I am not 100% certain , but I think: In Koha there is only one catalogue. Catalogue contents are not divisible by the library, but for the items such a modification can be made. So you could search for biblios and limit the availability based on the items home library.
I don't understand what is the business value for your patrons if you could limit catalog searches by a permission? OAK --Powered by Linuxmint On 04.11.2013 18:30, Richard Maileseni wrote: Hi Mr Kivilahti, Thankyou so much for your input in my question. My main task is to find out if Koha could be used for our library which is part of a consortia of libraries. Our library is part of a consortia. Each borrower at each library could search on other libraries catalogue but they have to be added to a special group of users known as smart that are allowed for this. could you please point out which feature of Koha that would allow this. Thanks! On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:06 AM, Kivilahti Olli-Antti <olli-antti.kivila...@jns.fi<mailto:olli-antti.kivila...@jns.fi>> wrote: Hello Mr. Maileseni and Mr. Sasse. A very interesting question. Firstly you should tell us what kind of features you need for a consortium? I know you can run a succesful consortium with zero consortial features and probably this will be the best way for your staff and your patrons, since it is really simple to have unified settings. It is also the most clear solution to your users if you allow transportation of items between libraries. If you are not transferring material between libraries and want to limit the availability of your items to a specific library, you can do that with UseIndependentBranches-feature. If you want libraries A, B, and C to form a sub-consortium and libraries D, E and F to form their own; and limit permissions and holds and acquisitions between consortias, while sharing the same user and bibliographic database, Koha wil limit your barrier building, but you should aim to resolve those issues politically by making compromises. Tho if you have only 6 libraries I recommend you unify practices, let everyone edit each others item and patron records and work more closely together. It is proven that libraries deliver more success by working together than building or maintaining artificial walls. Especially since everyone is cutting our budgets. Olli-Antti Kivilahti Project Manager Open Library 2014 Joensuu Regional Library --Powered by Linuxmint On 04.11.2013 15:15, koha-requ...@lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:koha-requ...@lists.katipo.co.nz> wrote: > From: Richard Maileseni > [mailto:rmailes...@gmail.com<mailto:rmailes...@gmail.com>] > Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 7:53 PM > To: Joel Sasse > Subject: Re: [Koha] koha - consortia > > > > Our consortia has only six libraries, is there any way for me to test the > setup of a library consortia on koha? > > > > On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Joel > Sasse<jsa...@plumcreeklibrary.net<mailto:jsa...@plumcreeklibrary.net>> > wrote: > > Could you be a bit more specific? I administer Koha for a 32 member library > consortium and each library has different loan periods and fine structures > as well as patron categories unique to some members. Koha handles this quite > well. > > > > Koha also allows for different overdue messaging preferences and checkout > slip configurations for member libraries. > > > > Joel Sasse > > Network Systems Administrator > > Plum Creek Library System > > 507-376-5803<tel:507-376-5803> _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz<mailto:Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz> http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha -- Richard W. Maileseni Mob: 027-934-2039 PH: 042367222 Email: lisiate.mailes...@tti.to<mailto:lisiate.mailes...@tti.to> facebook: www.facebook.com/rmaileseni<http://www.facebook.com/rmaileseni> scype: ma_richie ~\\~ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
