[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy Locations Options (and Reports)

[Benjamin Shum]

I'm curious as to what other libraries using Evergreen are currently using with regards to copy locations.  In our system, we're using unique copy locations for each library (even if the name of the copy locations are the exact same thing between different libraries).  For example, we might have a copy location called "Adult Fiction" owned by Library A and another location also called "Adult Fiction" owned by Library B.  The reason we have this distinction in our system was due to initial concerns over report generation for the purpose of seeing inter-library loan circulation statistics within the network.  It was believed that having specific and unique copy locations for each library would allow us to be certain of where an item lived or belonged.

However, we are now interested to hear what other libraries have implemented in their Evergreen systems.  Whether multiple copy locations could be somehow collapsed into more cohesive or shared amongst some or several libraries?  Any particular methods of grouping in reports based on copy locations, unique or otherwise.

Thanks,

Benjamin Shum
Open Source Software Coordinator
Bibliomation, Inc.
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Middlebury, CT 06762
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