[Koha] "In-house use" vs "on-site" vs "reading room"

[Elaine Bradtke]

I vote for in-library as Indra suggested.  Very clear and concise.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Jonathan wrote:
>
>> I am looking for the best term to use on the interface (and in the code
>> itself).
>> If you are an English speaker, could you share with me how you call that?
>>
>
> "In house use": sounds like anywhere in the library only. Might even have
> connotations that only librarians can touch it.
> "on-site": sounds technical compared to "In house use", without the
> librarian use only connotation.
> "reading room": sounds like it is only in a specific room, not anywhere in
> the library.
>
> Perhaps a mix? "on-site use"? "reading use only" as compared to the
> typical understanding of can take home and read? Though, it is too subtle
> in the "you can't take it home" department. I'm merely a programmer, not a
> library geek, so weigh my feedback accordingly.
>
> GPML,
> Mark Tompsett
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