[Koha] Koha circ & fine rules based on CCODE instead of item type

[Tomas Cohen Arazi]

To be fair, item types are actually used (from the business-logic POV) as a
way to group bibliographic stuff to define rules. We might as well call
item types... dunno... 'item sets' (i'm no sure only because I'm not a
native english speaker). This is one of the first things I need to teach
new users before doing the initial setup.

The material type is defined in the MARC headers. So technically, itemtypes
are what you are looking for regarding how to define rules for different
materials. I'm not closing any door, but it seems to me that it is not a
trivial subject for discussion. I hope others weight in and give more
points of view.

Regards


El mié., 31 may. 2017 a las 11:17, Christopher Davis (<
cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>) escribió:

> Owen and Tomas,
>
> Thank you for your feedback. At my library, the Koha item type
> represents (with one exception) the type of an item- if it's a book,
> we call it a book regardless to what collection (picture books, young
> adult, large print, new books) it belongs.
>
> Regards,
>
> Christopher Davis, MLS
> Systems & E-Services Librarian
> Uintah County Library
> cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov
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>
> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 7:06 AM, Tomas Cohen Arazi <tomascohen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > El mar., 30 may. 2017 a las 19:02, Christopher Davis
> > (<cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov>) escribió:
> >>
> >> Dear Colleagues,
> >>
> >> I thought that I remember someone stating that Koha's circ and fine
> >> rules can be configured using collection codes instead of item types.
> >
> >
> > That cannot be done right now, but is certaintly a good idea. It would
> > require making collections first-class citizens in Koha, and not just an
> > authorized value, though.
> >
> > I think it is a good idea :-D
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