Time Nick Message 01:48 waylon does anyone know what happened to the search bar i developed, for the opac? 01:18 waylon 1 week since i sent the request for quote to Access IT Software, for their system... no response. 01:18 waylon okay.. yahoo. defense of koha sent. 01:05 mason 13:50 hdl your welcom 13:49 FrankW Thank you very much for your help hdl! 13:28 hdl (i read the logs and you told so) 13:21 FrankW I am a reasonably competent linux and open source developer, though no perl nor library guru. 13:13 FrankW I'm looking at helping my local village library upgrade, by the way. They are still running some sort of DOS software from the late 80's or so. 13:12 hdl (barcodes norms are a pain in the neck. There are plenty of them and your reader has to be taught which norm to be aware of) 13:11 hdl wedge barcode reader are quite a pain to configure sometimes. But there seems to be always a solution. 13:10 hdl some perl modules are needed only to generate barcodes. 13:09 hdl But it is more convenient when you use wedge barcode reader. 13:08 hdl FrankW: No special device needed. (special perl module though) 12:56 FrankW But now I am getting the impression the barcode readers just spit out text (almost as if it had come from a keyboard) and Koha needs no special device support for them. Is that right? 12:55 FrankW Not knowing anything about barcode readers, I had at first assumed there was some need for specific bar code reader drivers or something. 12:55 FrankW Is there any special bar code reader interfacing needed in Koha, or is this completely distinct? 12:54 FrankW My next question, if I may, relates to bar codes. 12:54 FrankW Ah, ok. 12:53 hdl but time to upgrade to 227 hasnot come yet for those. 12:52 hdl with 2.2.5 and is used in production for some of our customers. 12:51 hdl FrankW: Not at all. It works. 12:51 hdl And when we changed z3950 client not to rely on module Event any longer, we did not upgraded server. 12:51 FrankW So perhaps I should consider this aspect still fairly experimental or rough around the edges? 12:50 hdl (among our customers.) 12:50 hdl Z3950 server is quite rarely used. 12:48 FrankW (compared to the 2.2.5 you mentioned earlier) 12:48 FrankW Does this mean that 2.2.7 is less functional with regard to Z3950? Or more? 12:47 hdl So some things should certainly have to be modified for z3950 server to work. 12:47 hdl FrankW: version 2.2.7 implied a change in Z3950 module. 12:46 FrankW Please ignore my followup question. 12:46 FrankW Garr ... I see you already mentioned titles. 12:45 FrankW hdl: Perhaps my question doesn't make sense because I don't understand Z39.50 well. 12:45 hdl when you are searching a catalogue, you often provide some field to search in. 12:44 hdl <FrankW> But not based on title, or other fields? <------what do you mean ? 12:44 FrankW I know relatively little about Z39.50, but I was informed by the librarian that I am hoping to help that it is used for inter-library searches within the county. 12:43 FrankW But not based on title, or other fields? 12:43 FrankW hdl: Ah excellent! 12:42 hdl (version 2.2.5) 12:42 hdl for Title isbn and author research. 12:42 hdl FrankW: Yes. 12:38 paul wait a mn (/me on phone) 12:38 FrankW Folks, I'm interested to know if Koha supports Z39.50 as a server (ie. others able to search the collection in Koha).