[Koha] Using KOHA for textbooks?

[David Schuster]

I sure hope that gets into community Koha!  I'm only on 3.01.00.032 LibLime
so I don't have that feature!

Chomping at the bit for that one!  Is that development you all did Daniel?

David Schuster

Daniel Grobani wrote:
> 
> 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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>> 
>> Anna Kågedal
>> Kodaikanal International School
>> Seven Roads Junction
>> Kodaikanal 624101
>> Tamil Nadu, India
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>> cell phone: +919994535493
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