Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-16 Thread Andrew Fuerste-Henry
I really want itemBarcodeFallbackSearch to work for this: You make just one bib and add an item per dino, giving each item a barcode "dino 1," "dino 2," and so on. At checkout, the staff memb

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-15 Thread Coehoorn, Joel
If you go to some hardware stores and want to buy things like loose screws, or certain outdoor items (mulch), the cashier will look in a binder and scan the barcode in the binder. You could do something similar here. *Joel Coehoorn* Director of Information Technology *York University* Office: 402-

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-15 Thread Caroline Cyr La Rose
Hi Fred, That is what I had proposed at first (you can even add items in batch with the "Add multiple items" button), but they didn't like the idea of each dinosaur having its own barcode. However, I don't see how you can circulate in Koha without each item having its own barcode. I think they

Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-15 Thread King, Fred
Hi Caroline, How about creating a bib record for "Dinosaur" and having each dinosaur be a separate item? You'd have to barcode every dinosaur, but it's easier to add an item than a bib record. This one won't work even worse than the other one: one library I know of used to check out mass-marke