Hi Linda, Our libraries had this problem, too. To work around it, they created separate volumes for reference copies. This allows the call number and location to display separately from the items in the general collection.
The following is an example on our development system: http://ecrldev.mnpals.net/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=146847&t=free%20money&tp=title&d=0&hc=10&rt=title I hope this helps! Jennifer Turner | PALS, A Program of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities | 507-389-2000 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linda Jansova Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy status for reference books? Mike, I forgot to mention that Jabok Library actually uses the reference flag but the problem is that the user only sees what is displayed in the OPAC and it seems that it is impossible for the user to distinguish between a copy which is a reference copy and a copy which is not. An example could be this book: http://www.jabok.cuni.cz/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=11941&t=soci%C3%A1ln%C3%AD%20v%20praxi%20matou%C5%A1ek&tp=keyword&d=0&hc=1&rt=keyword and a copy with a barcode 424480018601 listed in copy location "Odborná knihovna". The user sees that it is available. However, he or she does not see whether it is a reference copy or not... Linda Dne 16.1.2012 20:34, Mike Rylander napsal(a): 2012/1/16 Linda Jansova <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]>: Hi, We have come across a probably more or less country-specific issue: In Jabok Library, reference books (i.e., books which cannot be checked out and can only be read in the library) don't share the same copy location (as often, though probably not always, do reference books in US libraries). Rather, the books in Jabok Library are dispersed throughout the library. A typical example would five copies of the book - four of them could be checked out and one of them could not be. All five copies would be physically located on the very same shelf - distinguished by a spine label so that the user immediately sees whether he or she is able to check out the particular copy. When it comes to Evergreen (we are currently using version 2.0.9), would you recommend creating a new copy status (in Server Administration -> Copy statuses) entitled (in English) say "Reference" which would be visible in the OPAC and one could not place holds on it? What we need is to make it more visible for the user to see whether a particular copy is a "usual" copy which could be checked out whether it is a reference book... In case we use the copy status as indicated, we (and the users of course) can conveniently see the status below the record of the title... Or perhaps an entirely different solution would be better in this case? There's a Reference flag that can be set on a per-copy basis, and can be used to disallow holds and circulations. HTH,
