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<DIV>Hi</DIV>
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<DIV>we'd be interesting to hear how other libraries using Koha deal with the display of items marked "not for loan".</DIV>
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<DIV>If you give an item the status of "not for loan" in the item record (items.notforloan = 1) the display in the OPAC is "No items available" (in red), the same as if all items are on loan. </DIV>
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<DIV>However we think this is possibly a bit confronting for our users when what we're trying to say is that the item is *available* - but only within the library. </DIV>
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<DIV>However if you get rid of the not for loan status and rely on, say, a public note, there is no flag at checkout that the item is not meant for loan.</DIV>
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<DIV>I know this can also be controlled using item types - our Reference and Rare Books item types display as "Available" on the OPAC, but present a flag if you attempt to loan them out. However there are many items that we would like to make not for loan that don't neatly fit into a particular item type (eg. second copies of some reports, etc.), and which we'd like to keep as part of one of the other item types for reporting purposes.</DIV>
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<DIV>Any feedback gratefully received.</DIV>
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<DIV>Niall</DIV>
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<DIV>Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) | NSW Parliamentary Library | <FONT size=3 face=Calibri><A href="mailto:niall.odriscoll@parliament.nsw.gov.au">niall.odriscoll@parliament.nsw.gov.au</A> |</FONT> ph. 02 9230 2481</DIV></BODY></HTML>