* hansbkk@gmail.com (hansbkk@gmail.com) wrote:
2011/2/15 Ian Walls <ian.walls@bywatersolutions.com>:
See a patch I submitted a year ago: Also see that there are issues with the patch that require additional work. With a little modification, I've gotten the original patch to apply, and it works for searching on the OPAC. I think the next steps to get this
Well, I'm coming from a plain ol' user's POV, so if it's not in stable it's not available 8-)
Luckily not everyone has that attitude, or things never would get into stable :)
NBD anyway, just because it's not available as a search factor, the fact that it displays in the OPAC, means I'd like to use it to display meaningful information about the item.
So how about it guys, could someone try to answer my question?
Here's a concrete example - suppose I've got a huge "Animation" collection, large "Disney" and "Directors" collections, and a smaller "Barbie" one.
Could these items be located at multiple library branches?
Say I've got shelving locations called "Princesses" and "Fairies" and "Action". Can these span across Collections, so that items from both "Directors" and "Animation" could be in the "Action" shelving location. Or do the "Disney Princesses" need to be a separate shelving location from the "Barbie Princesses"?
I realize this is a whimsical illustration, and am not asking about the logic of this from a librarian's POV - strictly on the IT-technical question of whether the Koha UI or DB enforce a "containing hierarchy" relationship between these fields.
In that case, this query belongs on the koha-devel list. That's the place for technical discussions.
While I'm at it, I'd like confirmation that the call number sequence is also completely separate from all of the above (I think "orthogonality" is a word?) and that this is the order used for the OPAC's "browse the shelf" functionality?
The answer is yes, Koha does not force you to shelve things in a certain way. There is no enforced relationship between collection code, shelving location and callnumber. You can fill those fields with whatever you like. Also I note in an earlier mail from you, you were looking at the old koha site. Make sure you use www.koha-community.org, that is the official and maintained site. Chris -- Chris Cormack Catalyst IT Ltd. +64 4 803 2238 PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington 6142, New Zealand