Very useful, we'll look into this. It seems I'm not the only person who thought this way! Thanks
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Marcel de Rooy <m.de.r...@rijksmuseum.nl>wrote: > Hi Elaine > In one or two days I will put a patch on Bugzilla that displays call > number for lists in staff, including the ability to sort on item call > number (with the limitation that it sorts on the first item). We use that > now. > > Another future development is Sharing a list. The foundation is already in > Koha. (See BZ 7310). It would cover your need of sharing a list between > staff members. A shared list is a private list that can be accessed by > designated others too with the specified lists permissions already present > in Koha. > > Actually I already share lists between staff members, but this needs the > following sql. (Do not know if you are comfortable with that. A developer > should understand what to do.. ) > insert into virtualshelfshares (shelfnumber, borrowernumber) VALUES (?, ?); > You only need to pass the right shelfnumber and designated borrowernumber > for the user that is not the owner, but permitted to use the list. > Note that altough it works (for me), this is still experimental. > > Marcel > > ________________________________________ > Van: koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz [koha-boun...@lists.katipo.co.nz] > namens Elaine Bradtke [e...@efdss.org] > Verzonden: maandag 5 november 2012 20:36 > To: koha > Onderwerp: [Koha] Lists; needed features, including location and > staff level sharing > > We use 3.8 and are trying to enable our users to make more independent use > of the catalog (instead of relying on the staff to look everything up, as > they did in our old system). > > On the public service side, I can see at least two important uses for > lists: > 1) For staff to create mini-bibliographies for topics in high demand. > 2) For patrons to choose what material they would like to consult - a > shopping list as it were (and quite often, this list will be passed on to > the staff, because they will need to retrieve some items from other > locations). > > But, once you create a list, the printout is not very useful. > In the OPAC, the list gives title, author, publishing > info, availability and call number. Theoretically one could print out the > list and then wander around the stacks fetching the items. > > But there's a serious flaw in the system. The list in the OPAC version, > does not show the shelving location. Since only about a quarter of our > collection is on open shelves (and some of it is located by size) this > means the reader is going to get very frustrated. We have not included > location information as part of the call number, as it can and does change, > and would potentially complicate the browse the shelves feature. > > Imagine my surprise and disappointment when I discovered that the Staff > interface view of the same lists gives substantially less (rather than > more) information. > > If our staff needs to collect material from store rooms and locked cases, > they have to print out individual records. This is actually a step > backwards from our old database, where we could print out a list with the > retrieval information for each item. > > > We've disabled the Cart function, so I don't know if that is any worse or > better. If it will show location, I will re-enable it. > > > My second difficulty is the public / private settings for lists. It would > be very useful to have a third choice: Staff only. > Sometimes a list is a collaborative work, in progress, not ready (or > intended) for public consumption, but more than one person needs access to > it. > Sometimes a list is useful for communicating with other staff members (we > are rarely all in the same place at the same time) > I designed some templates with default text for the staff to use for > specific types of material, and I don't want these to be seen by the > public, but if I make them private, then the staff can't see them either. > > > Are solutions to the above problems in the pipeline for future versions of > Koha? Or should I file a bug/enhancement? > > Thanks, > > > -- > Elaine Bradtke > Data Wrangler > VWML > English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org > Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY > Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and > Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send > an e-mail first. I work off site) > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Registered Company No. 297142 > Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" > --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
