"Such items have been assigned "PROC" (in processing) status under "Shelf Location". This is fine and shows correctly on the OPAC full item detail screen under "Holdings". However, on the OPAC search result list, they are shown as "Available for loan at ...", after Availability. This causes confusion whether such item is actually ready for loan or still being processed!" Shelf location in Koha does not have any influence over availability in Koha - it's just part of the address of the item. You could check out the items to Processing as a patron and then check them in when the book is ready for public access. That way they would show in the OPAC as being in the library's collection, but not available for use. If your library has a holds system, people would be able to put a hold on the item for when it is available. Alternatively (and slower if you have a barcode reader) you can individually change each item record to "not for loan" until it is ready for loan, and then change it again when it's ready to go. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Iming Chan <imingchan@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

Dear all,

I'm try to resolve a misleading/contradicting status for new items that are currently being processed by our "Technical Services" team.

Such items have been assigned "PROC" (in processing) status under "Shelf Location". This is fine and shows correctly on the OPAC full item detail screen under "Holdings". However, on the OPAC search result list, they are shown as "Available for loan at ...", after Availability. This causes confusion whether such item is actually ready for loan or still being processed!

Now I have been trying to a few options, but none seems to have worked on the search result list:

1. To show description for the "PROC" status ("In processing" in our case) instead of "Available for loan at ..."; or

2. Totally remove/hide "Availability" detail.

I haven even tried to assign these items to our Technical Services branch under "Current Location" (while assigned to correct branch for "Permanent Location"). However, availability message still use permanent instead of current location regardless.

P.S. Unfortunately "check-in" function would not change status for "Not for loan" (it shouldn't be anyway), otherwise, I would have assigned a status under "Not for loan" instead of "Shelf location" instead to solve this confusion!

Looking forward to your comments or suggestions.

Regards,

Iming Chan Translib Information Service Melbourne, Australia

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