[Koha] "Not for loan" items and "Unavailable"

[Niall ODriscoll]

Thanks, Kurt
 
Do you know if they had to make a change to the coding, or is it
something that can be done out of the box?
 
The "Not for loan" status is controlled by an "Authorized value" in
administration - which only appears to allow you to create new wordings
to go with the status of not for loan - rather than change behaviours. 
 
If I set up an "Available - Non-circulating" value, items with that
status still show on the results screen as "unavailable". I note that
this doesn't happen in your catalogue with your example.
 
Niall
 
 
 
Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) |
NSW Parliamentary Library | niall.odriscoll at parliament.nsw.gov.au | ph.
02 9230 2481


>>> Kurt Bodling <kbodling at mountvernon.org> 11/18/2011 1:17 am >>>

We had our hosting service change the wording to “Available –
Non-circulating”
See, for example, 
http://librarycatalog.mountvernon.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17272

Kurt A. Bodling
Technical Services Librarian
George Washington's Mount Vernon
     Estate, Museum & Gardens
P.O. Box 110
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Phone: 703-799-6835
Fax: 703-799-8698
Email: kbodling at mountvernon.org

 

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Subject: [Koha] "Not for loan" items and "Unavailable"

 

Hi

 

we'd be interesting to hear how other libraries using Koha deal with
the display of items marked "not for loan".

 

If you give an item the status of "not for loan" in the item record
(items.notforloan = 1) the display in the OPAC is "No items available"
(in red), the same as if all items are on loan. 

 

However we think this is possibly a bit confronting for our users when
what we're trying to say is that the item is *available* - but only
within the library. 

 

However if you get rid of the not for loan status and rely on, say, a
public note, there is no flag at checkout that the item is not meant for
loan.

 

I know this can also be controlled using item types - our Reference and
Rare Books item types display as "Available" on the OPAC, but present a
flag if you attempt to loan them out. However there are many items that
we would like to make not for loan that don't neatly fit into a
particular item type (eg. second copies of some reports, etc.), and
which we'd like to keep as part of one of the other item types for
reporting purposes.

 

Any feedback gratefully received.

 

Niall

 

 

 

 

 

 

Niall O'Driscoll | Assistant Manager, Information Resources (Acting) |
NSW Parliamentary Library | niall.odriscoll at parliament.nsw.gov.au |ph.
02 9230 2481
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