Reply below: On 19.10.23 14:07, Wagner, Alexander wrote:
And you could use the item type to create some "alert" on checkin/checkout to remind your staff about the special use case. Those would show once staff returns the items in the admin interface, right?
Yes, you could use the checkin note configurable in the itemtype administration page. With a little jQuery you could also do some time of alert on the checkout page.
Sometimes item types and material types overlap, but not always. Maybe it's just the words that confused me a bit, as I had read `item` like `material`. The examples are a bit suggestive in this sense.
I know that the German translation is not helping here. I think for a lot of libraries material types and loan types correlate, but it doesn't make sense for every library.
You'll find that you can pretty much hide the item type from display anywhere in the OPAC using configuration. If you are looking for something specific, let us know. Thank you. I'll shout out loud for help if I get lost :)
Katrin