Time  Nick      Message
12:00 kados     thd: so shouldn't we just have an extensible cataloging page?
12:00 thd       kados: you should not need javascript.
12:02 thd       kados: a good set of defaults where even the standard common use fields are fetched as separate pages.
12:02 kados     I can't think of another way to allow dynamic creation of repeatable subfield entries
12:02 kados     what I think we want
12:03 kados     is a tool that grabs a marc record
12:03 kados     and displays all the populated tags/subfields
12:03 kados     in editable fields
12:03 thd       kados: a non js link or button should be able to do the same as js if it fetches again from the server
12:04 kados     thd: perhaps ... but those page reloads take a long time
12:04 kados     thd: it's much better to do it client side
12:04 kados     thd: for browsers that support that function
12:04 kados     thd: and for those that don't reload the page
12:04 kados     thd: I believe in using javascript for improving interfaces
12:04 kados     thd: while leaving support for non-compliant browsers
12:05 kados     thd: as a fail-safe measure
12:05 thd       kados: you need js for client side :)
12:05 kados     yep ... hence I believe in using js ;-)
12:06 kados     before I left for ALA I had a three hour meetin with the NPL cataloging team
12:06 paul      thd : in fact, in librarian interface, in 2.2.x, you need mozilla/firefox. IE does not work well.
12:06 kados     and I got some really good ideas for how to improve the tools that they currently use
12:06 paul      acceptable need, because the librarian interface is used by a limited & known number of ppl
12:07 thd       kados: There was a complaint about js in the intranet recently where someone needed remote access over ssh for administration but that probably had nothing to do with cataloguing.
12:07 kados     I'll be explaining the desired functions in my 2.4/3.0 roadmap
12:08 kados     for now I've got to get back to ALA lead card stuff
12:08 kados     :-)
12:08 kados     My goal is to have a draft of the roadmap ready for the middle of next week
12:08 thd       kados: do you have any leads who want to sponser a catloguing module to die for?
12:09 kados     thd: I have a couple of clients I've talked to about it
12:09 thd       :)
12:09 kados     thd: NPL may also be interested
12:10 kados     thd: Stephen and I have a presentation on using open source tools for technical services later this year
12:10 kados     me gets back to work ;-)
12:11 thd       kados: to prove it by coding we shold have a supporting model for zebra and MARC::record first.
12:11 thd       kados: ok, go back to work.
15:19 ryanbisd  howdy guys..
15:23 thd       ryanbisd: hello
15:23 ryanbisd  know much about samba?
15:23 thd       ryanbisd: not me :)
15:27 thd       ryanbisd: irc.freenode.net /join #samba
15:27 ryanbisd  yeah, Im on there  :)
15:27 ryanbisd  you guys are a little more friendly though...  :)
15:28 thd       ryanbisd: It can be difficult on heavy traffic lists to have any attention
15:29 thd       ryanbisd: Ask very specific questions that someone finds interesting and you can get answers even with heavy traffic
15:30 ryanbisd  cool...
15:30 thd       ryanbisd: research the questions well in advance though
15:31 ryanbisd  yeah...
15:31 thd       ryanbisd: if you ask when the US traffic jam is asleep you can get more attention
15:31 ryanbisd  Im pretty new to this...
15:31 ryanbisd  so, I dont really know how to word the questions right sometimes..
15:32 thd       ryanbisd: the wrong wording will not get good answers from google or listserves either
15:32 ryanbisd  I know.... haha...
15:33 thd       ryanbisd: you have to experiment with possible terminology
15:33 ryanbisd  im slowly figuring things out...
15:33 thd       ryanbisd: we need a good thesuarus of thechnical description. Its a basic LIS problem.
15:34 ryanbisd  haha..
15:35 thd       ryanbisd: and then finding someone like me using 'thechnical' when you searched for 'technical' is difficult.
15:36 ryanbisd  haha... just noticed that..
