On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:28:56 +1200 Chris Cormack <chris@katipo.co.nz> wrote:
Instead of reserving a specific item, shouldn't we prevent from reserving damaged items? Isn't column items.notforloan done for this?
Hmmm, no what Owen is meaning, suppose an item is out on loan, and you want it to be flagged when its returned a librarian could place a reserve on it. And when its returned the reserve will pop up.
OK, there must be something I don't understand because I would have thought in that case the librarian would have flagged a biblio, not a specific item. What can be the reasons for a librarian to place a reserve on a specific item?
When trying to issue a book, wouldn't it be better to list all the reserves on the biblio and let the librarian select the reserves to cancel?
Maybe, but I as a borrower would be annoyed if I placed a reserve on a book, and the librarian issued it to a person who reserved it after me.
I understand (this is why I wondered why it was possible to cancel a reserve and even to issue a reserved biblio). In the example given by Owen, how does the librarian know borrower B1 is really the husband/boyfriend/brother on borrower B2? -- Pierrick LE GALL INEO media system