[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Concern about terminology (Circulating Library)

[Jason Boyer]

The term Circulating Library is used in multiple places as a field name. In
an Item record, it's the library where the item is currently shelved, and in
a circulation record, it's the library that actually checked the item out.
(There may be more, but these are the two that cause the most confusion.)

Is there any reason that the Item Circulating Library couldn't be changed to
something like "Shelving Library" instead? That's more in line with the
information it's trying to get across, especially in a floating collection.

This causes us problems especially when knowing if we should accept money
for late fees. Currently libraries in our consortium are only allowed to
accept money for bills caused by circulations from that library, not if
their item just happened to be checked out somewhere else. It also causes
confusion with reports, because people will be working on a report, see
"Circulating Library" and assume that's where the item checked out. Not
necessarily. Training can address this, but removing the source of the
confusion altogether is even better (especially over a broad scattering of
experience/knowledge levels).

Jason

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Jason Boyer, IT Specialist
Jackson County Public Library
303 W Second St
Seymour, IN 47274

jasonb at myjclibrary.org
p (812) 522-3412 ext. 227
f (812) 522-5456
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