15:37 thd       ryanbisd: I am also relatively new to using IRC and have not investigated a spelling checker for my posts.
15:45 thd       ryanbisd: be careful about asking questions, especially on heavy traffic lists or channels, without making the best attempt to find the answer in documentation or Google first.  You might find yourself ignored when the IRC channel or listserve is your only source for an answer later.
15:46 ryanbisd  yeah...
15:46 ryanbisd  my problem is.... the docs or man pages are cryptic to me...
15:46 ryanbisd  but, im learning to rely on them more too
15:48 thd       ryanbisd: paractice or experiment on a machine where it does not matter if you break some software.
15:48 ryanbisd  yeah....
15:48 thd       ryanbisd: You have to be fearless :)
15:48 ryanbisd  im pretty excited about getting koha up and running...
15:48 ryanbisd  I am going to set up one school.... and show my boss.
15:49 ryanbisd  and hopefully that will persuade him to let me do them all.
15:52 thd       ryanbisd: koha is very good and kados will be making an announcement any day now about how it will soon be much better.
15:52 ryanbisd  awesome...
15:52 ryanbisd  hopefully we can helpout in whatever
15:52 ryanbisd  haha... that was vague..
15:54 thd       ryanbisd: as kados suggested supporting features you want helps.  Koha will get them eventually, they just happen faster and better when there are particular users behind them.
15:55 ryanbisd  see, and there is a programmer that works with me, that can help out for that too..
15:56 ryanbisd  if his code is good, and you guys wanna use it
15:56 thd       ryanbisd: fantastic, that is even better
15:56 ryanbisd  we're a school district..... not a lot of money to use....
15:58 thd       ryanbisd: it need not necessarily take a lot when everyone pools their resources.
15:59 ryanbisd  right...
15:59 ryanbisd  i need to get 1 school up and going online, then maybe  I could convince the boss man.
16:04 thd       ryanbisd: koha does not have very many regular progmmers but does have very large user pool willing to help.
16:11 thd       ryanbisd: you might have missed the koha users list if you had only seen the sourceforge lists http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha .
16:20 thd       ryanbisd: another hint for IRC is to use http://searchirc.com/ to find a less heavily trafficked channel for asking questions.  There may be fewer people to answer as the heavy traffic lists when the US users are asleep but you can attract more attention to your question and maybe nicer people, when the friendly people in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania are awake.
18:36 thd       ryanbisd: Did you solve your samba problem?
18:36 ryanbisd  I havent been to the office yet...
18:36 ryanbisd  this is for a job I do part time...
18:36 ryanbisd  I changed from a windows file server to fedora..
18:37 ryanbisd  I can get to the share..
18:37 ryanbisd  it just makes me "login" to the share, when I have it configured to not do that..
18:39 ryanbisd  I think its because the 2000 server that it was using, was also the pdc for the other machines..so, eventhough they login to themselves, there is nothing controlling them anymore
18:39 thd       ryanbisd: If it makes you then there may an additional configuration overriding your configuration.  But I do not know samba.
18:40 thd       ryanbisd: Did you see my post about http://searchirc.com/
18:40 ryanbisd  yeah...
18:43 thd       ryanbisd: I have found people in Germany or wherever will help on a channel with fewer members when people in the US are too busy or have too many messages flashing by to notice.
18:45 ryanbisd  cool...
19:04 ryanbisd  if I want a service to start on startup, i do 'chkconfig service add' correct?
19:07 thd       ryanbisd: If that is fedora question I would not be much help to you either : /
19:07 ryanbisd  haha.... cool.
19:31 kados     "
19:31 kados     ryanbisd: check out ntsysv
19:33 ryanbisd  ?
19:33 ryanbisd  I am having a problem with my samba shares......
19:33 ryanbisd  If I take a windows 2000 pdc out of the network, will that cause Samba to ask for the username and PW or not let the samba shares work correctly, if the clients are stll logging into the domain?
