Hi Paul, This is interesting. The scenario you describe would not be accounted for in the Hourly Circulation Policies specification. Libraries that I have talked to in the US and UK that have significant closed-stack or reserve collections don't seem to follow the model you talk about below. (Possibly I have led too sheltered of a life there.) The one thing that they do do is sometimes allow materials that are ordinarily library-use-only to leave the library overnight if the patron checks them out close to closing time.
It actually would be a significant improvement in service if you could do it the way you describe though. From a system perspective, I think you would probably need more than one type of loan, so that you could give the patron an "in-library" loan for a few hours, using an hourly circulation policy, then let them upgrade some charges to an 'out-of- library' loan for a longer period of time. The circulation policies for each would be distinct. It might be hard for the circulation desk staff to always be sure what kind of loan they were giving someone. The existing model, with one kind of loan, is really simple--once the circulation staff have to pick more than one loan type the user interface becomes hard to manage. I'm just thinking out loud here-- there might be a better way to do that. Does that make sense to you? Thanks, salut, Dan --------------------------------------------------- Daniel Sweeney Senior Business Analyst - LibLime phone +1 (888) 564-2457 x718 skype daniel_f_sweeney email [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------- On Oct 15, 2008, at 8:38 AM, Paul POULAIN wrote: > Hello Daniel (& koha-dev), > > I'm reading your RFCs abour hourly circulation policies. and I have > a question about them. > Here in France, a common situation is the following : > the students can issue ON SITE (in the library) some books (say 10), > for the day. > If they are happy with the book, they can take it at home, and, > thus, make a "classic" issue. > Thus, I was wondering wether your proposal can handle that. I don't > think yes, but maybe i've misread something... > > If I'm not misreading, isn't it something that could be interesting > for US libraries ? isn't it a common feature for what we call in > France "conservation libraries". I mean here libraries that have > large parts not accessible to the public : > - the patron ask for a book, to see what is written here > - a librarian goes in the undergrounds to get the book > - it's issued for the day to the patron > - 2 hours later, the patron comes back to the issuing librarian and > ask for a "out of library" (ie : daily rules) issue > > -- > Paul POULAIN > http://www.biblibre.com > Expert en Logiciels Libres pour l'info-doc > NOUVEAU TELEPHONE : 04 91 81 35 08 _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
