Elaine, you could setup a collection code that all the equipment is housed under, and then use the OpacHiddenItems sys pref to hide that collection code. That's a possible easy solution... You could also set up a separate branch and hide it from the public using the same sys pref. -Heather On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 1:12 PM Elaine Bradtke <eb@efdss.org> wrote:
We have several laptops, cameras and recording equipment that various members of staff use, take off site, etc. The current method of keeping track of them is inadequate, and I proposed that we use Koha for checking them in and out, placing holds, tracking use, etc; all functions Koha can do.
We don't want the equipment to appear in the public catalogue, and I don't want non-library staff poking around in the nether regions of the library catalogue. But I also don't want the library staff to be burdened with keeping track of equipment that belongs to and is generally used by another department.
I'd like to hear how other libraries have handled this.
I am considering setting up another branch, just for equipment. Would it be easy to limit access to one branch but keep the main collection open for all? Or would I have to set up a completely different Koha installation? Our test site for instance is completely separate, limited to a couple of IP addresses, and the OPAC requires a login - something like that would work for equipment.
-- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
-- Heather Braum NExpress Coordinator Resource Sharing Librarian Northeast Kansas Library System hbraum@nekls.org "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ~Alvin Toffler, *Rethinking the Future*