19:38 ryanbisd  the computer and share sometimes show up in the network neighborhood... sometimes not
19:38 ryanbisd  and time out when I click to them
19:39 ryanbisd  BUT... if I connect to the coputer via \\ip-address\sharename  it allows me to connect to the share, but I hav e to enter a username and PW
19:39 ryanbisd  eventhough I have security = share
19:39 ryanbisd  and allow guests
20:17 kados     huh ...
20:18 kados     ntsysv will help you decide which programs to start when you're booting
20:18 ryanbisd  ohhh... I was explaing a problem I was having with samba...
20:18 ryanbisd  sorry
20:18 kados     haven't used windows for a while
20:18 kados     so no idea on that one
20:23 ryanbisd  thats cool..
20:23 ryanbisd  I hate windows too...
20:24 ryanbisd  but, the part time work I do, they have a hard enough time with windows, I couldnt imagine switching them over to something else
20:33 ryanbisd  here is what a librarian told my director.. he sent it to me in an email
20:33 ryanbisd  I looked briefly at this website/software.  I found a couple of things that got my attention. Such as, patrons may not do a linked subject search.  Ex: I look up the title of a book I loved and the subject shows as "friendship." I can then link to all other books in the library on friendship (very useful to the students!).  Also, when I looked up reports, they only have two options which are "daily reports."  All others that we rely on so m
20:33 ryanbisd  uch do not exist.  Ex: monthly circulation reports, overdue book reports,  and reports that help us "clean up" our records.  I think this is great for organizations that do not have the circulations or collections (nor the need for a multi-purpose powerful system) we have, but I honestly think that it does not meet our needs.  I believe it would be taking a giant step backward from where we currently are.  Sorry!  the price is certainly rig
20:33 ryanbisd  ht.  Maybe in the future, it will become a more viable option.
20:34 chris     ahh they didnt look hard enough
20:34 chris     perhaps they arent aware of the fact its running 4 public libraries already
20:34 Genji     yup. that linked subject search is in the cvs head, right now.
20:34 Genji     my sidebar implementation in css/en
20:35 ryanbisd  huh?
20:35 chris     im assuming they are talking about koha ryan?
20:35 ryanbisd  so, it can do all those things?
20:35 ryanbisd  yes.
20:35 chris     sure can
20:35 Genji     http://opac.genjimoto.is-a-geek.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=1149
20:36 ryanbisd  link doesnt work
20:36 Genji     http://genjimoto.is-a-geek.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=1149
20:36 Genji     sorry.
20:37 chris     or
20:37 chris     http://opac.library.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=25741
20:37 chris     where you can just click on a subject
20:38 chris     the original Koha install has been running for 5.5 years now ryan
20:38 chris     and has done
20:38 chris     2188689 issues
20:39 chris     at least
20:39 chris     renewals are only being counted once
20:40 chris     so probably closer to 2.4 million
20:40 chris     with reports ... there is built in reporting tool
20:40 chris     and some useful reports, like overdues, daily stats
20:41 chris     but heres where koha comes into its own
20:41 thd       ryanbisd: What example of the "website/software" did the librarian look at?
20:41 ryanbisd  the one on the koha website
20:41 ryanbisd  the testdrive
20:41 chris     the problem with the testdrive is that people can play with it
20:42 chris     so they monkey in systempreferences and make a mess :)
20:42 thd       ryanbisd: That one is very old and has not been configured correctly for years :)
20:42 ryanbisd  haha
20:42 chris     its not that old, but the not configured is true
20:43 chris     ppl keep swithcing to old templates
20:44 chris     we should probably just kill it, and have screen shots instead
20:44 ryanbisd  where is the map, with eveyone who is using koha?
20:45 chris     http://koha.org/about/map/index.html
20:45 thd       ryanbisd: Thr example at www.liblime.com has not been mucked up badly yet, although, kados disabled Z39.50 searches on the demo.
20:49 thd       chris: rather than killing the demo, just reset the configuration values at some announced interval.
