[Koha] Koha 3 Check-out process?

[David M. Bucknell]

Dear Owen,

Wow, excellent explanation.  Many thanks!  This puts our worries to  
rest as we were, as you surmised, thinking that it was more like an  
e-commerce system.

Thank you very much.

David

----- Message from oleonard at myacpl.org ---------
     Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 08:35:38 -0500
     From: Owen Leonard <oleonard at myacpl.org>
Reply-To: Owen Leonard <oleonard at myacpl.org>
  Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha 3 Check-out process?
       To: david at intknowledge.com
       Cc: koha <koha at lists.katipo.co.nz>


>> Is there any connection between the user's cart or list and
>> circulation?
>
> Only in as much as the patron can place holds on the items in their
> cart or lists.
>
>>  That is, should we see a user/patron's requested books
>> when we go to their account and begin to check out items to him or her?
>
> No, the cart and lists are for the patron's own use. The cart can be
> thought of as a shopping cart in the sense that someone can collect a
> number of items in it and then place holds for those items. Lists can
> be used to organize collections of books for later reference: a
> bibliography, for instance, or a list of books a patron wants to read
> later.
>
> If a patron wants to check out an item, they'll need to actually bring
> it to the circulation desk (at least that's always the way I've seen
> it done).
>
>> Does that mean that there is no connection between what the user does
>> and what the librarian sees?  No communication?
>
> Koha is not like an e-commerce site. The patron's interactions with
> items in the catalog do not have a direct bearing on what they check
> out. Check-out happens in the real world, whether it be at a
> circulation desk or via a self-checkout system. Even in the latter
> case the patron is bringing physical items to be checked out.
>
>   -- Owen
>
> --
> Web Developer
> Athens County Public Libraries
> http://www.myacpl.org
>


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