[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holdings Subfield: Circulating Library

[Rogan Hamby]

Well, a few thoughts.

Jason is right.  You can use your branch level (ATS-KY) in the record and
still set ATS in the policy.  That's the most elegant solution.  It also
has a long term benefit.  This works because of weighting and it allows you
in the future if you need to, to create policies for a branch level that
effectively over ride the more general policy.  And it's nice to future
guard yourself.

The other thought is that you could set owning library to your branch and
circulating to your system.  Both can be used in your circ policies.  That
gives you a lot of power and flexibility but to be honest, I suspect
(though I don't know your needs) that it's probably creating complex for
complexity's sake.


On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterworth at asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> We are making some progress as we wrestle through circulation policy
> configurations.  Here's the latest issue. We would like to configure more
> of our polices at the "System" org unit level, since our branches have
> essentially the same checkout parameters, but for us there is a
> complication because of how copy/item records enter Evergreen.
>
> All of our purchased titles enter Evergreen with copy/item records via a
> 962 tag attached to the permanent bib record. The owning library code can
> be imported in a subfield but not a circulating library, because there is
> no Holding Subfield in the Provider Record listed as an option.
>
> If we use the system level code (ATS) as the owning library subfield our
> circulation parameters could be simplified, but it would mean manually
> adding the circulating library to each item record manually for all
> purchases, so that the correct circulating library displays in the PAC. If
> we use the branch level code (ATS-KY for example) as the owning library the
> circulating library is the same as the owning library, but it increases the
> complexity of the circulation policies.
>
> Catch 22. We think this complication would be solved if one of the
> Holdings Subfield options was Circulating Library. Or am I just out to
> lunch? A decided possibility.
>
> 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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