[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy status for reference books?

[Linda Jansova]

Hi,

We have come across a probably more or less country-specific issue:

In Jabok Library, reference books (i.e., books which cannot be checked 
out and can only be read in the library) don't share the same copy 
location (as often, though probably not always, do reference books in US 
libraries). Rather, the books in Jabok Library are dispersed throughout 
the library. A typical example would five copies of the book - four of 
them could be checked out and one of them could not be. All five copies 
would be physically located on the very same shelf - distinguished by a 
spine label so that the user immediately sees whether he or she is able 
to check out the particular copy.

When it comes to Evergreen (we are currently using version 2.0.9), would 
you recommend creating a new copy status (in Server Administration -> 
Copy statuses) entitled (in English) say "Reference" which would be 
visible in the OPAC and one could not place holds on it? What we need is 
to make it more visible for the user to see whether a particular copy is 
a "usual" copy which could be checked out whether it is a reference 
book... In case we use the copy status as indicated, we (and the users 
of course) can conveniently see the status below the record of the title...

Or perhaps an entirely different solution would be better in this case?

Any advice on this matter is appreciated...

Linda