Hi

1. I am using koha v1.2.3 on windows.The problem is can Koha calculate fines if items on issue are overdue?When I return the borrower item which are overdue there is no fines or charges. As you said before, fines are worked out on the basis of borrower type and item type and it is like a matrix. I don't understand..What do you mean 'like a matrix'.Can you explain more on that?

Yes Koha can calculate fines. It works out what the fines should be based on what sort of borrower it is, what sort of book it is and how overdue it is. For example borrower type = Staff - don't pay fines Borrower type = adult, book type = fiction, days overdue = 7 = $1 fine Borrower type = child, book type= Junior fiction, dayes overdue = 7 = 50c fine So a fine is a 3 way calculation of borrower types, book types and how overdue it is. For Horowhenua library we made a table of vaules which Koha looks up to set the fine - rather than a simple calculation of say $0.20 per day per book. If you have a simpler fine model you may prefer to get/do some programming that reflects how your library works.

2. Can I change cardnumber default using our own member number which have 7 characters for student and 4 characters for staff?

Yes and no. Yes you can disable the checkdiget on cardnumbers and just enter your own ones, but if you want a check diget then you will need to write code to work with your particular numbers. HTH Cheers Rachel_____________________________________________________________ Rachel Hamilton-Williams Katipo Communications WEBMISTRESS ph 021 389 128 or +64 04 934 1285 mailto:rachel@katipo.co.nz PO Box 12487, Wellington http://www.katipo.co.nz New Zealand Koha Open Source Library System http://www.koha.org