On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Jason O'Neil <jason.oneil@gmail.com> wrote:
Items only need to belong to one box at a time.
If you're just using Koha to check it in and out as a single resource, then IMO you can just create a new item type and you're good to go.
The boxes are made up of different items that are already in the catalogue, and may one day return to being stand-alone items. So they do have to have the ability to be treated as separate items - so creating a new item type alone isn't sufficient.
Just thinking while I'm writing - create a patron type for the box with unlimited checkout privileges. Or perhaps more logically treat it separately from, but similarly to a reference location. The idea is to take the individual items out of circulation, but flagged as being members of a box. That way if a box gets "disbanded" it's easy to put them all back in circulation as individual resources, they are still part of inventory etc. Check the box in and out as a single resource, presumably the staff has a paper-based checklist to check contents, keep using that. Sorry I don't know the answer to your specific questions about lists, but would suggest the above is a better way to work around the issue. Someone with more experience may well have better suggestions on handling this situation properly within Koha.