Elaine, you could setup a collection code that all the equipment is housed under, and then use the OpacHiddenItems sys pref to hide that collection code. That's a possible easy solution... You could also set up a separate branch and hide it from the public using the same sys pref.
-Heather On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 1:12 PM Elaine Bradtke <[email protected]> wrote: > We have several laptops, cameras and recording equipment that various > members of staff use, take off site, etc. The current method of keeping > track of them is inadequate, and I proposed that we use Koha for checking > them in and out, placing holds, tracking use, etc; all functions Koha can > do. > > We don't want the equipment to appear in the public catalogue, and I don't > want non-library staff poking around in the nether regions of the library > catalogue. But I also don't want the library staff to be burdened with > keeping track of equipment that belongs to and is generally used by another > department. > > I'd like to hear how other libraries have handled this. > > I am considering setting up another branch, just for equipment. Would it > be easy to limit access to one branch but keep the main collection open for > all? Or would I have to set up a completely different Koha installation? > Our test site for instance is completely separate, limited to a couple of > IP addresses, and the OPAC requires a login - something like that would > work for equipment. > > -- > 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] > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > -- Heather Braum NExpress Coordinator Resource Sharing Librarian Northeast Kansas Library System [email protected] "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." ~Alvin Toffler, *Rethinking the Future* _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
