Hi, On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Galen Charlton <galen.charlton@liblime.com> wrote:
Defining a new authorized value is certainly a possible approach, and has the advantage of being fairly easy to do, but I would favor a more indirect approach that looks at a combination of relevant item fields (library, collection code, shelving location, and first part of call number, for example), then compares that combination against a mapping table set up by the Koha administrator to determine which map to display. That way, the building map feature can be used without requiring a global change to the item records to add a new authorized value.
I just realized that I may have misunderstood what you were suggesting that the authorized value be linked to - if the maplink is an attribute of the library (or collection code, or shelving location), that gets us the level of indirection I suggested. A scheme that could take the call number into a account would still be nice, though, as it would help a library that has taken the effort to make a detailed map of their collection. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton VP, Research & Development, LibLime galen.charlton@liblime.com p: 1-888-564-2457 x709 skype: gmcharlt