Background info: We don't circulate a lot of materials (probably less than one item per day on average). 80% of the book stock is not yet in Koha (we have a legacy card catalogue). We only circulate books that we have more than one copy - nothing else leaves the building.
When we brought the circulation system into play, I suggested to the staff that they could use the Fast Add Framework to put in a brief record before issuing something that's not already in Koha, and then place a hold the item so when it's returned they can update the catalogue. This hasn't worked well for various reasons. The Fast Add framework is lacking in critical fields. I've added a few, but there are still more that we need. I could either add the rest of the necessary fields to the Fast Add framework (tedious, but possible) or, build a template for quickly adding things on the fly. I'm not sure which method is best. The framework could be applied to a Z39.50 download, which would then hide the extraneous fields and possibly result in a more accurate catalogue record (the joy of cataloguing a book while on the front desk with the phone ringing and a patron waiting and someone else fussing with the photocopier right next to you). The template is a familiar tool as I've already got a couple in place for some of the more complex types of material, but unfortunately when you duplicate a template for editing, you end up with all those extra fields. Or. . . a combination of both? Any thoughts? Elaine -- Elaine Bradtke Data Wrangler VWML English Folk Dance and Song Society | http://www.efdss.org Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent's Park Road, London NW1 7AY Tel +44 (0) 20 7485 2206 (This number is for the English Folk Dance and Song Society in London, England. If you wish to phone me personally, send an e-mail first. I work off site) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Company No. 297142 Charity Registered in England and Wales No. 305999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Writing about music is like dancing about architecture" --Elvis Costello (Musician magazine No. 60 (October 1983), p. 52) _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
