[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question concerning the booking module

[Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley]

On 06/21/2011 01:26 PM, Hardy, Elaine wrote:
> We've had some libraries accidentally make bibliographic items bookable
> (well, I'm calling it accidental. I suspect it was an attempt to see what
> would happen). We would like to remove them from being a bookable
> resource, since they are visible with any library's login, but have not
> been able to do so at any permission level. While we can delete a non-bib
> item from the bookable resource type in the server administration
> interface, the bib records don't delete. We thought perhaps they were
> booked and this was preventing their deletion; but, that is not the case.
> So, our questions are  -- can we remove a bib item from resource types
> and, if so, how? Basically, what are we missing?
>

Hello Elaine,

I think you'll be able to delete the "resource type" entries if you 
first delete all the related "resource" entries in the interface which 
you find by following these staff client menus: Admin -> Server 
Administration -> Booking -> Resources.

Also, if I recall correctly, it is possible not to run the Evergreen 
booking service (a server-side configuration change).  Not running the 
booking service won't gracefully hide all the buttons and links in the 
staff client that lead to booking features, but it will prevent those 
features from working.

Another, less dramatic option to prevent items from being made bookable 
again would be to make sure that nobody has either the 
"ADMIN_BOOKING_RESOURCE_TYPE" or the "ADMIN_BOOKING_RESOURCE" permission.

Hope this helps,

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