[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Donald Butterworth]

Fabulous! Thank you *very much* Rogan. The light is beginning to dawn and
that is the answer I was hoping to hear. Now I just have to get busy.


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>wrote:

> Do circ modifiers define the kind of material, such as Book, DVD, etc....
> ?  Well, not by definition but often yes.  Circ modifiers are literally a
> variable to pass for circulation.  So they can be things like BOOK, VIDEO,
> etc.... or they could be 14-DAY, 21-DAY, etc.... or anything else.  You
> wouldn't use the durations unless your setup is so simple that you don't
> need to distinguish the items further but if you do that's really nice -
> libraries not in a consortium can do that a lot of time.  But for the rest
> of us it's often useful to define the circ mods by the material type but
> that's a choice we're making.  Still, we keep it as simple as we can.  So
> for example, we had libraries that perhaps had BOOK and CHILD BOOK but
> since they both circulated for 14 days they were all consolidated to just
> be BOOK.  Circ mods don't show up to patrons, only staff, another sign that
> they are for circulation configuration not an identifier to help
> distinguish items.
>
> As an FYI SCLENDS does that and we always type the circ mods in all caps
> so we know that when send communication about a book we're talking about an
> item and when we mention BOOK we mean the circ mod.  That's handier than
> you would think.  And we use material types for some of the same reasons
> you do, library A circulates a BOOK for a different time period than
> library B does.
>
> And you can absolutely have everyone use the same circ mods - in fact if
> you don't you'll probably create a mess over time.  The circ mods will all
> show up together so having circ mods not in common use can cause big
> cataloging problems.  It's far easier to just have Library A have Circ
> Policy A for BOOK and Library B have Policy B for BOOK than the same number
> of policies for different circ mods.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Donald Butterworth <
> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:
>
>> Simple is good. Simple is really, really good. It give me hope that I
>> will one day understand ...
>>
>> So, what I am hearing is that Circulation Modifiers essentially define
>> the type of material that is circulated. Book, DVD, Kindle, etc. Is that
>> correct?
>>
>> Another curve-ball. Our Org Unit Network includes two Main Libraries. Can
>> our sister institution share the same Circulation Modifier without creating
>> a problem?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
>>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
>>> York County Library System
>>>
>>> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
>>> stop reading them."
>>> -- Ray Bradbury <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1630.Ray_Bradbury>
>>>
>>> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
>>> suit me."
>>> -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don Butterworth
>> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
>> B.L. Fisher Library
>> Asbury Theological Seminary
>> don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu
>> (859) 858-2227
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
> stop reading them."
> -- Ray Bradbury <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1630.Ray_Bradbury>
>
> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
> me."
> -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
>



-- 
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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