[Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

[Coehoorn, Joel]

If you go to some hardware stores and want to buy things like loose screws,
or certain outdoor items (mulch), the cashier will look in a binder and
scan the barcode in the binder. You could do something similar here.

*Joel Coehoorn*
Director of Information Technology
*York University*
Office: 402-363-5603 | jcoehoorn at york.edu | york.edu



On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:31 PM Caroline Cyr La Rose <
caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com> wrote:

> Hi Fred,
>
> That is what I had proposed at first (you can even add items in batch
> with the "Add multiple items" button), but they didn't like the idea of
> each dinosaur having its own barcode. However, I don't see how you can
> circulate in Koha without each item having its own barcode. I think they
> will have to bite the bullet and barcode each dinosaur if they want to
> use Koha to circulate. Otherwise, I'm sure they can continue with the
> spreadsheet method, since it seems to work for them right now. :/
>
> Thanks!
>
> Caroline
>
> On 2023-03-15 16:01, King, Fred wrote:
> > Hi Caroline,
> >
> > How about creating a bib record for "Dinosaur" and having each dinosaur
> be a separate item? You'd have to barcode every dinosaur, but it's easier
> to add an item than a bib record.
> >
> > This one won't work even worse than the other one: one library I know of
> used to check out mass-market paperbacks by putting a date due card in the
> pocket but not actually keeping a record of what was checked out to whom.
> It worked for them.
> >
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> > Hello everyone!
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> > I need to pick the collective brain about a question I received from one
> of our libraries.
> >
> > They are a toy/game library. For games and books, they circulate items
> normally. However, they have some toys in many copies and they don't need
> to or want to have a specific barcode for each copy of a particular toy.
> They gave me the example of dinosaur figurines. They have 60+ dinosaur
> figurines, but they don't need to know that *this exact* dinosaur figurine
> went home with this patron. They just need to know that *a* dinosaur
> figurine went home with this patron. They want to avoid having barcodes for
> each dinosaur.
> >
> > Right now, they manage this in a spreadsheet, but would like to manage
> it in Koha with the rest of their inventory.
> >
> > Do any of you have a similar situation? If so how do you manage those
> items?
> >
> > Thank you so much!
> >
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