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Koha Global Bug Squashing Week, 23 to 27 February 2026.

On now for Koha's Global Bug Squashing Week, Documentation Wednesday.

Join the documentation team during their drop-in session - learn to edit the manual.

For details, see the community calendar koha-community.org/calendar/ and ByWater Solutions' post
bywater.solutions/gbsw26

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Koha Bug Squashing Week, 23 to 27 February 2026

On today for the Koha Global Bug Squashing Week are:

- koha-US Education COmmittee: Developing Koha Together Forum

- Setting up your devbox

For more details, see the community calendar koha-community.org/calendar/ and ByWater Solutions' post
bywater.solutions/gbsw26

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The Swedish Koha User Group is holding their 13th user group meeting from the 5th to the 7th May 2026 with the Dalarna University Library.

For programme details and how to register, visit koha.se/koha-i-sveri... (in Swedish).

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YouTube video by bywatersolutions Monday Minutes: Global Bug Squashing Week

In this week's Monday Minutes, Nick, Jessie, Elise, Lisette, Laura and Lucas kick off Global Bug Squashing Week (which started today!).

The video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL49...

Check out all the events at wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2026-02... or bywatersolutions.com/news/koha-co...

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YouTube video by bywatersolutions GBSW: Mattermost Monday

The recording - YouTube (26:28) www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdvS...

Koha Global Bug Squashing Week, 23 to 27 February 2026.

First up for Koha's Global Bug Squashing Week, Mattermost Monday!

For details, see the community calendar koha-community.org/calendar/ and ByWater Solutions' post bywater.solutions/gbsw26

Check the time for your timezone www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/f...

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Koha Community Announces Global Bug Squashing Week Koha and Aspen Discovery Open Source support from by ByWater Solutions puts the control of your library staff and patron’s experience in your hands.

PS The calendar (koha-community.org/calendar/), ByWater Solutions' post (bywater.solutions/gbsw26) and GBSW wiki page (wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/2026-02...) have links so you can see each event's date and time in your timezone.

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• Thursday: Sign off on bugs - Session 1
• Friday: Sign off on bugs - Session 2

For more details, see:
- the community calendar koha-community.org/calendar/ and
- ByWater Solutions' post bywater.solutions/gbsw26

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This week is Global Bug Squashing Week, with events on every day!

• Mattermost Monday: An introduction to the community
• Tuesday:
- Developing Koha Together Forum
- Setting up your devbox
• Wednesday: Documentation Team Drop-in sessions

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Koha Community events this week:

- Global Bug Squashing Week!
- koha-US: Education SIG*
- koha-US: Developing Koha Together Forum*
- koha-US: Circulation SIG*
- koha-US: Consortia SIG*

See our calendar for details koha-community.org/calendar/

* Open to everyone!

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Speech bubble with the latest ByWater Solutions Question of the Week "How can I display cover images for records with a 979 ISBN?"

Time for ByWater Solutions' latest question of the week!

This week's question is: "How can I display cover images for records with a 979 ISBN?"

Read the answer at zurl.co/bOb6v

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@mbreeding.bsky.social is the winner of our 2026 NISO Fellows Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to standardization and the development of NISO. Thank you for your amazing record of service, Marshall! #NISOPlus26 #AcademicLibraries

Koha Community events on this week:
- koha-US: Acquisitions Special Interest Group*
- Koha Community Development Meeting
- koha-US: Development Committee*
- koha-US: Customization SIG*

For details, see koha-community.org/calendar/

* koha-US events are open to everyone.

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Monday Minutes Tool to Batch Modify Holds Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie talk about a new feature in Koha 25.11 that allows staff with permission to **batch modify holds**.

Watch the video at zurl.co/OqtFV

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Speech bubble with this week's ByWater Solutions Question of the Week: "What are the manual cancellation options for holds expired on the shelf?"

This week's ByWater Question of the Week:

"What are the manual cancellation options for holds expired on the shelf?"

Read the answer at zurl.co/JTMYm

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YouTube video by koha-US SQL - Borrower Counts | 610

Episode 610: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US.

SQL: Borrower counts www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFLj...

In this episode, George and Christopher share their reports for counting patrons.

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Events:

- Mattermost Monday: An introduction to the community and all the resources
- Tuesday:
. Developing Koha Together Forum
. Setting up your devbox
- Wednesday: Documentation Team - Drop-in sessions
- Thursday: Sign off on bugs - Session 1
- Friday: Sign off on bugs - Session 2

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Do you want to get more involved in the Koha Community?

What better way than to join us for Global Bug Squashing Week, taking place from 23 to 27 February.

Events are planned every day - find out more at koha-community.org/global-bug-s...

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YouTube video by koha-US SQL: Statistics for Failed Login Attempts | 609

Episode 609: The Terrific Every-Other-Thursday Training Video from koha-US.

SQL: Statistics for failed login attempts www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ybu...

In this episode, George shares a report that highlights failed login attempts, including trends for failure rates.

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In this week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie demonstrate an enhancement in 25.11.

With new system preference FilterSearchResultsByLoggedInBranch, staff can **filter search results** to only show those belonging to the logged in library.

The video zurl.co/GpjOV

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YouTube video by bywatersolutions Monday Minutes: HyperHolds

In last week's Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie demonstrated "hyperholds"!

This new feature in 25.11 allows staff or patrons to place a hold on the first available item from a group of titles (Bug 15516).

Watch the video at www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKX_...

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PS The call for presentations includes:
- Presentations for the conference days
- Posters for display in the venue foyer
- Workshops for the Working Together Days

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Koha Community events on this week:

- koha-US: System Administration SIG*

- koha-US: Board Meeting*

- koha-US: Baby Devs SIG*

For the times and details koha-community.org/calendar/

* koha-US events are open to everyone to attend, you don't need to be a member.

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psst The call for presentations for KohaCon26 is now open, submission close on 14 March 2026 kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/call-for-pre...

The call for presentations for KohaCon26 is now open kohacon26.bibliothek.kit.edu/call-for-pre...

The closing date is 14 March 2026.

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is hosting KohaCon26, Koha's annual international conference, 5–9 October 2026, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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#ICYMI: The January 2026 Koha Community Newsletter is here! Catch the latest features and upcoming events. Full issue: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-january-2026/ #kohails #OpenSource #Libraries @kohails.bsky.social

Koha and Aspen Discovery development updates - January 2026 Read highlights on the Koha and Aspen Discovery development updates we’ve been working on, and the developers and libraries behind them

Check out highlights from the Open Fifth team on the #Koha and #AspenDiscovery software developments we’ve been working on, showcasing the developers behind the code and the libraries who make these enhancements possible through their sponsorship and testing

openfifth.co.uk/open-fifth-k...

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The January 2026 Koha Community Newsletter is here! Catch the latest features and upcoming events. Full issue: https://koha-community.org/koha-community-newsletter-january-2026/ #kohails #OpenSource #Libraries

Speech bubble with this week's ByWater Solutions Question of the Week: "How does Koha's automatic item modification by age tool calculate age?"

This week's ByWater Question of the Week: "How does Koha's automatic item modification by age tool calculate age?"

Read the answer at zurl.co/QGMCi

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Monday Minutes: Add ability to move a hold to a new bibliographic record/item Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

In the latest Monday Minutes from ByWater Solutions, Nick and Jessie show a new enhancement in 25.11 that allows staff to move item level holds to new items and record level holds to new records.

Watch the full video at zurl.co/xvtBj

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