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To build on Ian's answer....<br><br>
Many of our libraries use an item-type of "ref" and also one
like "book".<br><br>
You can set up your circulation rules for each so that the program knows
whether or not to circulate the item. If you want patrons to know at a
glance which are "Reference", then put something in the call
number (or Shelving Location) like R, Ref, Reference, etc.<br><br>
Kathy<br><br>
At 08:30 AM 6/12/2009, Walls, Ian wrote:<br>
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You’ll need to assign your non-circulating books to one Item Type, and
your circulating books to another (you could use more Item Types if you
need to make more distinctions for statistical purposes). If you do
not want to burden your patrons with this distinction in the OPAC, you
can then define a CCODE (in Authorized Values) for Books, assign both
circulating and non-circulating books to that CCODE, and switch the
AdvancedSearchTypes system preference (in the Searching tab) from
‘itemtypes’ to ‘ccode’.<br>
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This is assuming you aren’t already using CCODE for something else…<br>
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Hope this helps,<br>
<br>
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Ian Walls<br>
Systems Integration Librarian<br>
NYU Health Sciences Libraries<br>
(212) 263-8687<br>
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<b>From:</b> koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz
[<a href="mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz" eudora="autourl">
mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ondrej
Mlecka<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 12, 2009 3:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Koha] Reference books & books for loan<br>
<br>
In our library, there's a big part of books which a patron can read
inside of the library but which are not available for loan. There's
another part of the library which contains books for loan. I would like
to ask how is it possible to distinguish these categories in Koha.
<br><br>
If I simply check the "Not for loan" field for items which are
for referene only, the OPAC search summary displays "No copies
available" (but they are available, but not for loan). <br><br>
I could also define that for ex. that books are not for loan (in the
"Item types and circulation" settings). But in this case I
can't distinguish books which are for loan.<br><br>
Would anyone know how to resolve this difficulty?<br><br>
Thanks<br><br>
Ondrej Mleca<br>
Casa Balthasar<br>
Roma<br><br>
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