[Koha] Circulation rule by location

[Paul A]

On 2019-06-26 4:33 p.m., Coehoorn, Joel wrote:
> This seems like a major weakness.

Maybe more a "special case" rather than "major weakness" ... so ...
> 
> For just one example that is likely common, let's a book, or older issues
> of a periodical move from the normal part of the library to an "Archives"
> location that is more dense, and maybe climate controlled for preservation.

Maybe it's "common" -- we certainly deal with exactly this type of 
situation, and use MARC21 952$7 (somewhat successfully for us, maybe not 
exactly your challenge?)

However, if that doesn't meet your needs, and as Katrin said: "library 
... item types only. Locations cannot be used" So there are a couple of 
potential solutions:

     - You could have a "library" -- you might want to call 
"climate_controlled_holdings" (we call it "rare book room") where the 
rules can be a tad different

     - "item types" could be an option. When you transfer a periodical 
to your new holding area, just call it a "protected periodical" instead 
of "periodical" at the same time as giving it a new location code/name.

Best -- Paul

> The circulation rules for those items might be different, but the type of
> the item hasn't changed, only the location.
> 
> Is there a feature request I can vote for or bugzilla # I can track to
> watch for this?
> 
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> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 3:22 PM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Joel,
>>
>> at the moment circulation conditions can be tied to combinations of
>> library, patron category and item types only. Locations cannot be used.
>>
>> Katrin
>>
>> On 26.06.19 21:39, Coehoorn, Joel wrote:
>>> Is it possible to have a circulation rule that targets location? In the
>>> past, we've had a diarrhea of item types to encode both a location and
>> the
>>> kind of item, and this really isn't ideal. We'd like to revise our
>>> circulation rules to target locations, and therefore simplify our item
>>> types.
>>>
>>> Joel Coehoorn