[Koha] Using Koha to manage equipment loans

[Elaine Bradtke]

Thanks all, lots to think about, and some experimentation to be done.
Since I'll be setting this up for the use of non-librarians, I'll have to
keep it as straightforward as possible. But I'll see what the heads of
departments have to say first before I spend a lot of time on it.



On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:31 PM, Heather Braum (NEKLS) <hbraum at nekls.org>
wrote:

> Elaine, you could setup a collection code that all the equipment is housed
> under, and then use the OpacHiddenItems sys pref to hide that collection
> code. That's a possible easy solution... You could also set up a separate
> branch and hide it from the public using the same sys pref.
>
> -Heather
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 1:12 PM Elaine Bradtke <eb at efdss.org> wrote:
>
>> We have several laptops, cameras and recording equipment that various
>> members of staff use, take off site, etc. The current method of keeping
>> track of them is inadequate, and I proposed that we use Koha for checking
>> them in and out, placing holds,  tracking use, etc;  all functions Koha
>> can
>> do.
>>
>> We don't want the equipment to appear in the public catalogue, and I don't
>> want non-library staff poking around in the nether regions of the library
>> catalogue. But I also don't want the library staff to be burdened with
>> keeping track of equipment that belongs to and is generally used by
>> another
>> department.
>>
>> I'd like to hear how other libraries have handled this.
>>
>>  I am considering setting up another branch, just for equipment.  Would it
>> be easy to limit access to one branch but keep the main collection open
>> for
>> all? Or would I have to set up a completely different Koha installation?
>> Our test site for instance is completely separate, limited to a couple of
>> IP addresses, and the OPAC requires a login - something like that would
>> work for equipment.
>>
>> --
>> Elaine Bradtke
>> Data Wrangler
>> VWML
>> English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org
>> Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY
>> Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance
>> and
>> Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send
>> an e-mail first. I work off site)
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>> Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999
>>
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> --
> Heather Braum
> NExpress Coordinator
> Resource Sharing Librarian
> Northeast Kansas Library System
> hbraum at nekls.org
>
> "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read
> and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ~Alvin
> Toffler, *Rethinking the Future*
>



-- 
Elaine Bradtke
Data Wrangler
VWML
English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org
Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY
Tel    +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and
Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send
an e-mail first. I work off site)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Registered Company No. 297142
Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999
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"Writing about music is like dancing about architecture"
--Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52)