[Koha] Missing lost status in Default framework item record
Elaine Bradtke
eb at efdss.org
Wed Dec 9 05:18:45 NZDT 2015
We're in the same boat as Heather. I can sort of see why large public and
university libraries may want to do things differently, but if you're a
small research collection like ours, this is awkward.
Heather, at least in our catalogue, the Lost status being hidden in the
editor only occurs in the default framework.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 4:08 PM, Hernandez, Heather <
heather_hernandez at nps.gov> wrote:
> Hi, all--
>
> Bob wrote:
> > For the benefit of others, the better way to set lost status is from the
> record Details page by
> > selecting the Items tab from those at left.
>
> I tried reading through the bugzilla on this to understand why it was
> changed, but I'm afraid not enough of it was in "librarian" for me to
> understand!:) This is going to cause us more work, since I'd have to click
> "Items" in the tab on the left to set the status to missing, then go to
> another place (click the "Edit" button, then select "Edit items," then
> click in the item to edit) to enter a non-public note about such things as
> when the item was searched. It's been faster to click "edit" on the
> correct item to set its lost status & enter the non-public note information
> in one "edit" step.
>
> But we're still on 3.18, and I haven't any experience yet with 3.20+, so I
> might be misunderstanding! Also, we don't charge fines--did I read the
> bugzilla correctly enough to understand that the interaction to the patron
> record wasn't happening correctly on lost items, and it was decided not to
> correct the problem if one set the item to lost via clicking "Edit" next to
> the correct item record in the staff "Normal" display?
>
> Cheerio!
> --h2
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Heather Hernandez
> Technical Services Librarian
> San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center
> 2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94123
> 415-561-7032, heather_hernandez at nps.gov
> http://www.nps.gov/safr/learn/historyculture/museum-collections.htm
>
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