[Koha] Add a branch, or not?

[Tajoli Zeno]

Hi Elaine

Il 26/06/2017 20:37, Elaine Bradtke ha scritto:
> What's the best way to do this with Koha?
> ​Would setting up a branch work, or would it be better to set up a
> different instance and somehow get them to link together for broader
> searches?

if you setup a different instance you can't do this:

> and it might be easier to link their holdings to our
> records instead of converting their database to MARC.​

As I see here [http://catalogue.efdss.org/] you are a mono branch install.
You can add an other without problem then you need two new dns address.
One for the new library and one for 'the general catalog'.
You can mantain the present dns name [http://catalogue.efdss.org/] for 
your branch
Read this pdf: 
http://www.koha.org/library/resources/Documentation/OPAC-Customization.pdf
To do good result you must done same magic in apache conf files:  in the 
different VirtualHost section you can insert different system 
preferences using SetEnv OVERRIDE_SYSPREF_PrefName Value

> . If it's a small bit of digital magic that needs doing, we might be able
> to beg some help from a friendly IT wizard.

Is better that to ask him/here to read:
http://www.koha.org/library/resources/Documentation/OPAC-Customization.pdf
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10325

ATTENTION: before go to production, test the setup in a TEST server.

Bye
Zeno Tajoli


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