha 25.11) that lets you display additional/custom MARC fields in search results and record pages - using Template Toolkit instead of XSLT openfifth.co.uk/whats-on-our... #KohaILS