[Koha] koha - consortia

Tue Nov 5 22:50:22 NZDT 2013

I am not 100% certain , but I think:

In Koha there is only one catalogue. Catalogue contents are not divisible by the library, but for the items such a modification can be made. So you could search for biblios and limit the availability based on the items home library.

I don't understand what is the business value for your patrons if you could limit catalog searches by a permission?

OAK
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On 04.11.2013 18:30, Richard Maileseni wrote:
Hi Mr Kivilahti,
Thankyou so much for your input in my question.

My main task is to find out if Koha could be used for our library which is part of a consortia of libraries.

Our library is part of a consortia. Each borrower at each library could search on other libraries catalogue but they have to be added to a special group of users known as smart that are allowed for this. could you please point out which feature of Koha that would allow this.

Thanks!

On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Kivilahti Olli-Antti <olli-antti.kivilahti at jns.fi<mailto:olli-antti.kivilahti at jns.fi>> wrote:
Hello Mr. Maileseni and Mr. Sasse.

A very interesting question.
Firstly you should tell us what kind of features you need for a consortium?

I know you can run a succesful consortium with zero consortial features
and probably this will be the best way for your staff and your patrons,
since it is really simple to have unified settings. It is also the most
clear solution to your users if you allow transportation of items
between libraries.

If you are not transferring material between libraries and want to limit
the availability of your items to a specific library, you can do that
with UseIndependentBranches-feature. If you want libraries A, B, and C
to form a sub-consortium and libraries D, E and F to form their own; and
limit permissions and holds and acquisitions between consortias, while
sharing the same user and bibliographic database, Koha wil limit your
barrier building, but you should aim to resolve those issues politically
by making compromises.

Tho if you have only 6 libraries I recommend you unify practices, let
everyone edit each others item and patron records and work more closely
together. It is proven that libraries deliver more success by working
together than building or maintaining artificial walls. Especially since
everyone is cutting our budgets.

Olli-Antti Kivilahti
Project Manager
Open Library 2014
Joensuu Regional Library

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On 04.11.2013 15:15, koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-request at lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote:
> From: Richard Maileseni [mailto:rmaileseni at gmail.com<mailto:rmaileseni at gmail.com>]
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 7:53 PM
> To: Joel Sasse
> Subject: Re: [Koha] koha - consortia
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> Our consortia has only six libraries, is there any way for me to test the
> setup of a library consortia on koha?
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> On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Joel Sasse<jsasse at plumcreeklibrary.net<mailto:jsasse at plumcreeklibrary.net>>
> wrote:
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> Could you be a bit more specific? I administer Koha for a 32 member library
> consortium and each library has different loan periods and fine structures
> as well as patron categories unique to some members. Koha handles this quite
> well.
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> Koha also allows for different overdue messaging preferences and checkout
> slip configurations for member libraries.
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> Joel Sasse
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> Network Systems Administrator
>
> Plum Creek Library System
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> 507-376-5803<tel:507-376-5803>
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