I am at training in Texas and the librarians here agree with Susan. It should say that the book is not available. They don't need it to say that it's on hold - but they don't want it to say available because then patrons will go the shelf looking for it.
--- Nicole C. Engard Open Source Evangelist, LibLime (888) Koha ILS (564-2457) ext. 714 [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM/Y!/Skype: nengard http://liblime.com http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/ On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Susan Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good point- "On hold" would be less confusing for patrons. > > Susan Bennett > ILS System Administrator > Geauga County Public Library > 440 286-6811 x 125 > 440 286-7419 FAX > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Owen Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > I know our patrons are confused by "available". We've had more then one >> > patron come in to pick up an item that the OPAC said was available only >> > to >> > discover that the book was on the hold shelf for another patron an they >> > could not take it out. How about something like "not currently on >> > shelf". >> >> Susan, do you suggest "not currently on shelf" because you don't want >> to show that the item is on hold? We used "not on shelf" at one time >> and found that it too was confusing for patrons, being so ambiguous. >> >> -- Owen >> >> -- >> Web Developer >> Athens County Public Libraries >> http://www.myacpl.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
