Okay, that seems to work for the first issue, but not when you go to receive the next. Any other ideas?
Nicole On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Nicole Engard <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for this! I'll give it a whirl. > > Nicole > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Eric Bégin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Nicole, >> >> I would use a X, Y, Z numbering pattern (Volume, number, Issue. Starting >> Volume at 42, starting Number at 7 and Issue at 8. >> Numbering formula is Volume {X} #{Y}/{Z} >> >> The trick is that you will have to use the Advanced Pattern since Y and Z >> must increment by 2 every time you receive an issue >> >> Values for X >> Add : 1 >> once every: 6 >> other values should be ok >> >> Values for Y >> Add : 2 >> oncer every : 1 >> When more than 12 >> Set back to 1 >> >> Values for Z >> Add : 2 >> oncer every : 1 >> When more than 12 >> Set back to: 2 >> >> I didn't try it but I'm pretty confident that it should work. >> >> Hope that helps, >> >> Eric Bégin >> www.inLibro.com >> >> >> >> >> On 2012-01-06 13:47, Nicole Engard wrote: >> >> I have a strange Serial planning question. American Libraries >> publishes 6 issue a year, and number them like this: >> >> Volume 42 #7/8 >> Volume 42 #9/10 >> Volume 42 #11/12 >> >> Can anyone come up with a way to enter this in to Koha to allow for >> this type of numbering? All I can come up with (and it's way sloppy) >> is to tell Koha that it's 12 issues a year and then delete every other >> issue and manually edit the volume/number field to show 7/8 or 9/10 >> etc. >> >> Thanks in advance for any tips you can provide. >> >> Nicole >> >> PS. I am still looking for serials planning examples from all types of >> journals/magazines so that I can share them in the manual and save new >> Koha librarians time! >> _______________________________________________ >> Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org >> [email protected] >> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha >> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