20:49 chris     ppl put claggy data in as well
20:49 chris     probably should just drop the db and reload
20:51 thd       chris: exactly, the demo convinced me Koha was well worth watching years ago, despite misconfiguration and fewer features at the time :)
20:53 ryanbisd  whats the big library thats using koha?
20:53 thd       chris: there sould be a demo configured for marc and a demo configured for unimarc as long as we cannot have both in one
20:55 thd       ryanbisd: the Nelsonville Public Library in Ohio
20:55 ryanbisd  how many books?
20:55 thd       ryanbisd: circa 350,000
20:56 thd       ryanbisd: I am conspiring with kados for doing something with a library more than an order of magnitude larger.
20:57 ryanbisd  wow...
20:57 ryanbisd  do you guys do the mambo thing?
20:58 thd       ryanbisd: ask kados about mambo he had been busy with his ALA convention contacts earlier
21:01 chris     would be good to have one with marc turned off too
21:01 chris     (its all still stored in marc, it just doesnt bombard the librarians with it)
21:02 ryanbisd  how much do you guys charge to convert and setup a sytem?
21:03 chris     who katipo?
21:04 ryanbisd  yeah
21:04 ryanbisd  I mean... just a general figure.
21:04 chris     ummm
21:04 chris     i dont think we have one .. it all depends on the size of the library
21:05 ryanbisd  ahh...
21:05 thd       thd: I have no such services, chris, you are the only one paying attention to ask.
21:06 chris     i dont actually know myself
21:06 rach      I'm not sure how big your library is - but we start around $5000 NZ for a smallish private library
21:06 chris     the project managers deal with that ;)
21:06 chris     and heres one now :)
21:06 rach      which is about $3500 mabe US at current exchange rates
21:06 rach      that generally includes some customisation or a server
21:07 ryanbisd  right.
21:07 rach      http://www.katipo.co.nz/solutions/koha/pricing.html
21:08 rach      if it helps
21:10 ryanbisd  cool..
21:12 Genji     hiya ythere rach!
21:12 rach      hi - I'm just passing through - on a deadline for a quote at the moment
21:45 thd       chris: how compete is the map at http://koha.org/about/map/index.html ?  I do undrstand that there is no reporting obligation for using Koha.  How much do you think is missing?
21:45 chris     hard to know
21:45 chris     my guyess is lots
21:45 chris     since if you google around .. you find koha opacs that arent listed
21:46 chris     i think we have *most* of the ones in production
21:46 chris     as people tend to be proud and report those
21:46 thd       chris: as well they should be :)
21:50 thd       chris: I was suprised to find so few in absolute terms on your map near New Zealand.
21:51 chris     new zealand itself needs to be updated
21:52 chris     one we are working on now .. but there are 2 other libraries that run koha that arent on that map
21:52 chris     at least
21:52 chris     problem is .. they are all in wellington :)
21:52 chris     no room for any more dots
21:53 kados     hopefully the new website map won't be limited in that way ;-)
21:53 kados     howdy chris
21:53 chris     we might need to zoom in even more
21:53 kados     yep
21:53 kados     maybe using google maps
21:54 thd       spot the building with the koha server :)
21:54 ryanbisd  Kados...
21:54 chris     we are doing the second public library in NZ at the moment
21:55 kados     ryanbisd: yea?
21:55 ryanbisd  I did you see the email I posted earlier?
21:55 kados     ryanbisd: title?
21:55 chris     which should help more nz libraries see the benefits
21:55 chris     they tend to be pretty cautious :)
21:55 ryanbisd  title?
21:55 kados     ryanbisd: I dont' see an email from you today
21:56 kados     ryanbisd: on koha-devel?
21:56 ryanbisd  ohh... I posted it in here
21:56 kados     nope ... didnt' see it ... not up with the logs ;-)
21:56 thd       chris: what are NZ libraries cautious about?
