Stefanie Mohsennia a écrit :
Hello all,
Hi from Euroland,
we have installed Koha 2.0.0 at the International Library in Düsseldorf/Germany. It's up and running and we are now starting to customize the system. I don't know if this is the right place to ask questions that are not really technical, but rather geared towards the application. If there is a different list for "librarian questions", could you please point me in the right direction?
you're question are ok here. For full technical questions, you have koha-devel mailing list.
Here are our questions that arose after our first customizing attempts: 1. I configured a membership category and assigned 10 as the fee to pay, but when I look at the membership record that has been created for the first member in this category, it says "Fee: $30/year". Where does this figure come from and how can I change it to the right amount which would be 10 EUR?
iirc, it's something that's hardcoded in the system. Stupid, I agree. But it has no effects on issuing, debts... the user is considered "uptodate" when he is entered.
2. The date when the member joined the library was automatically set to 27/3/2004, the date when I entered the member's data. Also, the expiry date was set automatically to 27/03/2005. How can we change both dates to match our present expiry dates of memberships?
iirc no.
3. We would like to allow members to take books out for 28 days and allow 2 extend their loan period twice. Is it possible to customize the system according to our specification?
yes : Koha >> parameters >> Itemtypes >> books. the renewals allowed it a checkbox. It's a bug. It should be a number. It you change manually the itemtype table and set renewals field to 2, then renewal is allowed 2 times (with the checkbox, it's allowed only once)
4. We have two different loan periods for DVDs and videos. The member can either opt for a three day loan or a seven day loan (the latter costs more). Is there a way to have this choice for the same item in Koha?
no. but when you issue the item you can force a return date manually. Not a really user friendly solution anyway.
I appreciate your support very much and am looking forward to receiving answers to our questions (I'm afraid these won't be our last questions, though).
plese don't hesitate to ask again. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)