The release of Koha 3.2-alpha was announced on 3 February 2010 by Galen Charlton, Release Manager. The announcement demonstrates further the strength and vibrancy of the world wide Koha community. As with any alpha release, 3.2-alpha is not recommended for use in a production environment. This release will be followed by a beta release prior to the release of a stable version later in 2010. You can download koha 3.2-alpha from koha-community.org
New features in Koha 3.2 include but are not limited to:
* A revamped acquisitions module
* An improved system preference editor
* Improved patron card and item label creator
* email checkout slips
* branch transfer limits
* support for Syndetics, LibraryThing, and Babeltheque enhanced content
* bulk item editing
* cart ported to staff interface
* CSV profiles and cart CSV export
* inventory/stocktaking rewritten
* improvements in Koha’s ability to express circulation policies
* fines in days (in France it’s very common -much much much more common
than fines in €- : if you’re late X days, you’re debarred X days)
* Detailed circulation policies improvements :
- hold policies are now on the branch/itemtype/categorycode level : “a student can reserve 3 books at Aix. A teacher can reserve 5 serials at Marseille”
- renewal policies are now on the branch/itemtype/categorycode level : “a student can renew once books issued at Aix. A teacher can renew 3 times books issued at Marseille” (Some of these enhancements have been sponsored by Aix Marseilles University.)
RFCs for Koha 3.4 are now open at http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.4