21:57 chris     change :)
21:57 chris     thats probably being a bit harsh
21:57 thd       chris: thats a universal caution for everyone :)
21:57 chris     yep
21:57 chris     i think there is a bit of the too good to be true element
21:58 kados     ryanbisd: hmmm ... about the circ reports
21:58 kados     ryanbisd: the reports visible are just a fraction of the reports possible
21:58 kados     ryanbisd: esp with the new report module
21:58 chris     the other thing that koha has .. is that we dont hide the data
21:58 kados     ryanbisd: Koha can probably generate reports your current ILS couldn't even imagine doing ;-)
21:59 ryanbisd  is there anyway you could email me a list of what all is possible with koha.... so I can answer and nip in the bud any doubts they ahve
21:59 ryanbisd  we're using follett
21:59 kados     ryanbisd: also ... doing linked subject searches is very possible ;-)
21:59 chris     so anyone who knows a bit of sql,and has the access .. can build any report they want
21:59 kados     ryanbisd: Koha is much more advanced than follett in every way ;-)
21:59 ryanbisd  Im already sold...
21:59 kados     ryanbisd: (maybe a bit of an over statement ;-))
21:59 ryanbisd  its the other people..
22:00 kados     ryanbisd: I don't have a comprehensive list of features that I can just pull out of my ass unfortunately
22:00 ryanbisd  hahahahaha
22:00 chris     we probably should write one
22:00 chris     and try and keep it up to date
22:00 kados     yep
22:00 chris     we need more volunteer writers
22:01 chris     lord knows you dont want me writing stuff
22:01 kados     heh
22:01 kados     just code chris ;-)
22:01 chris     heh
22:04 thd       perhaps a comparison chart with other ILS systems, to show the equivalence of Koha
22:04 kados     thd: coming in the Feb issue of Computers in Libraries ;-)
22:05 thd       kados: so you have the preprint?
22:05 kados     thd: not yet ... but I filled out the survey
22:06 kados     thd: and was guaranteed that Koha would be listed
22:06 thd       kados: do they do such a survey regularly?
22:07 ryanbisd  oh yeah, Kados...   is Mambo comparable to First Class?
22:07 kados     thd: they've been doing a bunch of surveys on thing in libraries
22:07 kados     thd: the Feb thing is ILSes ;-)
22:07 kados     ryanbisd: First Class? never heard of it
22:07 kados     ryanbisd: there are so many CMSes out there
22:07 kados     it's impossible to keep up
22:07 ryanbisd  http://www.firstclass.com/
22:07 ryanbisd  its what we use.... I think is pretty much school oriented
22:08 kados     last year I did a sort of survey of ILSes and found that Mambo was the best one in terms of functions and community support
22:08 kados     as well as add-on modules
22:09 kados     at first glance I'd say Mambo has quite a bit more to offer
22:09 thd       http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ not all information is complete or up to date
22:10 kados     yea ... like firstclass isn't even listed ;-)
22:11 ryanbisd  I hate it..
22:11 ryanbisd  its the worst
22:11 kados     :-)
22:11 kados     ryanbisd: have you seen LibLime's Mambo demos?
22:11 thd       kados: they do have more than a few, there are just so many now, as you said
22:11 ryanbisd  yeah, I looked at them today
22:12 ryanbisd  I sent the link to the boss man..
22:12 kados     what'd you think?
22:12 kados     ahh
22:12 ryanbisd  looks good..
22:12 kados     cool ... we have been focusing so much on Koha and not so much on Mambo
22:12 kados     but Mambo's really a solid choice for CMS
22:12 kados     and would be a great way to run a website for a library
22:13 kados     as well as a staff intranet
22:13 kados     the modules we've got running on LibLime are just a sampling
22:13 kados     there are some really cool modules for mambo
22:14 kados     we use Mambo internally for our intranet as well as our customer support center
22:14 ryanbisd  thats cool, I know we still have a year left with the firstclass people..
22:14 kados     gotcha
22:14 kados     do they host it for you?
