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

[Owen Leonard]

> > I was wondering wether there are other libraries, 
> > particularly corporate or 
> > specialty libraries who have a need (or could see one :-) 

> > for sub branches.
> 
> Yes, I think libraries with locations/branches and 
> offices/subbranches 
> are more likely to transfer books between subbranches often

I'm curious...what exactly does transferring a book *do*?  It 
seems that by transferring a book you're pre-emptively setting 
the item's location to it's destination, even though it's not 
there yet.  This isn't much better than simply checking in the 
book when it arrives--in both scenarios the book's location is 
inaccurate until it arrives.

I'm also confused about the purpose of having both homebranch 
and holdingbranch.  It would make sense if Koha have some kind 
of feedback about changes--"This book belongs in the Athens 
Branch. Transfer?"

How are other libraries using these features?  Am I 
misunderstanding how they're supposed to work?

-- Owen

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