<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Kia ora!</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I agree. It's nice and granular with many itemtypes.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Brooke</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">
Hi Rachel,<br>
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We have gone the other way: many item types and few collections. This is
a post I wrote at the time when I was trying to decide how best to use
item types and colelction codes. <br>
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<a target="_blank" href="http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-be-afraid-of-using-lots-of-item.html">http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-be-afraid-of-using-lots-of-item.html</a></span><br>
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Cheers Jo.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Owen Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:oleonard@myacpl.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:oleonard@myacpl.org">oleonard@myacpl.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">> The OPAC currently lists item<br>
> type only so we assume we should actually use this to identify different<br>
> collections.<br>
<br>
</div>The most important factor to consider is that at the moment item types<br>
can be used to set circulation policies and collection codes cannot.<br>
Other than that they're fairly interchangeable. You can set the<br>
"AdvancedSearchTypes" system preference to show either item types or<br>
collection code on the advanced search page.<br>
<br>
Because circulation policies can be set per item type we have set up a<br>
few general item types for circ rules: circulating, videos and DVDs,<br>
audio books, and non-circulating. Then we have a lot of collection<br>
codes which we use to classify various combinations of audience,<br>
material, and genre.<br>
<br>
As log as you're giving your patrons and staff the right categories to<br>
narrow their searches and you've got the circulation policies in place<br>
that you need, there's not a wrong way to do it.<br>
<br>
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