Re: [Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

2021-10-17 Thread Indranil Das Gupta
Katrin++ The koha encyclopaedia has spoken! Thanks @cait On Mon, 18 Oct, 2021, 2:23 am Katrin Fischer, wrote: > Hi Caroline and all, > > to add to the list of things: > > - 942$c is used as the pre-selected item type when adding new items. > - 942$c will be used for record level article

Re: [Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

2021-10-17 Thread Katrin Fischer
Hi Caroline and all, to add to the list of things: - 942$c is used as the pre-selected item type when adding new items. - 942$c will be used for record level article requests to determine which circulation rule applies. - I also believe that 942$c plays a role in record level hold requests, but

Re: [Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

2021-10-15 Thread Caroline Cyr-La-Rose
Hello! I'd like to add to Indranil's explanation. 952$y is mandatory for circulation IF item-level_itypes is set to "specific item". Otherwise, 942$c is used as the item type for circulation. Another thing that I have observed about 942$c is that it is indexed for the search in the same way

Re: [Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

2021-10-15 Thread Indranil Das Gupta
Hi Tasha, 942$c - defines the type of material the bibliographic record represents, sort of like it's GMD (general material description). Has no bearing on circulation of material. Stored as marcxml in biblio_metadata. 952$y - defines the item-level item, and is used mandatorily for Koha's

Re: [Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

2021-10-15 Thread Decka David
Dear Koha community, Thank you to raise this issue as it is sort of corelate and I needs clarity. It has bother me so long to understand it. Thank you for participating On Fri, Oct 15, 2021, 11:18 PM Mark Alexander wrote: > Excerpts from Bales (US), Tasha R's message of 2021-10-14 19:13:14

Re: [Koha] Reason to define Koha item type in 942

2021-10-15 Thread Mark Alexander
Excerpts from Bales (US), Tasha R's message of 2021-10-14 19:13:14 +: > I recall reading (in the Koha manual?) the explanation for why it is > advantageous to define Koha item type in the bib 942 field. I believe it has > to do with exporting records, or the scope of records that is