[Koha] Circulation rules bound to Marc record

[Jesse]

2009/7/11 Nelson Fredsell <nfredsell at bellsouth.net>

>  Hello all,
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> Our libraries have different circulation rules regarding a different number
> of renewals allowed.  I believe 3 renewals is standard.  However one library
> allows books to be checked out for 8 weeks, with a single renewal allowed
> for 4 weeks.  This seems to present two problems:
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> 1)      Because number of renewals is bound to the Marc record (942 Item
> type), all libraries must have the same number  of renewals, or multiple
> copies of same holding must be assigned to multiple Marc records.  Please
> tell me there’s a third option!
>
Well, there is, though it's a bit of a hack. If you turn on the
item-level_itypes system preference, you can assign different item types to
individual items.

> 2)      Renewals must be for the same time period as the initial checkout
> period?
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Yes.

> 3)      Holdings must be checked out for a particular number of days,
> apparently, and not according to a calendar system.  eg. books checked out
> on 1 Feb must be returned by/before 1 March.
>
Koha does have a calendar system, but you have to set it up. The relevant
screen is in Tools -> Calendar.

> Thanks very much.  My main concern is #1 above, as one of the great
> benefits of a union catalogue I imagined was to assign multiple items to the
> same record across multiple libraries, but there was good reason for the 8
> week/4 week rule.  (To complicate matters further, this same library has a
> second set of circulation rules available upon request: 6 month checkout for
> intensive study purposes!  Also, a school library might allow staff to keep
> books out for a longer initial period, but not allow the standard number of
> renewals on that longer period.)
>
If you turn on the SpecifyDueDate system preference, staff can manually
enter in due dates for an item, which would at least allow extended checkout
periods.

-- 
Jesse Weaver
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