Good Day, We are in the process of migrating to Koha and were wondering what others are doing in serials. Some functionality is missing that we currently use and would like to get some examples of how others are doing it. We are an private academic library with about 200 serials. Any advice would be appreciated. Two Examples: * Dates in the predictions * Quarterly predictions Thank you, Adam Fullerton, MLIS Electronic/Technical Services Librarian & Assistant Professor Morningside College 1501 Morningside Ave Sioux City, IA 51106 Phone: 712-274-5247 Fax: 712-274-5224 attn: Fullerton Email: fullertona@morningside.edu Being a librarian is not a job...it's a lifestyle.
Hi Adam, I am not a serials expert - so please keep that in mind :) I checked the available patterns in serials and found "1/quarter (seasonal)". Also, Koha tries to predict the date of the next issue from the data you entered in the subscription. So I am not sure, if I understand you correctly. Can you describe the functionality you are missing a bit better? Hope this is helpful, Katrin -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: koha-bounces@lists.katipo.co.nz im Auftrag von Adam Fullerton Gesendet: Fr 27.07.2012 18:49 An: koha@lists.katipo.co.nz Betreff: [Koha] Serial workarounds Good Day, We are in the process of migrating to Koha and were wondering what others are doing in serials. Some functionality is missing that we currently use and would like to get some examples of how others are doing it. We are an private academic library with about 200 serials. Any advice would be appreciated. Two Examples: * Dates in the predictions * Quarterly predictions Thank you, Adam Fullerton, MLIS Electronic/Technical Services Librarian & Assistant Professor Morningside College 1501 Morningside Ave Sioux City, IA 51106 Phone: 712-274-5247 Fax: 712-274-5224 attn: Fullerton Email: fullertona@morningside.edu Being a librarian is not a job...it's a lifestyle. _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
Hi-- Adam wrote:
We are in the process of migrating to Koha and were wondering what others are doing in serials. Some functionality is missing that we currently use and would like to get some examples of how others are doing it. We are an private academic library with about 200 serials. Any advice would be appreciated.
Two Examples: * Dates in the predictions * Quarterly predictions
We are very new to Koha, so may not be doing things in the most efficient way, but in the serials planning part of the subscription, when entering the new subscription, I *try* to predict the next published issue, but have been having to edit and adjust as I receive serials. (When using the "receive" function, I try to edit & adjust the predicted dates to more reflect what is actually expected.) You can also use "edit subscription" to go back into the serials planning part to adjust a predicted date. As for the quarterly titles, I just pick the month and day that I expect them, and use the appropriate frequency prediction based on whether they come with a month or a season ("1/3 months (quarterly)" or "1/season" if I remember correctly!) I've been referring to the manual extensively, especially this section (we're on version 3.8): http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/serials.html I hope this helps! Cheerio, heather ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian Cultural Resources and Museum Management Division San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park heather_hernandez@nps.gov 415-561-7032 (voice) 415-556-3540 (fax) http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/library-collections.htm "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg
Regarding the dates in predictions this might be of interest to you: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7592 I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about, but it's a start. Nicoole On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 2:13 PM, <Heather_Hernandez@nps.gov> wrote:
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Adam wrote:
We are in the process of migrating to Koha and were wondering what others are doing in serials. Some functionality is missing that we currently use and would like to get some examples of how others are doing it. We are an private academic library with about 200 serials. Any advice would be appreciated.
Two Examples: * Dates in the predictions * Quarterly predictions
We are very new to Koha, so may not be doing things in the most efficient way, but in the serials planning part of the subscription, when entering the new subscription, I *try* to predict the next published issue, but have been having to edit and adjust as I receive serials. (When using the "receive" function, I try to edit & adjust the predicted dates to more reflect what is actually expected.) You can also use "edit subscription" to go back into the serials planning part to adjust a predicted date.
As for the quarterly titles, I just pick the month and day that I expect them, and use the appropriate frequency prediction based on whether they come with a month or a season ("1/3 months (quarterly)" or "1/season" if I remember correctly!)
I've been referring to the manual extensively, especially this section (we're on version 3.8): http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/serials.html
I hope this helps! Cheerio, heather ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian Cultural Resources and Museum Management Division San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park heather_hernandez@nps.gov 415-561-7032 (voice) 415-556-3540 (fax) http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/library-collections.htm
"The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg
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Hi-- Nicole Engard <nengard@gmail.com> wrote on 07/27/2012 11:22:18 AM:
Regarding the dates in predictions this might be of interest to you: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=7592 I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about, but it's a start.
Oh, that's a different thing!:) I'm finding that I am not accurately predicting--I'll have to adjust the "Planned Date" and "Published Date" for my "Expected" issue when it arrives--I'm still trying to get accurate prediction dates into Koha. It's entirely the human element that's innacurate here (i.e., me!) Thanks! Cheerio! heather ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Heather Hernandez Technical Services Librarian Cultural Resources and Museum Management Division San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park heather_hernandez@nps.gov 415-561-7032 (voice) 415-556-3540 (fax) http://www.nps.gov/safr/historyculture/library-collections.htm "The sailor does not pray for wind, he learns to sail."--Gustaf Lindborg
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