Rachel Hollis wrote:
Greetings colleagues, I entered several items this morning; availability display in the OPAC seems hit and miss. On initial search screens, copies available display for some items but not others. Clicking on an offending record shows item location, call number and status, just not on initial search screens. Library is set and still it is hit and miss with OPAC availability display. Using cataloging, I checked a sample and they are the same except for price, call number and barcode. Within the database, the items table shows no null values in homebranch. How can I get availability to consistently show in the OPAC? In the following example, we are desiring the first display of availability.
1. Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson by Albom, Mitch. Publisher: Broadway Books, c2007. Availability: Copies available at: Stevens-Henager College, Boise Campus 2. Autobiography of a face by Grealy, Lucy. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. Availability:
What do I need to do differently? We’re on Koha 3.
Rachel Hollis, librarian Stevens-Henager College, Boise Idaho Campus
Rachel, You may want to try looking at the 942 MARC tag in the bib record? Subfield c has the "Koha [default] item type". This may conflict with the Item Type in the Item Holdings record. If this (the 942c) is set to a non-available item type then the item will display as unavailable in the OPAC regardless of what is in the Item Holdings. Regards, Jonathan -- Jonathan Field Technical Director, PTFS Europe Limited Content Management and Library Solutions +44 (0) 800 756 6803 (phone) jonathan.field@ptfs-europe.com http://www.ptfs-europe.com