Roles for the Koha 25.11 release team are now open.

You can nominate yourself at https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_25.11

For more information, see https://lists.koha-community.org/pipermail/koha-devel/2025-April/048796.html

Elections will be held at the development meeting on 7 May 2025.

Roles include:
- Release Manager
- Release Maintainers
- Quality Assurance Team
- Bug Wranglers
- Documentation Team
- Wiki Curators
- Meeting Facilitators
- Accessibility Advocate
... and more

Time for a new Monday Minutes from the Team at ByWater Solutions.

This week, Nick and Jessie talk about holds on the staff side!

The video: https://zurl.co/goIk4

The blog: https://zurl.co/akenq

Registration for KohaCon25 in-person attendees is now open at https://kohacon25-1.lilregie.com/

KohaCon25, the Koha Community's annual world-wide conference, is from 17-23 November 2025, Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

The conference website https://2025.kohacon.org/

More details:
- Mailing list: https://lists.koha-community.org/pipermail/koha-devel/2025-April/048797.html
- Koha Community Chat: https://chat.koha-community.org/koha-community/pl/wroz84apft83p88ko943iyyxxe
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/koha-community_kohacon25-activity-7317178687957737474-bxbW

Note: No registration is required to attend live-streamed sessions.

Episode 515: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US - Enhancing the staff login instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfIu8yMUFAw

George walks us through setting up some instructions on the login page, and how to customise these based on the time of day.

Time for a new Monday Minutes (or Le Point du Lundi!) from ByWater Solutions.

Nick is in France at the Koha Hackfest, and is joined by Paul Poulain from @biblibre, who are hosting the event.

Watch here: https://zurl.co/5DKpD

Read the blog: https://zurl.co/kC2Gp

The Koha Community's March 2025 Newsletter is now available https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-march-2025/

In this edition:
- Current Koha versions
- Community news (@biblibre Hackfest, Koha Foundation update)
- New Koha libraries - welcome!
- Koha tips and tricks (from ByWater Solutions, koha-US, Open Fifth)
- Support provider news
- Upcoming events
- Past events

Episode 514: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US - jQuery: The Suppressed Item Message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS-IFLNnrf8

George walks through enhancing the OPAC suppression message in Koha records.

This week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions.

Nick and Jessie talk about the Koha Hackfest hosted by @biblibre in Marseille, France, that is happening next week!

The video: https://zurl.co/z9YSd

The blog: https://zurl.co/vJQiH

This week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions.

Nick and Jessie talk about the Koha interlibrary loan (ILL) module.

The video: https://zurl.co/nAWTN

The blog: https://zurl.co/TBfVj

The provisional programme for KohaCon25 (17–23 November 2025, Aotearoa New Zealand) is available https://2025.kohacon.org/schedule/

It includes 28 submissions from presenters around the world:
- 24 Conference Talks (17–19 November)
- 4 Workshop Sessions (21–23 November)
- Presentation lengths ranging from 15 to 60 minutes

Thanks to everyone who made presentation and workshop proposals!

Note: The programme is subject to change as the event date approaches...

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Episode 513: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US - After the upgrade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05vOGHl81I0

George and Christoper shared what to look forward to in Koha 24.11. Now they'll share what they have run into after the upgrade.

Episode 512: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US - jQuery: 245 Indicator automation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMU1TUItb1c

In this episode, George shows off some super hacks to help catalogers catalog quicker and more accurately (well, at least streamline the 245 indicators).

Recent Monday Minutes from Jessie and Nick at ByWater Solutions.

The Koha Development process from start to finish
- Blog: https://zurl.co/OlNS4
- Video: https://zurl.co/bOXJP

Lost fee refunds enhancements in 24.11:
- Blog: https://zurl.co/iIWar
- Video: https://zurl.co/y7HyX

Administration enhancements in 24.11:
- Blog: https://zurl.co/td6IO
- Video: https://zurl.co/3IkkC

Episode 511: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US - A Visit with ByWater Solutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLV8caz6EOk

This week George and Christopher talk with ByWater Solutions' CEO Brendan Gallagher and CRO Nathan Curulla about ByWater Solutions - how it started, what's happening now, and where they see it going down the road.

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick and Jessie talk about notices and slip enhancements in Koha 24.11

The video: https://zurl.co/GRaJo

The blog: https://zurl.co/jfwdq

This week's ByWater Question of the Week: "Why isn't this item or record showing in my public catalog?"

The answer: https://zurl.co/iCnPm

Call for proposals - hosting KohaCon26
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Interested in hosting Kohacon (the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference) in 2026?

You have until 28 March 2025 to add your proposal to the wiki https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/KohaCon26_Proposals

More information https://lists.katipo.co.nz/pipermail/koha/2025-February/061237.html

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Jessie and Nick look at some exciting circulation enhancements added in Koha 24.11.

The video: https://bywater.solutions/MM210

The blog: https://bywatersolutions.com/education/monday_minutes-circulation-enhancement-2