[Koha] Do you have a need for sub-branches within Koha?

[Paul POULAIN]

Rachel Hamilton-Williams a écrit :

> Hi
>
> I was wondering wether there are other libraries, particularly 
> corporate or specialty libraries who have a need (or could see one :-) 
> for sub branches.
>
> The context for this is a Branch which is the office building in a 
> city - eg Wellington
>
> And then a sub branch which is the third floor.
>
> This would be quite a lot of stuff to "touch" in Koha - specifically 
> it would involve changing circulation and I think adds a layer of 
> complexity perhaps to issuing and returning items.
>
> On the other hand I'd imagine that the libraies who would use this 
> wouldn't do that much issuing and returning?
>
> SO thoughts pleasa?  Is it a useful idea?  Does anyone do it already?

Yes, me ;-) It's the "location" field in the items table (new in 2.1.1 
iirc, maybe 2.1.2)
See the log of my updatedatabase CVS commit from sep, ;

Modified Files:
	updatedatabase 
Log Message:
adding a "location" field to the library.
This field is useful when the callnumber contains no information on the room where the item is stored.
With this field, we now have 3 levels of informations to find a book :
* the branch.
* the location.
* the callnumber.

This should be versatile enough to solve any storing method.
This hack is quite simple, due to the nice Biblio.pm API. The MARC => koha db link is automatically managed. Just add the link in the parameters section.

Enjoy ;-)

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Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)