[Koha] Disallowing holds

[Susan Bennett]

Hi Cab,

Look in the Issuing rules under Administration. At the very bottom of that
page is a grid to set hold policy's by Item type - at least on 3.0100014...

Susan Bennett
ILS System Administrator
Geauga County Public Library
440 286-6811 x 125
440 286-7419 FAX


On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Cab Vinton <bibliwho at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to do disallow holds for certain classes of materials,
> or at the individual item/ record level? I've poked around the
> settings for Item Types & the item-level subfields, but haven't found
> anything yet.
>
> The ability to do this would come in handy because we're thinking of
> adding records to our catalog for the downloadable audiobooks our
> patrons have access to through Overdrive.
>
> Other libraries have found that instead of going to the Overdrive site
> to place holds/ get access to the audiobooks, patrons invariably
> attempt to place a hold through the catalog. Does not work, needless
> to say, & just creates more work for the library staff.
>
> The same basic idea would also apply to downloadable ebooks, streaming
> music via Naxos, etc.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cab Vinton, Director
> Sanbornton Public Library
> Sanbornton, NH
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