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The Koha Advent Calendar for 2025 is live! koha-community.gitlab.io/KohaAdvent/ Each day in December, unlock a new window to discover tips, tutorials, and insights from the Koha Community (many of these are developer focused). #KohaILS

KohaCon in 2027 will be at the Rami Library in Istanbul, Türkiye! More details: - Announcement: . lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha… . koha-community.org/kohacon27-will… - Proposal: kohacon27.ktb.gov.tr (KohaCon is the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference.) #KohaILS #KohaCon

It's Monday!! Time for a new Monday Minutes! This week, Nick and Jessie show you how to set up search engine shortcuts to make it easy to search the ByWater Help Center or Bugzilla right in your URL. Watch the full video: zurl.co/F3TWK #opensource #libraries

The call for sponsors for KohaCon26 is open! Details: kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/call-for-spons… KohaCon26, the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference, is from 5–9 October 2026 in Karlsruhe, Germany, and is hosted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). #KohaILS #KohaCon26

Koha Community events this week: - General Koha Community Meeting - koha-US: Acquisitions SIG* - Development Meeting - koha-US: Development Committee* - koha-US: Customization SIG* Check the calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/ * koha-US events are open to everyone.

Episode 612: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US. The trouble with cataloging permissions youtube.com/watch?v=AWMXBk… Christopher and George talk about issues and challenges managing permissions for staff. #KohaILS #KohaUS

We made it to Friday! Which means it's time for a new Question of the Week! This week's question is: "Do I Need to Update Z39.50 Credentials with Library of Congress?" Read the answer here: zurl.co/Kvear #libraries #librarylife #opensource

Happy Monday!!! Time for a new Monday Minutes! Today, Nick and Jessie talk about My Library card in the OPAC and how users can bring up their digital library card for mobile use! Watch the full video: zurl.co/eKvLZ #opensource #koha #libraries #librarylife

Episode 611: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US. Understanding authorities youtube.com/watch?v=ekZTCs… In this excellent session, Christopher and special guest Esther Melander from ByWater Solutions show you how to use authorities in Koha. #KohaILS

Episode 610: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US. Borrower counts youtube.com/watch?v=iFLj2r… In this episode George and Christopher show you two ways to count your borrowers, and some of the challenges. #KohaILS

How is your presentation/poster/workshop proposal going for #KohaCon26, the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference, going? Submissions close on 14 March 2026. Full details at kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/call-for-prese… #KohaILS

Last call! If you are a Koha library, please consider contributing your experiences to the 2025 International Library Automation Perceptions Survey. Marshall needs a few hundred more responses before he closes the survey this year. 👉librarytechnology.org/perceptions/20… #KohaILS

@ByWaterSolution Happy birthday! Thank you for all you do for the Koha Community.

🥳 IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY! 🥳 ByWater Solutions turns 17 years old today!! Here’s just some of our amazing staff when they were 17 (or a little before). Can you guess who’s who? Thanks for 17 spectacular years! #opensource #libraries #Librarylife

Koha Community events on this week: - Development Meeting - Documentation Team Meeting - koha-US: General Meeting* - koha-US: Cataloging Special Interest Group* Check the calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/ * Open to everyone to attend. #KohaILS #KohaUS

Happy Monday and Happy March!!! In today's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie talk about a new enhancement coming in the 25.11 release in acquisitions where a duplicate check will be performed when ordering from an empty record. Watch here: zurl.co/BO2mH #opensource

Time for our February Staff Spotlight! Today, meet Lucas Gass, one of our amazing Developers!! Lucas recently celebrated 8 years working at ByWater! Thanks for all you do, Lucas!! Learn more here: zurl.co/zmTdU #opensource #Libraries #librarylife #staffspotlight

The Koha Community's February 2026 Newsletter is now available koha-community.org/koha-community… In this edition: - Current Koha versions - New Koha libraries - Koha tips and tricks - Support provider news - Upcoming and past events . KohaCon26: call for presentations #KohaILS #KohaCon26

The recording for Sign off on bugs - Session 2 is now available youtube.com/watch?v=bhKpBR… (YouTube, 56 minutes)

On "today" for the Koha Global Bug Squashing Week: Sign off on bugs - Session 2. Join the ByWater Solutions development team and members of the Koha Community as we walk through signing off bugs using a sandbox or Koha Testing Docker. 1/2 #KohaILS

continued... For more details, see the ByWater Solutions' post bywater.solutions/gbsw26 and the community calendar koha-community.org/calendar/ Check in your timezone timeanddate.com/worldclock/fix… 2/2 #Kohails