Hi! Oslo Public Library needs to close some of its branches every now and then. How are y'all handling that in Koha?
Our idea so far is twofold: 1. Make it possible to mark a branch as closed and have the effect of this be that the library can not be selected as a pickup location when placing a hold. (This could either be a checkbox saying "this branch is now closed", or it could be a from date and a to date, in which case the library would be disabled as a pickup location between these dates.) 2. Create a new value for the NOT_LOAN authorized value, e.g. 3 = "Branch closed". Then we would create a plugin or a new tool to make it easy to update the "Not for loan" status of all items connected to the given branch, that has a 0 value for the "Not for loan" data. (And make it equally easy to go back the other way when the library is open again.) (This could perhaps also be combined: Make it possible to set dates for closing and opening, and then have a script that is run every night that checks if any libraries are due to be opened or closed, and then updates the "Not for loan" values accordingly.) Anyone got any thoughts on this? Better ways to do it? Angles we are missing? Best regards, Magnus Enger Oslo Public Library _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
