<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/7/11 Nelson Fredsell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nfredsell@bellsouth.net">nfredsell@bellsouth.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Hello all,</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Our libraries have different circulation
rules regarding a different number of renewals allowed. I believe 3
renewals is standard. However one library allows books to be checked out
for 8 weeks, with a single renewal allowed for 4 weeks. This seems to
present two problems:</span></p>
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<p style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>1)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Because number of renewals is
bound to the Marc record (942 Item type), all libraries must have the same
number of renewals, or multiple copies of same holding must be assigned
to multiple Marc records. Please tell me there’s a third option!</span><br></p></div></div></blockquote><div>Well, there is, though it's a bit of a hack. If you turn on the item-level_itypes system preference, you can assign different item types to individual items. <br>
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<p style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>2)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Renewals must be for the same
time period as the initial checkout period?</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>Yes. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span>3)<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Holdings must be checked out
for a particular number of days, apparently, and not according to a calendar
system. eg. books checked out on 1 Feb must be returned by/before 1
March.</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>Koha does have a calendar system, but you have to set it up. The relevant screen is in Tools -> Calendar. <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-ZA"><div><p style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US">Thanks very much. My main concern is
#1 above, as one of the great benefits of a union catalogue I imagined was to
assign multiple items to the same record across multiple libraries, but there
was good reason for the 8 week/4 week rule. (To complicate matters
further, this same library has a second set of circulation rules available upon
request: 6 month checkout for intensive study purposes! Also, a school
library might allow staff to keep books out for a longer initial period, but
not allow the standard number of renewals on that longer period.)</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div>If you turn on the SpecifyDueDate system preference, staff can manually enter in due dates for an item, which would at least allow extended checkout periods.<br>
</div></div><br>-- <br>Jesse Weaver<br>