This feature is not yet documented in the manual. I had a quick read of the bug ( https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=31791) and related bugs. The intended use case (comment #2): "The idea here is really the ability to lock records from certain sources - in this case, the library will be cataloging in an external system and pushing records in to Koha. They do not wish for these records to be edited within Koha, so want to protect them - with a limited set of users being able to edit them if the need arises."

From my limited understanding, there is still more to come for this feature.

Things that are currently implemented: 1. The core things required to make this work are implemented. However, the record source can only be set through either: - using the API to import records (I don't know how to do that), OR - writing your own plugin that uses the new code (OR maybe by updating the database manually: biblio_metadata -> record_source_id field?) 2. Permissions for this feature are defined (under Edit catalog): - Edit locked records (edit_locked_records) - Set record source (set_record_sources) 3. You can define the record sources (Administration > Catalog > Record sources) (added in bug 35919). 4. The record source is displayed on a record's details page in the staff interface (Record source: [The name of the record source]). At the moment you can't use the staff interface to lock a record or update the record source. This blog by Catalyst provides some information about the new feature as well: https://www.catalyst.net.nz/stories-and-studies/catalyst-blog/release-of-koh... Hopefully, I've got this roughly right. If not, hopefully those involved in developing the feature can comment further. David Nind New Zealand On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 at 05:16, Sami M. Rasheed <sami_rasheed@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hello everybody, Could someone please provide instructions on how to use thenew feature (lock records) functionality that arrived with the Koha 24.05.00(and Koha 24.05.01) releases?

Thanks

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