Satish- Yes you can use multiple itemtypes on one bibliographic record. Both of the options you list would work in your situation. The benefit of having two itemtypes is that it may be more clear to your users that one is REFERENCE and the other is a 'normal' BOOK.
Joy On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 2:10 AM, satishamv <lis4sat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a basic question regarding Item Type. > Item Type is required for Circulation Policy settings and Report > generation, > etc. > > For a Single Bibliographic RECORD (book) having 2 copies (ITEM), Say > example, > Item Type 1 = "Book" meant for Circulation and > Item Type 2 ="Reference Book" meant only for reference purpose and not for > loan/circulation > > to satisfy both conditions, either I can create both the item types (Books, > Reference Book) and define a circulation policy -OR- > > by creating only one item type = i, e. "Books" and using 9XX, 7 - Not for > loan, can I restrict loan/Circulation (reference). > > Which method should be used?? Am I wrong anywhere in understanding Item > Type > ? > > Should I create two "Item type" for a single bibliographic RECORD ? > > Kindly Clarify ? > > With Thanks > Satish MV > Librarian > GEC Hassan > Karnataka. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://koha.1045719.n5.nabble.com/How-to-use-Item-Type-tp5881573.html > Sent from the Koha-general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Joy Nelson Director of Migrations ByWater Solutions <http://bywatersolutions.com> Support and Consulting for Open Source Software Office: Fort Worth, TX Phone/Fax (888)900-8944 What is Koha? <http://bywatersolutions.com/what-is-koha/> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
