[Koha] Add a branch, or not?

[Elaine Bradtke]

Thank you for the pointers. We have a test site for just this sort of thing.

On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 1:49 AM, Tajoli Zeno <z.tajoli at cineca.it> wrote:

> Hi Elaine
>
> Il 26/06/2017 20:37, Elaine Bradtke ha scritto:
>
>> What's the best way to do this with Koha?
>> ​Would setting up a branch work, or would it be better to set up a
>> different instance and somehow get them to link together for broader
>> searches?
>>
>
> if you setup a different instance you can't do this:
>
> and it might be easier to link their holdings to our
>> records instead of converting their database to MARC.​
>>
>
> As I see here [http://catalogue.efdss.org/] you are a mono branch install.
> You can add an other without problem then you need two new dns address.
> One for the new library and one for 'the general catalog'.
> You can mantain the present dns name [http://catalogue.efdss.org/] for
> your branch
> Read this pdf: http://www.koha.org/library/re
> sources/Documentation/OPAC-Customization.pdf
> To do good result you must done same magic in apache conf files:  in the
> different VirtualHost section you can insert different system preferences
> using SetEnv OVERRIDE_SYSPREF_PrefName Value
>
> . If it's a small bit of digital magic that needs doing, we might be able
>> to beg some help from a friendly IT wizard.
>>
>
> Is better that to ask him/here to read:
> http://www.koha.org/library/resources/Documentation/OPAC-Customization.pdf
> https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10325
>
> ATTENTION: before go to production, test the setup in a TEST server.
>
> Bye
> Zeno Tajoli
>
>
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