[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[McCanna, Terran]

Hi Donald,

If it would help you, our circulation matrix is posted on our site:
http://pines.georgialibraries.org/pines-circulation-matrix-review

It's much more complex than most institutions will need (because we are a consortium of 54 library systems with over 270 service outlets with varying collections and services) but it might give you some ideas.


Terran McCanna 
PINES Program Manager 
Georgia Public Library Service 
1800 Century Place, Suite 150 
Atlanta, GA 30345 
404-235-7138 
tmccanna at georgialibraries.org 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Butterworth" <don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu>
To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:00:28 AM
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers




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 


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Don Butterworth 
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B.L. Fisher Library 
Asbury Theological Seminary 
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu 
(859) 858-2227 




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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA 
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, 
York County Library System 


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-- 
Don Butterworth 
Faculty Associate / Librarian III 
B.L. Fisher Library 
Asbury Theological Seminary 
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu 
(859) 858-2227