[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Item Type

[Mike Rylander]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Robert <glibrarysystem at gmail.com> wrote:
> Oh sorry about that. We are using the circulation modifiers for the circ
> rules, which we have a lot of that need to be added into our Evergreen

For circ modifiers, you can add more to the config file (for currently
released versions), and these will migrate into the database as of
1.4.

> installation. Also I was wondering about the MARC template. The only
> selection in the drop down when creating a new marc record is K_book. Is
> that just there as the name of the template to get to the creation of the
> marc records or does that have any other significance?

That's just the name supplied in the config file, and K_book is just a
K-level BKS template record.  You can create more templates by adding
an almost-empty marcxml record (or cloning and changing an existing)
and adding it to the config file next to the K_book element, in the
same form.

>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Robert <glibrarysystem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Either. I need to add a new book item type for new records.
>>
>> Sorry, I mean, do you want to change or add to the values prescribed
>> by the LoC for USMARC records, or do you want to add a circulation
>> modifier called "book".  And what purpose do you want this to serve?
>> MARC item types (those actually in the marc records) can be used to
>> limit searches, but circulation modifiers simply allow special cases
>> for choosing circ rules.  If you just need to know if the MARC claims
>> to be for a BKS type record, then you can do that in the scripts
>> already, or just use the MARC Form (called item_form) in your
>> circulation config.
>>
>> --miker
>>
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Robert <glibrarysystem at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Is there a way besides going into the database itself for adding an
>> >> > item
>> >> > type and a shelving location into Evergreen?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Shelving/Copy locations can be added via Admin->Local
>> >> Administration->Copy Location Editor.
>> >>
>> >> For item types, do you mean the MARC item type or the Circulation
>> >> Modifier in the Copy Attribute Editor?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Mike Rylander
>> >>  | VP, Research and Design
>> >>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>> >>  | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>> >>  | email: miker at esilibrary.com
>> >>  | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mike Rylander
>>  | VP, Research and Design
>>  | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
>>  | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
>>  | email: miker at esilibrary.com
>>  | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
>
>



-- 
Mike Rylander
 | VP, Research and Design
 | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
 | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email: miker at esilibrary.com
 | web: http://www.esilibrary.com