Koha 21.05 - Upgrade in November/December 2021

List of enchancements

This document is currently just a list of enhancements and bug fixes. It is not complete and it is not intended as a training guide at this time.

Staff client:

These are not in a specific order:

  • Stronger staff passwords
  • Add time fee was collected/written off to transactions table
  • Late fee forgiven when item marked lost can be automatically restored when item is found
  • Switch between “Pay” and “Writeoff” during fee payment
  • Add checkout library to Transactions tab
  • Limit available pickup locations to valid pickup locations when placing requests
  • “Other” gender option
  • Allow reports to accept list of variables
  • Hold reminder notices
  • “Go badk to the results” after deleting a record
  • Group item type circulation rule checkout quantity limits by “parent” item type
  • Collection code gets its own column in checkin table
  • Transfer received message on checkin
  • “Checked in today” receipt
  • Automatic check-in for specific item types

OPAC

  • Holds history in OPAC
  • Change “Your reading history” to “Your checkout history”
  • Text on purchase suggestion page can be customized on a library-by-library basis