22:15 thd       kados: have you used zope?
22:15 ryanbisd  BUT... since me and and another guy started in the dept... we've switched over to a lot of linux solutions
22:15 kados     thd: that's one of the ones I compared with Mambo a while ago
22:15 ryanbisd  so, one piece at a time...
22:15 indradg   hi
22:15 kados     at the time it's features were comparable
22:15 ryanbisd  we've installed asterix
22:15 ryanbisd  or.. however you spell it.
22:16 kados     but the modules weren't nearly as comprehensive and the community wasn't as supporte as well
22:16 kados     ryanbisd: sweet
22:16 kados     ryanbisd: asterix is the shit of a PBX system, etc.
22:16 ryanbisd  yeah...
22:17 ryanbisd  we're setting up lines for all teachers
22:17 ryanbisd  its pretty cool...
22:17 ryanbisd  we have squid and dansgaurdian..
22:17 kados     squidguard too?
22:18 ryanbisd  not squidguard
22:18 ryanbisd  its called dansgaurdian
22:18 kados     squidguard's good for blocking by URL
22:18 ryanbisd  probably similar
22:18 kados     yea I know dansguardian
22:18 kados     it blocks by content
22:18 kados     completely different methods
22:18 ryanbisd  right..
22:18 kados     but useful when used together
22:19 kados     discriminet uses both
22:19 ryanbisd  we were using something called websense...
22:19 ryanbisd  which was both expensive, and a POS
22:19 kados     yea
22:19 kados     I wrote discriminet for NPL because we've been using IPrism
22:20 thd       kados: do you know if mambo has expandable tree views for supporting tree browsing as in Ovid's Medline/PubMed front end tool?
22:20 kados     which costs like 1.5K per year
22:20 ryanbisd  wow..
22:20 kados     we've got one box deployed as a test site
22:20 kados     and we'll have the whole system running on Discriminet in about a month
22:21 kados     (license with IPrism expires in 60 days ;-))
22:21 ryanbisd  all I know is, follett quoted us around 100k to upgrade our system, and renew the license we have with them
22:21 kados     then I'll do a public release of the software
22:21 kados     heh
22:21 kados     how many items?
22:21 kados     annual circ?
22:21 ryanbisd  Umm... im not sure...
22:21 ryanbisd  7 schools
22:21 ryanbisd  2 of those are middle schools and 1 highschool
22:22 indradg   kados, anything major happening on #koha in the last couple of days?
22:22 kados     indradg: well ... nothing major in the last couple of days
22:22 indradg   i just got back from yet another sales trip
22:22 kados     indradg: but stick around ;-)
22:23 kados     indradg: we're getting ready for some intensive Zebra discussions
22:23 kados     I'll be making an announcement pretty soon
22:23 indradg   nice
22:27 ryanbisd  later guys
22:28 thd       kados: well I just found a tree view for mambo.
22:28 kados     thd: :-)
22:28 chris     100k US ... thats money for jam
22:28 kados     Genji: you around?
22:29 kados     chris: 100K?
22:29 chris     <ryanbisd:#koha> all I know is, follett quoted us around 100k to upgrade our system,
22:29 kados     ahh
22:29 kados     yea ;-)
22:30 kados     chris there's a new FRBR algorithm just published by OCLC
22:30 kados     thought you might be interested
22:30 kados     as it's kinda like the original Koha tables
22:30 chris     heh
22:30 chris     yeah i saw that
22:31 kados     did you have a look at the PDF?
22:31 kados     http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/frbr/algorithm.htm
22:31 kados     if you reg you can download it
22:31 kados     it doesn't look to complex to implement
22:32 kados     basically a method for matching MARC records to each other to build the levels of FRBR
22:33 thd       kados: I am looking for tree displays like the one described as tree display at http://www.ovid.com/site/help/userguides/user_guide.html
22:34 thd       kados: how did the orginal koha tables support FRBR?
