[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Rogan Hamby]

Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few
tables that affect this.

Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ durations,
fine rates and max fines.  You then set circulation matchpoints that in
your case would invoke different durations depending on what library
someone is checking out at.  Just make sure that in your matrix weights the
location is given a lot of weight so it's rules are always invoked.

It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in
principle.  In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of
course.


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> Dear Experts,
>
> Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation
> Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our
> Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three
> sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different
> circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different
> Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.:
> book | book-fla | book-bl |  book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that
> handles this a better way?
>
> Don
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>



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