<br>Hi Tim, Rachel<br><br>There are two new options for you, one of which is largely available now,<br>and the other not yet, but will be available in bleeding-edge Koha shortly:<br>(1) System groups: this is a new functionality that allows inheritance of <br>
system preferences and other system settings between Koha branches.<br> Through this functionality, a school system can be entered into Koha with<br> child branches, inheriting the properties of the parent organization.<br>
This is an extension of the Independent Branches functionality. <br> See the RFC:<br> <a href="http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_system_groups">http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_system_groups</a><br>
The core functionality of the System Groups development is available in the latest<br> git snapshots, and is in use in production systems today.<br><br>(2) The other recent development of interest is detailed in this RFC:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_barcode_prefixes">http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:rfcs3.2:rfc32_barcode_prefixes</a><br> This may be of interest if there is a chance of overlap of patron and/or <br>
item barcodes. This patch set allows you to specify a barcode prefix for a given<br> location. It is system-wide, so adopting its use would require modifying all your<br> existing barcodes to use a location-specific prefix. If there is a possibility of<br>
overlap, that may force your hand to alter your existing data to include a location prefix.<br> Using this functionality would allow new libraries using your system to buy barcodes<br> within a specific range, and would alter the auto-generation capacity to obey those ranges.<br>
<br>Lastly, I'll mention one other recent development available in Koha 3 that may be relevant. That<br>is Patron Attributes. This is especially useful for schools and other organizations that may assign <br>their own unique identifiers to borrowers. This functionality will help with importing new borrowers <br>
and also with updating their records each year, allowing you to use the school-supplied unique <br>identifier rather than Koha's barcode or borrowernumber.<br><br>Hope that helps,<br><br>Ryan<br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Rachel Hollis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Rachel.Hollis@stevenshenager.edu">Rachel.Hollis@stevenshenager.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Our installation is set to OFF because we share materials (interlibrary loan) though everything else does apply. We have not "gone live" yet.<br>
<br>
When 'IndependentBranches' is ON, Koha...<br>
-prohibits staff users from logging into another location from within the staff client, unless they have superlibrarian privileges.<br>
-filters out patrons from patron searches that do not belong at the login location. (If a patron is registered at 'C' Branch, a search at 'A' Branch won't bring up that patron.)<br>
-limits the location and sublocation choices to the login location, when adding or modifying an item record.<br>
-prevents users from other library locations from checking out or placing holds on material held at a different library location.<br>
-prevents staff from editing item records that do not belong to the login location.<br>
<br>
Rachel Hollis, librarian<br>
Stevens-Henager College, Boise Idaho Campus<br>
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