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Mahara 22.04: Search and support

Mahara 22.04 was released at the end of April by the Catalyst team. It contains a variety of new features, in particular around searching for content and supporting learners more efficiently.

A Farewell Love Letter to Catalyst

After three years at Catalyst, I have made the tough decision to leave for my dream role. It's bittersweet - I was very happy here, but I know the new role is right for me.

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How to do a stocktake with Koha

Keeping your Koha catalogue up to date with what’s actually on the shelves is easy using the dedicated Inventory tool. There are several different ways of using the tool.

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Fill your Koha with your files

You can access all types of resources through the library – books, magazines, journals, as well as electronic files. Koha provides a useful tool that allows libraries to upload their own electronic files. This tutorial aims to make the process more straig

Advisory: log4j Vulnerability

As of the time of publication of this advisory, Catalyst is not aware of any of its systems, or of any systems we host or manage for our clients, as having been compromised.

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Release of Koha 21.11

The Catalyst Koha team is thrilled to celebrate the release of Koha 21.11. This release contains 4 new features, 196 enhancements and 388 bug and security fixes.

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NZOSA Finalists Part 8: Open Source People's Choice award

We are featuring the finalists from each category in the 2021 New Zealand Open Source Awards, in the lead up to the February 2022 gala dinner and award announcements. Congratulations to all the finalists, and we look forward to celebrating all your valuab

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NZOSA Finalists Part 4: Open Source Contributor

Over the next two months we'll be featuring the finalists from each category in the 2021 New Zealand Open Source Awards, preceding the February 2022 gala dinner and award announcements. Congratulations to all the finalists, and we look forward to celebrat