Which categories you want depends mainly on what you do with it. The question to ask then, I think, is; WHY would you want more categories? If you can't think of any good reasons, don't make any more than you need. We are running a church library and the only categories we have are children and adults, which works wonderful for us; children don't have to pay late fines, but their parents do. Ultimately the parents are responsible. If, in your school, you want to know in which room your students are, you can add categories per homeroom. However, this probably means moving lots of students over to another room category when they graduate. I shiver at the thought. Students and teachers seem wonderfully adequate. I think it is easier to add a category later (if needed) than having too many categories you are never going to use.
From a library point of view it hardly matters what you do, categories decide which rights you can give to a certain group. Patrons are identified by name or card number, not by category.
Hope this helps, Marty -----Original Message----- From: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lawrence Bean Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:03 AM To: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Cc: mfuller@u47.k12.me.us Subject: Re: [Koha] Borrower Catagories Homero Almeida <homero1958@yahoo.com> writes:
You can define the categories that you need.
Yes, we understand that part.
It easy change if you decide add any category
That's good to know. In getting started, we're looking for what structures other have found work well for schools. A catagory for Teachers and a category for Students is obvious. But, for instance, have others found dividing the students by Grade or Homeroom to be beneficial? If so, what sub-categories have brought which benefits from a library management point of view? _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha