[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Item Type

[Robert]

Ok, I see that I can just type in the circulation modifier that I want to
apply but where is the config file that I can add them to in order for them
to appear in the drop down menu?

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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