[Koha] [EXTERNAL] [ByWater Partners] How do you do "Library of Things"?

[Hernandez, Heather]

Hi, Chad--

Although we don't circulate these items, we do have some catalog records
that might be useful to how games and objects are cataloged--when we do
loan out items with loose materials that should be counted for completeness
on check in, we use the $3 field in the item record to mention it so it
shows up on check-in, and we write the same information on the item right
under the barcode.

Game:
https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=35682
Game:
https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=778&query_desc=
Object ("Clipper ship in a box"):
https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=40339
Object: (painting):
https://keys.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=38250

And although they don't use a Koha catalog (the sillies!:)), the library
where my husband is the cataloger has cataloged and circulated phone
charging cables, and they're among the most popular items circulated!
These are a couple of records for those in their catalog:
http://library.mills.edu/record=b1841580~S6
http://library.mills.edu/record=b1813575~S6

My local public library (another non-Koha library, the sillies) loans
electronics and tools such as these:
iPad: https://berkeley-public.org/record=b1738956~S11
Table saw:  https://berkeley-public.org/record=b1271585~S11

The Tool Lending Library branch does have separate and extensive tool
lending policies from borrowing all other materials, and they are here:
https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/locations/tool-lending-library/borrowing-tools
Also, tools don't automatically renew, and fines are charged for late tools
and laptops (but not most other materials).

Hope this is helpful!  Cheerio,
h2
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Heather Hernandez (she, her, hers)
Technical Services Librarian
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Research Center
2 Marina Blvd., Bldg. E, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA  94123-1284
415-561-7032, heather_hernandez at nps.gov
Library catalog: http://keys.bywatersolutions.com/