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<h1 id="releasenotesforkoha19.05.00">RELEASE NOTES FOR KOHA 19.05.00</h1>
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<p>30 May 2019</p>
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<p>Koha is the first free and open source software library automation
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package (ILS). Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types
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and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world. The
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website for the Koha project is:</p>
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<li><a href="http://koha-community.org">Koha Community</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Koha 19.05.00 can be downloaded from:</p>
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<li><a href="http://download.koha-community.org/koha-19.05-latest.tar.gz">Download</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>Installation instructions can be found at:</p>
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<li><a href="http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Installation_Documentation">Koha Wiki</a></li>
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<li>OR in the INSTALL files that come in the tarball</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Koha 19.05.00 is a major release, that comes with many new features.</p>
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<p>It includes 15 new features, 246 enhancements, 437 bugfixes.</p>
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<h2 id="newfeatures">New features</h2>
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<h3 id="acquisitions">Acquisitions</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5770">[5770]</a> Email librarian when purchase suggestion made</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Sponsored by Northeast Kansas Library System, NEKLS (http://nekls.org/) <br />
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This new feature adds the ability to send a notice to the library, branch or a specific email address whenever a purchase suggestion is created.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15774">[15774]</a> Additional fields for baskets</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature adds the ability to define additional fields to store information about acquisition baskets. <br />
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It refactors and centralises the code used to add fields to subscriptions as well. There is a new 'Additional fields' page in the adminsitration module to configure the fields. <br />
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Users can name additional fields, tie them to authorised values, and specify whether the fields can be searched in the acquisitions module.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h3 id="circulation">Circulation</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=20912">[20912]</a> Rental fees based on time period</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Sponsored by: Huntsville-Madison County Public Library (http://hmcpl.org/) <br />
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This new feature adds the ability to define a per day (or per hour) rental fee for rental items. The new fee may be used as an alternative to the fixed price rental fee or in conjunction with it.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h3 id="opac">OPAC</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8995">[8995]</a> Show OpenURL links in OPAC search results</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature allows you to link documents in your catalogue to an OpenURL resolver and possibly enable your patrons to get full texts in digital form.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h3 id="restapi">REST api</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13895">[13895]</a> Add routes for checkouts retrieval and renewal</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature adds APIs for checkouts and renewals.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16497">[16497]</a> Add routes for library retrieval, update and deletion</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature adds APIs to list all or individual libraries, and to add, update or delete a library where appropriate permissions are held.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17006">[17006]</a> Add route to change patron's password (authenticated)</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature allows a administrators to change a users password via the API <br />
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Sponsored by Municipal Library Ceska Trebova</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=19661">[19661]</a> Add route for fund retrieval</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature adds a REST API for working with acquisition funds, including listing, adding and deleting funds and fund users.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22061">[22061]</a> Add route to change patron's password (public)</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature allows a user to change their own password via the public API</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22132">[22132]</a> Add Basic authentication to the REST API</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This adds http BASIC authentication as an optional auth method to the RESTful APIs. This greatly aids developers when developing against our APIs.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=22206">[22206]</a> Add routes to enable suspension or resumption of holds</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature adds a REST API that allows suspending a hold and resuming a suspended hold.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h3 id="searching-elasticsearch">Searching - Elasticsearch</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18235">[18235]</a> Elastic search - Configurable facets</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature allows librarians with appropriate permissions to configure (show/hide/re-order) the search facets provided by elasticsearch.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h3 id="selfcheckout">Self checkout</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14407">[14407]</a> Limit web-based self-checkout to specific IP addresses</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature allows you to increase the security of your online self checkout facilities by allowing you to limit their operation to a specified IP address or address range.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h3 id="webservices">Web services</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17047">[17047]</a> Mana Knowledge Base : Data sharing</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This new feature adds the ability for Koha to talk to a Mana Knowledge Base server, allowing libraries to share a small, but hopefully growing, number sets of data. <br />
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Currently this includes sharing serial subscription patterns and reports.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h2 id="enhancements">Enhancements</h2>
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<h3 id="about">About</h3>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21502">[21502]</a> Add checks for YAML formatted system preferences to about page</li>
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</ul>
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<p>This enhancement adds a warning to the about pages for any malformed yaml system preferences.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=21626">[21626]</a> Add 'current maintenance team' to the 'Koha team' page</li>
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</ul>
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<p>We have displayed the team responsible for the development of your installed version of Koha on the about page for some time, however we have not recognised those who are currently helping maintain it. This patch adds the current maintenance team (along with the end date for their tenure) to the about page.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<h3 id="acquisitions">Acquisitions</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4833">[4833]</a> Show acquisition information when ordering from a suggestion</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This enhancement adds the following fields to the suggestions selection table when adding a new order by selecting from a suggestion: <br />
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* library <br />
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* fund <br />
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* price <br />
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* quantity <br />
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* total</p>
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</blockquote>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=16939">[16939]</a> Making all 'add to basket' actions buttons</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Sponsored by Catalyst IT</p>
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<p>This enhancement improves the consistency within our acquisitions module.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=18166">[18166]</a> Show internal and vendor notes for received orders</li>
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</ul>
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<blockquote>
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<p>This enhancement makes internal and vendor notes visible for received orders. Previously these were only shown for pending orders.</ |