Koha Open Source ILSHow is your presentation/poster/workshop proposal going for #KohaCon26, the Koha Community's annual worldwide conference?
Submissions close on 14 March 2026
Full details at https://kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/call-for-presentations/
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.
Koha Community events coming up this week:
- Development Meeting
- Documentation Team Meeting
- koha-US: General Meeting*
- koha-US: Cataloging Special Interest Group*
Check the Koha Community calendar for the times and details https://koha-community.org/calendar/
Got a Koha event coming up? Let us know so we can add to the calendar!
* koha-US events are open to everyone from around the world to attend, you don't need to be a member.
In the latest Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about a new acquisitions enhancement in 25.11.
A duplicate check is now performed when ordering from an empty record.
The video: https://zurl.co/BO2mH
Monday Minutes: Acquisitions Duplicate Check
The Koha Community's February 2026 Newsletter is now available at https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-february-2026/
In this edition:
- Current Koha versions
- New Koha libraries - welcome!
- Koha tips and tricks (from ByWater Solutions, Catalyst, Craft my PDF/Lightwave Library, koha-US, Open Fifth, RAFLIMTS)
- Support provider news
- Enhancing speed and responsiveness
- SIP and SFTP administration
- Upcoming and past events
. KohaCon26: call for presentations
The recording for Sign off on bugs - Session 2 is now available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhKpBRaDbP0 (YouTube, 56 minutes)
GBSW - Squash all the Bugs
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.
For more details, see the ByWater Solutions' post https://bywater.solutions/gbsw26 and the community calendar https://koha-community.org/calendar/
Check in your timezone https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Global+Bug+Squashing+Week+-+Sign+off+On+Bugs&iso=20260227T14&p1=1440
The video for "Setting up your devbox" is now available https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9ZP90qvZr8 (YouTube, 1hr 33 mins).
Covers:
- Setting up Koha Testing Docker (KTD) on a mac
- Testing and signing off a bug
- Some tips and tricks using KTD
GBSW: Setting up your devbox (KTD)
On today for the Koha Global Bug Squashing Week: Sign off on bugs - Session 1.
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.
For more details, see the ByWater Solutions' post https://bywater.solutions/gbsw26 and the community calendar https://koha-community.org/calendar/
Check the date and time for your timezone https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Global+Bug+Squashing+Week+-+Sign+off+On+Bugs&iso=20260226T19&p1=1440
On now for Koha Bug Squashing Week, Documentation Wednesday.
Join the documentation team during their drop-in session and learn how to edit the manual, and discuss or work on anything related to Koha's documentation.
Check in your timezone https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Bug+Squashing+Week+Documentation+Drop-In+Session&iso=20260225T11&p1=%3A&ah=6
For more details, see the community calendar https://koha-community.org/calendar/ and ByWater Solutions' post
https://bywater.solutions/gbsw26
