[Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

[Indranil Das Gupta]

Hi Tasha,

942$c - defines the type of material the bibliographic record represents,
sort of like it's GMD (general material description). Has no bearing on
circulation of material. Stored as marcxml in biblio_metadata.

952$y - defines the item-level item, and is used mandatorily for Koha's
circulation rules which work as a permutation of (a) branchcodes (b) patron
categories and (c) item-level item types. Stored as itype column in items
table.

Hope this helps
Indranil

On Fri, 15 Oct, 2021, 12:44 am Bales (US), Tasha R, <
tasha.r.bales at boeing.com> wrote:

> Good afternoon,
>
> I recall reading (in the Koha manual?) the explanation for why it is
> advantageous to define Koha item type in the bib 942 field.  I believe it
> has to do with exporting records, or the scope of records that is included
> when doing some type of report?  I'm trying to locate that information
> again, but can't find it for the life of me.
>
> Does this seem familiar to anyone?  Thanks.
>
>
> Tasha Bales
> Enterprise Services
> http://isesi.web.boeing.com/
>
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