Hi, all-- I have missed having an item's location be a consideration in the loan table--in other systems that I've used, location was a factor in the system calculating whether or not an item could be circulated. In Koha, I think this would mean adding an item record's Shelving Location (MARC field 952 $c) as a criteria to the Circulation and Fine Rules table. In our library, I think this would allow "All" patron categories to not be able to check out items in such locations as Public Reference and Rare, which would be great. As it is now, when I catalog items to these locations, I have to set the MARC field 952 $7 "Not For Loan" field upon cataloging--in OCLC, 952 $7 1.
So, Christopher, if this were a feasible solution, could such CCodes as "picture books, young adult, large print, new books," be Shelving Locations (952 $c) and thus possible for a development to add that as a criteria to the Circulation and Fine Rules table? In a multi-branch setting, something like, "North picture books," "South young adult," "West large print," etc.? Cheers, h2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94123-1284 415-561-7032, heather_hernan...@nps.gov https://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/research-center.htm "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
