Hi Katrin!
* You could use the "Item modifications by age" too to automatically move them from a short term loan itemtype to a different item type using some rules and the "age" of the items.
* You could also use the course reserves module to give them a temporary item type that is then switched to the final one when they are removed from the 'shelf'/course reserve.
I'll check those options. Thank you for the pointers :)
For the databases/licenses
* I also lean towards manually entering the due date on checkout, as Caroline suggested. You could then summarize those under one itemtype like 'individual loan period' or 'license/subscription' and have that show up in the OPAC search filters.
It seems indeed the way to go.
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?
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.
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.
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