[Koha] Holds/Transfer Limit Question

[Nicole Engard]

Thanks Kyle,

I guess we'll have to do some testing and see if what they want is
possible with a combo of this feature and the holds rules on the circ
matrix.

Nicole

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wrote this feature, but it's been awhile so things may have changed.
> As far as I am aware, this should be allowed by the system. However, I
> don't recall writing in anything to limit a patron from selecting a
> different branch for pickup. This may result in a situation where
> Library A cannot transfer books to Library B, but the patron reserved
> a Library A book for pickup at Library B. Again, it's been a long time
> since I wrote the code, so I could be wrong.
>
> Kyle
>
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>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I got this question today from a library about to go live with Koha
>> and I'm not exactly sure how to answer it.
>>
>> "Our system is a collection of four sites.  One of them (Library A)
>> has a severe restriction: Books from its collection cannot be
>> transferred to the other sites.  They can be put on hold by patrons at
>> any of the branches, but must be picked up at Library A."
>>
>> Is this possible? Will the Library Transfer Limits do this?  I'm
>> thinking that if holds are allowed there is no way that they can stop
>> the transferring, but I could be wrong and would love to hear from any
>> of you who are using Library Transfer Limits or some such similar
>> feature/rule.
>>
>> Thanks a bunch,
>> Nicole C. Engard
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