[Koha] Classification field

[Olwen Williams]

# From what I remember itemtype is used by Horowhenua for shelving, and
for the calculation of charges.  Charges as I remember are worked out on
a grid of borrowertype/itemtype.

Tonnesen Steve wrote:
> 
> Happy New Year!
> 
> Has the classification field in the biblioitems table been replaced by the
> itemtype field?  The entries in the two seem sort of similar in the demo
> data, except that the classification field isn't very uniform:
> 
> Where classification is one of (Picturbook, Picture Book, Picture Books,
> PictureBiook, PictureBook, PictureBooks, Picture_book, Pitcurebook,
> PitureBook), the itemtype field is always JPC (Junior Picture Book).
> While on the subject.  Are these itemtype classifications part of some
> library standard, or are they Horowhenua-specific groupings?  I found that
> a lot of things were broken until I created some entries in the itemtype
> table.
> 
> Steve Tonnesen
> (in balmy, melting, Northern British Columbia, Canada).
> 
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