With a little modification, I've gotten the original patch to apply, and it works for searching on the OPAC. I think the next steps to get this incorporated into Koha is to mimic the functionality on the staff side, and add a system preference to control it.<br>
<br>It's on my list, but I'd happily pass it off to anyone else who wants to tackle it :)<br><br><br>-Ian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Owen Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a 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;">Also see that there are issues with the patch that require additional work.<br>
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On Feb 15, 2011, at 8:56 AM, "Wagner, Jane" <<a href="mailto:jwagner@liblime.com">jwagner@liblime.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> "Shelving location is not available for advanced search."<br>
><br>
> See a patch I submitted a year ago:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4329" target="_blank">http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=4329</a><br>
><br>
> I don't think it's been incorporated into head yet.<br>
><br>
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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz</a>] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:hansbkk@gmail.com">hansbkk@gmail.com</a><br>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 8:42 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:koha@lists.katipo.co.nz">koha@lists.katipo.co.nz</a><br>
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Creative re-purposing of major fields<br>
><br>
> Sorry to be talking to myself here, but in doing some more extensive<br>
> googling, I came across this:<br>
> <a href="http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-be-afraid-of-using-lots-o" target="_blank">http://library-matters.blogspot.com/2009/03/dont-be-afraid-of-using-lots-o</a><br>
> f-item.html<br>
><br>
> Thanks Joann!<br>
><br>
> And this:<br>
> <a href="http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/cataloging/item-fields-data-migra" target="_blank">http://koha.org/documentation/manual/3.0/cataloging/item-fields-data-migra</a><br>
> tion<br>
><br>
> These answered some of my questions - summarizing for future googlers<br>
> (list members please correct me if this is wrong)<br>
><br>
> ----------------------<br>
> Administrator can set an option to allow using either Collection or<br>
> Item type for the OPAC's Advanced search, but not both (enhancement<br>
> request! 8-)<br>
><br>
> Item type does determine circulation rules in effect for an item, but<br>
> its usage doesn't need to be limited to this function - can have 50<br>
> item types covered by four rules.<br>
><br>
> Shelving location is not available for advanced search.<br>
><br>
> ----------------------<br>
> The question remains on whether the Collection and/or Shelving<br>
> location can be assigned to items completely independently of Home<br>
> branch - I realize the latter especially is "supposed to be"<br>
> subsidiary to Branch, but since I don't need to use it for that<br>
> function, and it displays in the OPAC, can I use it for something like<br>
> Age appropriateness across locations?<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:30 PM, <<a href="mailto:hansbkk@gmail.com">hansbkk@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> I'm currently using Koha to catalog a collection of mostly non-book<br>
> resources<br>
>> at my school, many of which are stored on physical DVDs and/or online<br>
> available<br>
>> for download.<br>
>><br>
>> I'm thinking of re-purposing some of Koha's major data fields where<br>
> their usual<br>
>> meaning isn't all that relevant to this project. For example, I plan to<br>
> create<br>
>> my call numbers so they are sufficient to identify the physical location<br>
> within<br>
>> a given branch. This will free up "Collection" and "Shelf Location" for<br>
> other,<br>
>> more relevant classifications.<br>
>><br>
>> Before I start mapping this out, I first want to get feedback that I'm<br>
> not way<br>
>> off-track thinking this way. First question:<br>
>><br>
>> I believe that the original intention was a hierarchy for physical<br>
> location:<br>
>> Home branch --> Collection --> Shelving location --> Call number<br>
>><br>
>> If I re-purpose these fields so that e.g. Collection is used for<br>
> distinguishing<br>
>> between "Disc-Data" vs "Disc-Video" vs "Disc-Mixed", is their any<br>
> remnant of the<br>
>> above original hierarchy that will cause trouble? Is Collection<br>
> completely<br>
>> independent of Branch in the database and UI design, or is there some<br>
>> enforcement of one Collection being "contained" within a Branch?<br>
>><br>
>> Same question of course with Shelving location relative to both<br>
> Collection and<br>
>> Branch - say I used this field to map to "Age Appropriateness"<br>
> (Adult-only,<br>
>> Young adult, Juvenile, Early learners). Note that the Age factor is a<br>
> biblio<br>
>> level one, while many biblios will have both a Data and a Video disc - a<br>
> member<br>
>> may want to borrow only one or both.<br>
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