<pre><tt>Koha 2.2.9 has been released and available for download from<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><a href="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/koha/koha-2.2.9.tar.gz" target="_blank"></span><span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background-attachment: scroll;" id="lw_1178610373_16">http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/koha/koha-2.2.9.tar.gz</a><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre>There are only bug fixes and very minor enhancements in this release.</pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre><tt>Koha is the first Open-Source Integrated Library System.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>Koha is a full-featured open-source ILS. Developed initially in <span style="cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; background-attachment: scroll;" id="lw_1178610373_17">New
<o:p></o:p></span></tt></pre><pre><st1:place w:st="on"><tt>Zealand</tt></st1:place><tt> by Katipo Communications Ltd and first deployed in January of <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>2000 for Horowhenua Library Trust, it is currently maintained by a team <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>of software providers and library technology staff from around the <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt>globe.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p>Koha 3.0 version will announce soon with lot of changes. This version will be compatible with MySQL 5 with Yahoo interface. Following are the major features of Koha 3.0:<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><tt><span style=""><span style="">1.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch:
normal;"> </span></span></span></tt><!--[endif]--><tt>Replace marc* tables with Zebra<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">2.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Replace use of Net::Z3950 with <acronym><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">Perl</span></acronym>-ZOOM</pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">3.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]-->UNICODE</pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">4.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->apache2 with mod_perl2 support for improved speed</pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">5.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->spellchecking queries based on database entries</pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style=""><span style="">6.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Amazon.com integration</pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">7.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->search history</pre><pre style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=""><span style="">8.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust:
none; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Serials Enhancements</pre><pre><o:p> </o:p>Installation of supporting Perl modules are the tough part in Koha installation process. With this version, required Perl modules are bundled with installation package. <tt><o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p>Koha Home page: <a href="http://www.koha.org/">http://www.koha.org/</a></pre><pre>Demo: <a href="http://liblime.com/demos">http://liblime.com/demos</a></pre><pre>Documentation: <a href="http://www.kohadocs.org/">www.kohadocs.org</a></pre><BR><BR>Vimal Kumar <br>Asst. Librarian<br>Asian School of Business <br>Technopark <br>Trivandrum-695 581 <br>www.asb.edu.in/vimal<p> 
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