[Koha] Using KOHA for textbooks?

[Daniel Grobani]

Hi,

Our LibLime-hosted Koha version 3.01.00.037 has term loans. You define a
term by specifying a start date, end date, and term due date. In the "Apply
circulation and fines rules" section, the patron category, item type, and
circulation policy columns are now augmented by a new "Term Loan Policy"
column that enables you to include in the circ rule one of the terms you
defined.

Cheers,

Daniel Grobani
System Administrator
John A. Graziano Memorial Library
Samuel Merritt University
http://www.samuelmerritt.edu/library


Anna Kågedal wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is anyone using KOHA for textbooks?
> 
> We have been using KOHA for our schools library books since July and
> it works well. We are now planning to import our textbooks as well, so
> that we have everything in one system.
> 
> However - I suddenly got nervous. Is this a good idea? Anyone have
> experience with this?
> 
> For example - the global due date that you can set in KOHA towards the
> end of a semester - will then affect all books in all libraries if I
> am correct? Or is there a way to put a global due date for only one
> library? This is because we always have one final date to return books
> for the semester for library books, and another for textbooks. And if
> I then set at global due date for the library books - that will affect
> the duedate for textbooks as well.
> 
> 
> Another thing that I've been thinking about:
> Check out date - you would have to specify a due date (since it can't
> be a certain loan period for textbooks, since it is actually a
> specific date when all textbooks needs to be back, regardless of when
> it was checked out) and click "remember for session" for every student
> that you check out books to if .  Or is there a way to set "remember
> for session" - meaning - as long as I am logged in or unclick the
> button - and not as it is now - as long as this is the same patron?
> (Note: we check out all the textbooks to 600 students in 4 days - it
> gets VERY busy - and several small time thieves will severely slow us
> down.)
> 
> Our plan was to create a specific library for textbooks, and combine
> that with a textbook itemtype. The barcodes are also different, and at
> the moment we don't have a Shelving location for textbooks.
> 
> Finally I'd like to take the opportunity now to thank all of you who
> has answered my questions in the past and who answers in the future.
> 
> Anna
> 
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