[Koha] Circulation rule by location

Christopher Davis cgdavis at uintah.utah.gov
Thu Jun 27 08:56:53 NZST 2019


Joel,

I am not sure if it helps, but in the example which you gave, you could 
make the archives its own library branch in Koha. You could then apply 
different circulation rules in that branch.

FWIW,

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On 6/26/19 2:33 PM, Coehoorn, Joel wrote:
> This seems like a major weakness.
>
> For just one example that is likely common, let's a book, or older issues
> of a periodical move from the normal part of the library to an "Archives"
> location that is more dense, and maybe climate controlled for preservation.
> The circulation rules for those items might be different, but the type of
> the item hasn't changed, only the location.
>
> Is there a feature request I can vote for or bugzilla # I can track to
> watch for this?
>
> Joel Coehoorn
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> On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 3:22 PM Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Joel,
>>
>> at the moment circulation conditions can be tied to combinations of
>> library, patron category and item types only. Locations cannot be used.
>>
>> Katrin
>>
>> On 26.06.19 21:39, Coehoorn, Joel wrote:
>>> Is it possible to have a circulation rule that targets location? In the
>>> past, we've had a diarrhea of item types to encode both a location and
>> the
>>> kind of item, and this really isn't ideal. We'd like to revise our
>>> circulation rules to target locations, and therefore simplify our item
>>> types.
>>>
>>> Joel Coehoorn
>>> Director of Information Technology
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