22:34 kados     thd: well the didn't support FRBR ... they predated it
22:34 kados     but they basically (still) consist of
22:34 kados     biblio, biblioitem, and item
22:35 kados     which is very similar to FRBR's scheme
22:35 kados     biblio being the work
22:35 chris     its a much more normailised version of storing the data
22:35 kados     biblioitem being one manifestation of the work
22:36 kados     and an item being the physical item in the library
22:36 chris     its what happens when you let a compsci graduate design a library system
22:36 kados     :-)
22:36 kados     it's really tough to normalize a MARC record
22:36 chris     yep
22:37 thd       kados: OCLCs early experiments showed that the bibliographic information in their database only allowed for reliable identification at the work rather than the edition or manifestation level if I remember correctly.
22:37 kados     yep ... sounds right
22:38 kados     hi there mason
22:38 thd       kind of disappointing to not have better reliable identification out of all the information in MARC records
22:39 mason     hey kados, we havent had time to chat yet aye?
22:39 kados     nope ;-)
22:42 thd       kados: xisbn is an incomplete model because of the recency of ISBNs if for no others.
22:43 kados     mason: so chris tells me you've got a library background
22:43 kados     thd: yep
22:44 kados     thd: PINES has a somewhat FRBRized method for deriving a super-record
22:44 thd       kados: but since OCLC has all that good data, you could build something on top of the results fetched from XISBN after fetching the matching records
22:44 kados     thd: based on adding the numeric value for the ascii string of title and author and comparning it to other records ...
22:46 thd       kados: is that the normalised title and author?
22:46 kados     yea
22:46 kados     from what I understand -- I haven't looked at the code
22:48 mason     kados: yup about the library background
22:49 kados     mason: ever hang out on freenode.net #code4lib?
22:49 kados     mason: good group of hacker librarians there
22:50 thd       kados: how much of PINES is C++, a language with which I have no experience?
22:50 kados     thd: 42.934% by my last count ;-)
22:51 thd       :)
22:53 thd       kados: they have tied it tightly to mozilla using XUL.
22:54 chris     yep
22:54 chris     i reckon you could do a XUL koha circulations pretty easily
22:55 kados     yea ... just the staff interface is tied to XUL
22:55 kados     which in my view is fine
22:55 thd       chris: I hope for more open and flexible adaptable solutions than XUL
22:55 kados     since you can control staff browser usage
22:55 mason     kados: ive havent been on irc in ages, but i will have a look, thanks for the info
22:56 kados     thd: proposals for how to lower the html overhead are welcome
22:56 thd       kados: circulation is not my area of expertise
22:56 chris     i really should finish my curses interface again
22:56 kados     :-)
22:56 chris     its issuing
22:56 kados     chris: it's one of those things we've been talking about for like three years ;-)
22:57 chris     yeah
22:57 chris     moretime.pl
22:57 kados     I tried to pass the buck to the ohio university students
22:57 kados     but they never pick up that project ;-)
22:57 chris     :)
22:57 thd       kados: to be honest, actually selling the items in the collection is my background
22:57 kados     :-)
22:57 kados     selling library books is a crime where I live ;-)
22:58 kados     course that never stops some people ;-)
22:58 thd       kados: it should be
22:58 kados     hehe
22:58 thd       kados: I have been a bookseller for almost two decades
22:58 kados     I think we recently discovered that something like 40% of our AV sollecction is longoverdue or missing
22:59 thd       kados: not library books
22:59 kados     thd: :-)
22:59 kados     by 'our' I'm referring to Nelsonville's
22:59 kados     and by sollecction I mean collection ;-)
23:00 thd       kados: of course some places, like the famous case of the San Francisco Public library move just destroy books without examination or trying to sell them
23:01 kados     ok ... now it's officially a holiday ... I'm out ;-)
23:01 chris     cya kados
23:02 thd       kados: happy holiday :)
23:23 thd       does anyone have a copy of the Evergreen cataloging demo? http://open-ils.org/downloads/evergreen.txt
23:27 thd       "(Update: April 5, 2004. This demo has been discontinued. The next demo is due out in Mid-May. )"
23:28 thd       May has not happened yet in Georgia :(
02:39 paul      hello francoisl
02:39 FrancoisL SAlut Paul ! Ca va ?
