Hello Caroline! > Maybe someone else will have a genius idea, but I don't really see a way > around creating specific item types, or simplifying your rules.
In a way they are a lot simpler than what Koha can actually do. The vast majority is just "4 weeks" :) > (A software change is always a good time to review policies imo...) Of course. > I mean, you could always do manual loan periods > (https://koha-community.org/manual/latest/en/html/circulationpreferences.html#specifyreturndate), > but it's a hassle to do it for every loan... Right. I envisioned something on those lines as a last resort for the database "loans". Maybe there is a better way to track this db-stuff. They are similar to a personal journal subscription. I really like them to be visible with the users account and have them in the catalogue, though. > I wanted to address this however Thank you :) >> It looks a bit messy in cataloguing but these would also show up in the OPAC >> (eg. in the advanced search limiters). > > This can be hidden in with the OpacAdvancedSearchTypes system preference. Aha! This might be helfpul. > If you use ElasticSearch, the facets in the search results can be hidden > in Administration > Search engine configuration (Elasticsearch) > > Bibliographic records, uncheck the itype facet at the bottom of the screen. Not sure about this yet. At the moment I still try to avoid any additional modules beyond the bare minimum (as the schedule is a bit tight...) But thank you. I noted it in my section on ES. > In the detailed record, you can hide the item type column by unchecking > the item_itemtype column in Administration > Table settings > OPAC > > holdingst. So in a way I can actually treat the "item type" as a (strange) name for "loan period". I'll explore that road. > That way, the item types should not appear in the OPAC (although for > transparency, patrons might be interested to know how long they can take > something out). Indeed they'd be. However, given the circulation matrix it might not be that easy for them in general anyway, right? (Say if role X for item type A implies 4 weeks while role Y for the same item implies 8 weeks.) > For cataloguers, I don't really see the difference for them to enter a > loan period in an item field vs choosing an item type in an item field. It seems strange to me to call a book "4 weeks". And I had the idea that the categories (have to) show up in OPAC all the time so I had the feeling that I would need to create something like display name `Book`, ending up in 20 entries that are labeled `Book` and just add a different vocabulary term in the backend. (Display `Book` store `6 weeks`, display `Book` store `4 weeks` and so on. Sort of "I take the 9th entry from the list to get the proper period stored".) > Good luck with all of that! Thanks :) -- Kind regards, Alexander Wagner Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Library and Documentation Building 01d Room OG1.444 Notkestr. 85 22607 Hamburg phone: +49-40-8998-1758 e-mail: alexander.wag...@desy.de _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
