[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Book Club Kit Lending

[Rogan Hamby]

We in York do the same thing that Burlington does.  It's a very simple
approach but it works well for our needs.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Janet Brown <Janetb at burlingtonwa.gov> wrote:

> Blake,
>
> We have been circulating Book Club Kits for over a year now. We place an
> actual MARC record in the system but add the number of books in the kit to
> the physical description.  We require that one person from a book club
> check out the whole kit and be responsible for bringing them all back
> together.  We also give them an extended due date so they have time to
> distribute, read and discuss the books before they bring them back.  There
> is a laminated card with the barcode attached for each kit which we file
> away while the kit is checked out.
>
> You can search for all of the kits by doing a keyword search 'book club
> kit' or I've given you a couple direct links.
>
> http://burlington.skagitcat.org/eg/opac/record/183344
> http://burlington.skagitcat.org/eg/opac/record/182515
>
> It's worked well for us, but then we're a smallish library.
>
> Janet Brown
> SysAdmin/Circ Supervisor
>
> Burlington Public Library
> 820 E Washington Ave
> Burlington WA  98233
> 360-755-0760
> janetb at burlingtonwa.gov
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Open-ils-general [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Blake
> Henderson
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 2:45 PM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Book Club Kit Lending
>
> All,
>
> We had a consortium issue we are trying to figure out how to handle.
> Several of our library systems would like to share the "Book Club in a
> kit" set of books. The idea is to keep the set of books together while they
> are circulated for Book clubs around the consortium. The best idea we have
> would be to create a dummy copy in the database that represents the whole
> set of (x) copies. The call number would describe the title and quantity.
> The dummy copy would be attached to a bib called "Book Club Kit" with some
> very basic information in the MARC. The consortium staff members would
> "know" (with training) that is the place to go for attaching these kits and
> where to go in order to place a hold.
>
> Once a staff member places the copy level hold on the dummy barcode.
> This is where we have some questions. We would like to circ each book to
> each patron for tracking purposes. Of course, the system didn't track each
> copy in the transit table. Once they arrive at the destination library,
> they would proceed to check out each copy to each patron.
> Should the copies have their circulation library changed first? Maybe
> there is a better way to handle it?
>
> Does anyone else have a similar scenario?
>
> --
> -Blake-
> Conducting Magic
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>


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

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