02:40 paul      yes. J'étais supposé etre en vacances, mais j'ai reporté de 3 jours.
02:40 paul      je pars mercredi
02:40 FrancoisL :)
02:40 FrancoisL Grosse réunion au SAN jeudi...
02:40 paul      trop de travail, même avec super hdl qui vient de pointer le bout de son clavier par ici.
02:40 paul      ;-)
02:40 paul      quel genre la "grosse réunion" ?
02:41 FrancoisL Tout le monde + Roux-Fouillet
02:41 FrancoisL Analyse de la "matrice", organisation des développemnts...
02:41 paul      tout le monde sauf moi ;-)
02:41 FrancoisL ... ils plippent un peu !
02:41 FrancoisL (flippent)
02:41 paul      comme c'est inattendu...
02:41 hdl       bonjour tout le monde ;)
02:41 FrancoisL Sauf toi si ce n'est de coeur :)
02:41 paul      tiens, chtite remarque : il y a certaines choses faciles, et d'autres difficiles.
02:42 paul      mettre les faciles au début.
02:42 FrancoisL Tout à fait d'ac'
02:42 FrancoisL QUe penses-tu de la dernière version du plan de dév' ?
02:42 FrancoisL Réaliste ?
02:43 FrancoisL A coté de la plaque ?
02:43 FrancoisL Drôle ?
02:43 paul      rien à en redire. par contre, je vais envoyer un mail sur koha-devel avec ce que hdl et moi allons développer soon.
02:43 FrancoisL OK - je suis avec attention...
02:43 paul      drole, pas vraiment, mais tu n'es pas muriel robin...
02:43 FrancoisL Oh, lui !
02:43 paul      in pierre palmade si tu préfères cette comparaison.
02:44 paul      ni mimi matthy
02:44 paul      => [] sort en courant par la fenêtre
02:44 FrancoisL Ni Lafesse
02:44 FrancoisL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh
02:44 paul      ah, lui je le trouve de temps en temps excellent, mais j'ai du mal avec le fait de rire de quelqu'un qui ne sait pas qu'on se moque de lui.
02:44 FrancoisL C'est tjrs gentil...
02:45 FrancoisL ... et bien observé !
06:15 hdl       hi
10:28 hdl       hi shaun
10:44 shaun     hi hdl
10:45 hdl       how are you ?
10:45 shaun     excellent thanks, exams all over, should be able to do some kohaing tonight, you?
10:47 hdl       health is ok... But my love's at 3000 miles away, and my computers are in trouble
10:48 paul      both computer ?
10:48 hdl       Unfortunately. One had a freeze. The other can't start X server.. Font problem.
10:50 hdl       Now the new one is ok without wifi... But I had many troubles with Internet connection and wanad@@@@!!! who uploads new configuration without noticing users.
10:50 hdl       2hrs with hotline this morning.
10:51 hdl       In the end, the woman asked.... Are you angry ???
10:51 hdl       Can you imagine ???
10:54 shaun     hdl: and i thought i was having a tough time with my long distance relationship of 23 miles... O_o
10:56 paul      the good news for hdl is that he's wife will come back in 1 week with a baby ;-)
10:56 paul      (note that it makes waiting even harder...)
10:58 paul      adoption is an english word ?
10:58 shaun     yep
10:58 paul      so adoption ;-)
10:58 shaun     ok, that makes more sense :-)
10:59 paul      (sorry hdl if you didn't want to speak of this. But having 1 year old baby is hard to explain in 2 weeks ;-) )
10:59 paul      (having a 1 year old baby in 2 weeks is hard to explain)
11:04 hdl       No problem