https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=15505

--- Comment #8 from Christopher Brannon <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to George Williams (NEKLS) from comment #7)
> Working in a large consortium, I definitely want something like this.
> 
> If a patron looks at the OPAC and sees a title with 30 items spread around
> at different locations and 20 are already checked out and there are 15
> unfilled requests on the remaining 10 items the existing message can be
> confusing if you're not at a branch where a copy is actually available to be
> grabbed off of the shelf.
> 
> Maybe the issue could be resolved by allowing for the wording of the wording
> of the "Pending hold" message to be customized to suit the needs of the
> library.  If the message that displays when there is a pending hold on an
> item could be tied to an authorised value, then each library could customize
> the description of the item's availability in the staff client and the OPAC
> to suit the needs of their library.  If, for example, I want an item that is
> hold_fill_targets to display a message that the item has a hold on it then I
> can change the authorised value to read "Pending hold" but if I want it to
> display the same availability as any other item on the shelf, I could change
> the authorised value to read "Available."
> 
> George

I agree with George.  This feature is needed, yet, we need to do it in a way
that won't jeopardize how some libraries already use it.  If it can be setup in
a way we can tailor it, that would be great.

Christopher

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