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

[Mike Rylander]

2012/1/16 Linda Jansova <skolkova at chello.cz>:
> 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?
>

There's a Reference flag that can be set on a per-copy basis, and can
be used to disallow holds and circulations.

HTH,

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