Thank you Caroline, for the quick response! I tried all three of the options there with what seem to be the same result. I believe this is because with each CircControl Setting the following happens: 1. "the library the item is from" - will circulate the item with the rules that apply to the institutions own/home patrons to another patron regardless of their home library 2. "the library the patron is from" - will circulate with rules from the patron's home library NOT the library loaning the item 3. "the library you are logged in at" - got the same result here but not sure why - I think this setting is for instances where you might want to check out as if you were another library in special cases
If these are the only options, and I am not missing something, it seems another could be added: "the loaning library" which could consider the patron's home library first then match for patron/item categories Are there any other settings or is there something about "the library you are logged in at" that could be used here? ---Noah Noah Brubaker PALNI Associate Director (317)721-8198 | [email protected] | www.palni.edu c/o Irwin Library, 4553 Clarendon Road, Indianapolis, IN 46208 On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM Caroline Cyr La Rose < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Noah, > > Maybe someone more knowledgable about consortia issues can answer, but > my first instinct is to ask what is the setting you set in the > CircControl system preference? > > When Koha says "same library", it will look at the library of the item > or the patron depending on CircControl. > > Regards, > > Caroline > > On 2025-10-09 14:51, Noah Brubaker wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We are a consortium of libraries and trying to grasp circulation for Koha > > in a group scenario as we are having some challenges understanding what > is > > possible. We are separate libraries in a shared instance and with a > shared > > patron/bib database. What we would like to have happen is: > > > > 1. A patron from one institution can borrow from another (either walk in > > person or via placing a hold) using fixed consortial borrowing rules. For > > example 60 days for a book. This should be separate from the lending > > library's own local patrons which may get more generous terms. > > > > 2. We would like to have a single set of patron categories that are > > standard across the group. For example Faculty, Student, etc. > > > > The issue seems to be that Koha views the patron as "local" rather than > > from another library. Is there a way for Koha to be configured to take > > into account a patron's home library when determining rules? > > > > We would like to have the default most general rule be our reciprocal > > lending terms (60 days for a book), but it seems that Koha always lends > the > > item as if the patron is part of the library lending it - rather than a > > patron not affiliated directly with that library. > > > > Please let me know if I can clarify, but it seems there should be a > setting > > somewhere or something in the rules definitions we are missing. We > noticed > > in the rules definition there is the term "same library" which is > > considered by the system but it doesn't seem to be doing that in regards > to > > the patron and their home library. > > > > We were hoping to avoid needing separate patron types for all of our > > libraries to make this work, if possible. > > > > Thanks so much! > > > > ---Noah > > > > > > > > Noah Brubaker > > > > PALNI Associate Director > > > > (317)721-8198 | [email protected] | www.palni.edu > > > > c/o Irwin Library, 4553 Clarendon Road, Indianapolis, IN 46208 > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > > [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > Caroline Cyr-La-Rose, M.L.I.S. (she/her) > Librarian | Product Manager > > 1-833-INLIBRO (465-4276), ext. 221 > [email protected] > https://www.inLibro.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
