[Koha] Budgets in 3.2 Acquisitions

[Nicolas Morin]

On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Walls, Ian <Ian.Walls at med.nyu.edu> wrote:
> I use the following definitions in my institution:
>
> A Fund is "a source of money"
>
> A budget period (now root budget) is "a quantity of money, from a source, for a period of time".

Yes, that's what I find familiar. But how to call it in 2 words? I
wasn't happy with the original "budget period" because it highlighted
the "period of time" aspect of it exclusively. Not the quantity of
money, nor a name (source). I came up with "root" using an analogy
from the root of an xml document. But I do agree it's not ideal.
"Origine Budget"? "Source Budget"? "Mother Budget"?
Any other idea?
Cheers,
Nicolas


>
> Sub-budgets would then be library-derived allocations of a budget, based on whatever criteria the library needs.
>
> Does that jive with how everyone else conceptualizes Koha Acquisitions?
>
>
>
> Ian Walls
> Systems Integration Librarian
> NYU Health Sciences Libraries
> 550 First Ave., New York, NY 10016
> (212) 263-8687
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Kohn, Karen
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 9:20 AM
> To: Koha list
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Budgets in 3.2 Acquisitions
>
> If I were to use this feature, the "root budget" would correspond with
> what I call a budget line.  The fund and fund budget match the
> terminology I already use.  The budget line is something like
> "Undergraduate Book Budget" and within that there are funds (for
> Psychology, Math, etc.) and each fund has a budget (a dollar amount).
> So the "root budget" structure makes sense, although the terminology is
> off.
>
> Karen Kohn
> Collection Development Manager
> Landman Library
> Arcadia University
> 450 S. Easton Road
> Glenside, PA  19038
> ph: 215-572-8528
> fax: 215-572-0240
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz
> [mailto:koha-bounces at lists.katipo.co.nz] On Behalf Of Owen Leonard
> Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:19 AM
> To: Koha list
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Budgets in 3.2 Acquisitions
>
> I don't work with Acquisitions as part of my job, so I'm curious: Is
> the concept of a "root budget" one that is familiar to users of
> acquisitions systems? If that is a familiar paradigm, is that the
> correct term?
>
>  -- Owen
>
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