Thinking about implementing Koha?
Learn about the processes that Open Fifth (https://openfifth.co.uk/) uses to implement Koha and migrate data for their customers in these two excellent videos:
- Implementing Koha in your library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ-L7GwvTmw
- Data migration to Koha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPPMEqICHcs
The Koha Community's May 2026 Newsletter is now available at https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-may-2026/
In this edition:
- New Koha 26.05 release! 🎉
- Current Koha versions
- New Koha libraries - welcome!
- Koha tips and tricks (BibLibre, ByWater Solutions, Catalyst, koha-US, Koha Support, Open Fifth)
- Support provider news
- Upcoming and past events
Koha Community events on this week (25 May 2026):
- koha-US: Development Committee
- Koha Community Development Meeting
- koha-US: Circulation SIG
- koha-US: Consortia SIG
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 this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about the quote editor in the tools module - inspired by a recent koha-US TTEOTTV training video!
Watch the video at https://zurl.co/PZwQC
The latest ByWater Solutions Question of the Week: "Does the batch hold modification tool interact with item groups?"
Read the answer at https://zurl.co/CnP0F
Episode 617: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Videos from koha-US.
Tip of the Day: Repurposing Quote of the Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NqY-HDLyZ8
Don't need a Quote of the Day feature? How about a Tip of the Day feature? Watch to find out how George did this using JQuery.
If you’ve ever stared at a Koha notice asking:
- “How do I get the patron’s home branch name instead of the code?”, or
- “Why does this loop work in the checkout receipt but not the overdue notice?”,
then this What’s on our mind post from Open Fifth is for you!
Martin Renvoize shares how to use Template Toolkit (TT) syntax and, more importantly, how to “code dive” to find the hidden variables available to your notices
The post: https://openfifth.co.uk/whats-on-our-mind-koha-notice-templates-toolkit/
In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about Authority Search/SRU Targets, and issues with the Library of Congress sources.
Watch the video at https://zurl.co/REBeI
Koha Community events this week (11 May 2026):
- Documentation Team: Drop-in session
- koha-US: System Administration SIG
- Koha Community Development Meeting
- koha-US: Board Meeting
- koha-US: Baby Devs SIG
Check the Koha Community calendar for 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.
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