[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Staff-only locations

[Mike Rylander]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:12 PM, David Fiander <david at fiander.info> wrote:
> I don't know if this is in Evergreen or not, but it's a problem we
> just ran into with our current ILS.
>
> We would like to create one or two staff locations that can page items
> for transfers, to support certain internal functions, but with our
> current ILS, all locations are visible in the public interface. In
> order to reduce the chance of a user requesting that an item be
> transferred to a staff location, we are having to create it with a
> cryptic name and just hope that nobody selects it.
>
> So, it would be nice if Evergreen supports locations/destinations for
> transfers that are not normally visible on the public opac, but are
> visible in the staff client, or could be visible in the opac if the
> user logged in has the appropriate patron type.
>

You're in luck! Both shelving locations and org units can be hidden
from the public OPAC now, but remain accessible through the staff
client.

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Mike Rylander
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