[Koha-bugs] [Bug 10591] New: Why do we allow holds on restricted items (952$5=Use restrictions)? Place a hold for reference?

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            Bug ID: 10591
           Summary: Why do we allow holds on restricted items (952$5=Use
                    restrictions)? Place a hold for reference?
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Circulation
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: m.de.rooy at rijksmuseum.nl
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: gmcharlt at gmail.com, kyle.m.hall at gmail.com

Currently, it is possible to place a hold on an item marked as Restricted with
952 $5. And you can also confirm the hold, setting it to Waiting status.
The code in Circulation.pm (CanBookBeIssued) checks before issuing if an item
is restricted and will not permit checkout.
So actually, the book is not for loan. It may be available for reference in the
library?

This may be just unintentional. But if we would have the intention to provide a
mechanism to place holds for reference in the library, we probably should deal
with the remaining workflow too. How do we registrate that the user received
the book for reference, and when do we remove the waiting hold? Do we count
these kind of references? 

Note also that we could have a library building workflow on this possibility,
and another developer that some day makes it impossible to reserve restricted
items not knowing that.

What do you think?
Setting this report to In Discussion, hoping for some more feedback.

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