[Koha] Borrower Catagories

[Marty Jongepier]

Which categories you want depends mainly on what you do with it.
The question to ask then, I think, is; WHY would you want more categories?
If you can't think of any good reasons, don't make any more than you need.

We are running a church library and the only categories we have are children
and adults, which works wonderful for us; children don't have to pay late
fines, but their parents do. Ultimately the parents are responsible.

If, in your school, you want to know in which room your students are, you
can add categories per homeroom. However, this probably means moving lots of
students over to another room category when they graduate. I shiver at the
thought. Students and teachers seem wonderfully adequate. I think it is
easier to add a category later (if needed) than having too many categories
you are never going to use.

>From a library point of view it hardly matters what you do, categories
decide which rights you can give to a certain group. Patrons are identified
by name or card number, not by category.

Hope this helps,

Marty

-----Original Message-----
From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz
[mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Lawrence Bean
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:03 AM
To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
Cc: mfuller at u47.k12.me.us
Subject: Re: [Koha] Borrower Catagories

Homero Almeida <homero1958 at yahoo.com> writes:
>You can define the categories that you need.

Yes, we understand that part. 

>It easy change if you decide add any category

That's good to know.

In getting started, we're looking for what structures other have found
work well for schools. A catagory for Teachers and a category for Students
is obvious. But, for instance, have others found dividing the students by
Grade or Homeroom to be beneficial? If so, what sub-categories have
brought which benefits from a library management point of view?

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