On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Daniel Sweeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
One thing that worries me about hourly circulation is that it should not conflict with a "regular" loan. Case: patron A has 10 books on her account, which is the maximum allowed; she comes to the library to read something "in-library", it just so happens that what she wants is in the stacks: we can't have Koha refuse to do this hourly loan because she has already reached the maximum number of documents on loan for her account. So yes, I think your make an important point here: hourly circulation should not be a "regular loan", just shorter; it should be a different type of loan. My 2 cts. Nicolas > 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 > > _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
