I like Josh's suggestion along with Pauls - on shelf/on hold David Schuster
Paul POULAIN-2 wrote: > > Joshua Ferraro a écrit : >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Nicole Engard >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I agree! It should say that it's not available or that it's on hold. >>> Seems like a bug - or a feature that was never implemented. >> Really? To me it's an issue of semantics -- what does 'available' mean >> in this context? For instance, it's available for hold right? That is, >> it's not lost, missing or withdrawn ... > > In OPAC, patrons understand "Available" by :"I can come to the library & > get the book" (either for reading in the library, or issuing) > > If the book is on hold, then it's no more possible : the item is on the > shelves of books waiting to be picked-up by the patron who holded it. > > If a patron want to put a hold on OPAC, he will be warned that he will > be the 2nd to put an hold on this book. It's an acceptable workaround > (although not long term) > But if the patron look at OPAC, see "available", and come to the > library... he will discover that the book is not really available... > > -- > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/availability-of-a-reserved-item-tp20225330p20239843.html Sent from the Koha - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha.org http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel
