[Koha] Need Department and Designatation info for Patrons

[Indranil Das Gupta]

Hi Rupinder,

You have a couple of options:

1) Use sort1 and sort2 fields for the purpose (provided you are not already
using them for something else)

2) Use extended patron attributes

NOTE: if you use the second option, IIRC, you may not br able use the data
stored in these fields directly in your patron cards unless you build
workarounds for that, which is entirely doable because of the opensource
code of Koha.

FWIW, we typically use option #1 for our client-partners.

Hope this helps

-idg

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023, 10:26 Rupinder Singh <jessedhammu at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> So, I've been working on koha for the last few years now. Koha is a
> wonderful software and works well with all kinds of libraries, But what I
> observed is, it is mostly being used in organizations, Colleges,
> and Universities where patrons/users are structured in defined hierarchies.
> Every user, be it Faculty, Non-Teaching Staff, or students, everyone has
> their own designation and a Department which they are affiliated with. That
> is how library people recognize them. But Koha does not have any field in
> patron records for this crucial information.
> My question is, Where do I enter, the name of the department and the
> designation of each of my library members? Please advise.
>
> Thank You
> Rupinder Singh
> Assistant Librarian
> Central University of Punjab
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