On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:40:57 +0100 Robert Großkopf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Martin, > > > > note re Mahnung. > > > > A Mahnung is what one receives anytime something is overdue. > > Typically it will be a payment of a bill that you forgot. A polite > > letter comes entitled "First Mahnung". Typically there is no > > penalty imposed at this stage. The second Mahnung and beyond gets > > messy - nobody wants to go there in Switzerland!! > > > > In the case of our library I receive the Mahnung by email telling > > me it is overdue and informing me how much I owe in a fine. > > > > I seem to recall that in the English library system it was called > > an overdue notice. > > Do you think we have to change the term in the databases? In the > report of the database O have called this "Admonition". > If changing is necessary we have to decide, which term I have to use. > In case of this library you get a "Mahnung", when you haven't brought > back the loan media. For every week you have to pay, for example, > 0,25 €. > > I'm looking only in the www for the terms. And I don't know, if I will > find the right terms at all. > > Regards, > > Robert > It depends on the library. Public libraries issue their loans for short fixed periods and expect their customers to bring the items back on time; if an item is not returned, they send out an "overdue notice" and impose a fine. Research libraries, like the one I used to work in, often loan documents for long periods, and issue a "recall notice" when they fall due for return or renewal. Both types of notice might be called a "Mahnung" in German. I chose "Recalls" for the field name because that is what I was accustomed to call them. As the finer details of library policy are not relevant for people who only want to learn how to use Base, "Recalls" should serve, except for one paragraph in the Queries chapter which links the Mahnungen to the imposition of fines; I have added a couple of lines at this point to explain that it is up to the library to decide whether to issue these notices before or after an item becomes overdue. -- H Russman -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
