[Koha] Seperation of Schools within Koha

[David Schuster]

I think what he really wants is grouping by location not reading level.

For example search all Elementary schools, or all High School etc..

I believe there is a possible sponsorship item out there that several of us
are interested in doing.

Ed - would you have money for a possible co-sponsor opportunity?


Joe Atzberger wrote:
> 
> Obviously, not without building a bunch of extra stuff.  You would need to
> know:
> 
>    - What "level" is a given title (assume all items of the title are the
>    same)?
>    - What "level" is a given student?
>    - How would zebra index the idea of "level"?
>    - How do you know what the user's "level" is when the student isn't
>    logged in?
> 
> None of these things are built into Koha anywhere.  Even if you get
> "Accelerated Reader" levels for some of your MARC records, for example,
> the
> main failure point will be that most of your books will not be classified
> as
> neatly as your question suggests.
> 
> In my opinion, having automated 250+ K-12 libraries, this approach is a
> waste of time.  It's good to have descriptive data that adds context to a
> search, but requiring that data for *every* record and forcing limits
> based
> on it has been largely unsuccessful, leading to fewer hits for valid
> searches, in my experience.
> -- 
> Joe Atzberger
> LibLime - Open Source Library Solutions
> 
> 
> 2009/7/1 Roche III, Edward <edward_roche at solanco.k12.pa.us>
> 
>>  Is it possible to force students to only be able to search items that
>> are
>> listed at their level (ex: Elementary, Middle School and High School)
>> without do three separate installations?
>>
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