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

[Turner, Jennifer M]

Hi Linda,

Our libraries had this problem, too.  To work around it, they created separate volumes for reference copies.  This allows the call number and location to display separately from the items in the general collection.

The following is an example on our development system:
http://ecrldev.mnpals.net/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=146847&t=free%20money&tp=title&d=0&hc=10&rt=title

I hope this helps!

Jennifer Turner | PALS, A Program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities | 507-389-2000




From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Linda Jansova
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy status for reference books?

Mike, I forgot to mention that Jabok Library actually uses the reference flag but the problem is that the user only sees what is displayed in the OPAC and it seems that it is impossible for the user to distinguish between a copy which is a reference copy and a copy which is not.

An example could be this book:

http://www.jabok.cuni.cz/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=11941&t=soci%C3%A1ln%C3%AD%20v%20praxi%20matou%C5%A1ek&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=1&rt=keyword

and a copy with a barcode 424480018601 listed in copy location "Odborná knihovna". The user sees that it is available. However, he or she does not see whether it is a reference copy or not...

Linda

Dne 16.1.2012 20:34, Mike Rylander napsal(a):

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