[Koha-acquisitions] Recap of the Acquisitions March Monthly Meeting

Margaret Hade margaret at bywatersolutions.com
Wed Mar 18 23:53:11 CET 2020


Hello Acquisitions lovers!

Thanks everyone who was able to join us for the meeting yesterday! Due to
the higher than usual network traffic Zoom is taking a while to make the
recording available. We'll update you all once it is posted to youtube.

If you asked to be added to the Acquisitions SIG Google Group that's been
taken care of today. The permissions of that group have been fixed and now
anyone can go to it and Join:
https://groups.google.com/a/koha-us.org/forum/#!forum/acquisitions-sig

*Here are some of the questions we discussed at the meeting:*

1. Is there a way to automatically place holds on patron's purchase
suggestions?
Currently Koha does not do this but there are a few enhancements in
Bugzilla that dance around this need:
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=10440 and
https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=5785 are two.

2. When you delete an item what happens to the budget cost? Is there a
difference between deleting the item from the basket vs. the item record?

3. How accurate are Koha Acquisitions reports? How do libraries handle
budget tracking, especially at the end of the fiscal year?

4. With library closures how is that affecting ordering and receiving?

5. What are you doing to promote digital resources at this time?
Social media such as facebook, instagram, and twitter have been used by
libraries to spread awareness and access to their digital resources. Or to
notify patrons that they can still get physical materials by placing holds
and using the 'drive through' window.

If you have additional information to share in response to these questions
please do!

Cordially yours,
*Margaret Hade*
Support Lead

bywatersolutions.com
Phone: 888-900-8944
What is Koha? <http://bywatersolutions.com/what-is-koha/>
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