[Koha] Department Name in Item Information

[Katrin Fischer]

Hi,

you can define custom/additional item fields by adding capital letter
subfields to the 952 in your bibliographic frameworks. If you don't map
them to a database column in items, the information will be
automatically stored in items.more_subfields.xml.  You can also link
these new subfields to an authorised value category you created for your
departments.

The additional item fields won't show in the normal detail view, but in
the MARC view and item editor.

Hope this helps,

Katrin

On 05.01.24 12:17, Rupinder Singh wrote:
> Hi,
> We have been using Koha at our university for the last year. We get
> allocated a consolidated budget at the beginning of the financial year. And
> we'd like to spend that budget as per the purchase requests sent by
> different departments of the university. However we haven't used the
> acquisition module yet and are not planning to do so.
> But of all the books we catalog in koha, I also want to save information
> about the department that requested that book. So that it can be exported
> via catalog report, so I can see how much of the budget we have spent on
> each department. And each book item shall have this information for the
> requesting department in the Items section.
> Please suggest what the best approach to achieve this could be.
> Is there any existing field to specify that, or is there any existing field
> I can make use of to put this information?
> I have also found certain subfields in 952 item information that are not in
> use. Can I map a new authorized value to this newly created field?
> Please, guys, Guide me.
>
> Rupinder Singh
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