[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds / Circulation question

[Kate Coleman]

Rogan and all,

The screenshot below is what I mean. We have libraries in our consortium
that do this at this time and I'm wondering if it will cause issues. It
certainly seems like it would cause statistical issues, but maybe some
others as well?

[image: OWNING VS CIRC LIB.png]



Kate Coleman
Jefferson County Library - Central Services
Technical Services Specialist
5678 State Rd. PP
High Ridge, MO 63049
636-677-8689
Fax: 636--677-1769
kcoleman at jeffcolib.org




On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 8:55 AM Rogan Hamby <rhamby at equinoxinitiative.org>
wrote:

> Hi Kate,
>
> If I'm undestanding your question correctly it's not possible.  The
> circulating library is an item attribute and requires an org unit id or it
> can't save the entry in the database.  The owning library as others have
> noted is a volume / call number attribute and has the same restriciton to
> not allow null values.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 9:46 AM Kate Coleman <kcoleman at jeffcolib.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Speaking of brains unwilling to compute...
>>
>> If a multi-branch system (which additionally belongs to a large
>> consortium) chooses to only use the owning library section for their items
>> and leave the circulating library blank, are their negative repercussions
>> for that?
>>
>>
>> Kate Coleman
>> Jefferson County Library - Central Services
>> Technical Services Specialist
>> 5678 State Rd. PP
>> High Ridge, MO 63049
>> 636-677-8689
>> Fax: 636--677-1769
>> kcoleman at jeffcolib.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 8:18 AM Frasur, Ruth <RFrasur at library.in.gov>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Stuart,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The “circulation library” is the library that owns the material.  This
>>> doesn’t change (unless someone cedes ownership).  The “checkout/renew
>>> library” is the library that is circulating that item at any given moment.
>>> The labeling for libraries is confusing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ruth Frasur
>>>
>>> *Evergreen Development and Support Administrator*
>>>
>>> Indiana State Library
>>>
>>> 140 N. Senate Ave.
>>>
>>> Indianapolis, IN 46204
>>>
>>> (317) 460-7556
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:
>>> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Forrest,
>>> Stuart
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:04 AM
>>> *To:* Group, Evergreen <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
>>> *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds / Circulation question
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> This may sound a simple question to some, but my brain seems unwilling
>>> to compute!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So if a book that has been placed on hold that has a Circulating Library
>>> of ‘LibraryA’ is then transitted to ‘LibraryB’ where the hold is being
>>> fulfilled. Does the circulating library temporarily change to ‘LibraryB’ so
>>> that library gets the circulation? I’m thinking of circ reports now. Or
>>> would it be better to use Checkout Library instead to capture all
>>> circulations at ‘LibraryB’
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hopes this makes sense to someone as I am not quite understanding it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Much
>>>
>>> Stuart
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Stuart Forrest, Library IT Manager/Analyst Beaufort County Library System
>>>
>>> 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
>>>
>>> 843 255 6450
>>>
>>> sforrest at bcgov.net
>>>
>>> beaufortcountylibrary.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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