[Koha] OPAC availability

[Jonathan Field]

Rachel Hollis wrote:
> Greetings colleagues, I entered several items this morning; availability 
> display in the OPAC seems hit and miss. On initial search screens, 
> copies available display for some items but not others. Clicking on an 
> offending record shows item location, call number and status, just not 
> on initial search screens. Library is set and still it is hit and miss 
> with OPAC availability display. Using cataloging, I checked a sample and 
> they are the same except for price, call number and barcode. Within the 
> database, the items table shows no null values in homebranch. How can I 
> get availability to consistently show in the OPAC? In the following 
> example, we are desiring the first display of availability.
> 
> 1. Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest 
> lesson by Albom, Mitch.
> Publisher: Broadway Books, c2007.
> Availability: Copies available at: Stevens-Henager College, Boise Campus
> 2. Autobiography of a face by Grealy, Lucy.
> Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
> Availability:
> 
> What do I need to do differently?  We’re on Koha 3.
> 
> Rachel Hollis, librarian
> Stevens-Henager College, Boise Idaho Campus
> 
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> 

Rachel,

You may want to try looking at the 942 MARC tag in the bib record?

Subfield c has the "Koha [default] item type". This may conflict with 
the Item Type in the Item Holdings record. If this (the 942c) is set to 
a non-available item type then the item will display as unavailable in 
the OPAC regardless of what is in the Item Holdings.

Regards,
Jonathan
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Jonathan Field
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