Fabulous! Thank you *very much* Rogan. The light is beginning to dawn and that is the answer I was hoping to hear. Now I just have to get busy.
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]>wrote: > Do circ modifiers define the kind of material, such as Book, DVD, etc.... > ? Well, not by definition but often yes. Circ modifiers are literally a > variable to pass for circulation. So they can be things like BOOK, VIDEO, > etc.... or they could be 14-DAY, 21-DAY, etc.... or anything else. You > wouldn't use the durations unless your setup is so simple that you don't > need to distinguish the items further but if you do that's really nice - > libraries not in a consortium can do that a lot of time. But for the rest > of us it's often useful to define the circ mods by the material type but > that's a choice we're making. Still, we keep it as simple as we can. So > for example, we had libraries that perhaps had BOOK and CHILD BOOK but > since they both circulated for 14 days they were all consolidated to just > be BOOK. Circ mods don't show up to patrons, only staff, another sign that > they are for circulation configuration not an identifier to help > distinguish items. > > As an FYI SCLENDS does that and we always type the circ mods in all caps > so we know that when send communication about a book we're talking about an > item and when we mention BOOK we mean the circ mod. That's handier than > you would think. And we use material types for some of the same reasons > you do, library A circulates a BOOK for a different time period than > library B does. > > And you can absolutely have everyone use the same circ mods - in fact if > you don't you'll probably create a mess over time. The circ mods will all > show up together so having circ mods not in common use can cause big > cataloging problems. It's far easier to just have Library A have Circ > Policy A for BOOK and Library B have Policy B for BOOK than the same number > of policies for different circ mods. > > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Donald Butterworth < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Simple is good. Simple is really, really good. It give me hope that I >> will one day understand ... >> >> So, what I am hearing is that Circulation Modifiers essentially define >> the type of material that is circulated. Book, DVD, Kindle, etc. Is that >> correct? >> >> Another curve-ball. Our Org Unit Network includes two Main Libraries. Can >> our sister institution share the same Circulation Modifier without creating >> a problem? >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Rogan Hamby >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few >>> tables that affect this. >>> >>> Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ >>> durations, fine rates and max fines. You then set circulation matchpoints >>> that in your case would invoke different durations depending on what >>> library someone is checking out at. Just make sure that in your matrix >>> weights the location is given a lot of weight so it's rules are always >>> invoked. >>> >>> It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in >>> principle. In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of >>> course. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Experts, >>>> >>>> Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation >>>> Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our >>>> Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three >>>> sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different >>>> circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different >>>> Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.: >>>> book | book-fla | book-bl | book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that >>>> handles this a better way? >>>> >>>> Don >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Don Butterworth >>>> Faculty Associate / Librarian III >>>> B.L. Fisher Library >>>> Asbury Theological Seminary >>>> [email protected] >>>> (859) 858-2227 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA >>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, >>> York County Library System >>> >>> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to >>> stop reading them." >>> -- Ray Bradbury <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1630.Ray_Bradbury> >>> >>> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to >>> suit me." >>> -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Don Butterworth >> Faculty Associate / Librarian III >> B.L. Fisher Library >> Asbury Theological Seminary >> [email protected] >> (859) 858-2227 >> > > > > -- > > Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA > Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, > York County Library System > > "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to > stop reading them." > -- Ray Bradbury <https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1630.Ray_Bradbury> > > "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit > me." > -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis> > -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. Fisher Library Asbury Theological Seminary [email protected] (859) 858-2227
