[Koha-bugs] [Bug 13309] opac-search.pl Holds count incorrect

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=13309

--- Comment #4 from Christopher Brannon <cbrannon at cdalibrary.org> ---
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #3)
> The result list groups the items by their status, so the number should add
> up to the total number of items on th record.
> I think if we added the 'holds' there, it might result in people thinking
> there are more items than there really are.
> Maybe the trick would be to use a better term for the result list? Perhaps
> using "Waiting on hold shelf"?

Respectfully, I get that.  The number of holds waiting and in transit are just
part of the stats.  However, I don't think they are stats that most patrons
would care about in general.  I think we're providing the patrons with a lot of
information they don't necessarily need.  Personally I would prefer a total
count, number of holds, and MAYBE the location of available items.  Everything
else is meaningless to me as a patron.

I know we all look at this from different perspectives, so I get that what I
think isn't necessarily the norm or the majority.  But on behalf of all the
patrons that have to wade through a sea of information to find what they are
looking for, I think we are handing out some bits of information that we could
do without, and I think we could be a little more on point.

Perhaps we could have Total Copies, Total Copies Available, and Total Holds? 
Maybe a sub category showing Copies Available at: and then a list of libraries
with an option to have call numbers showing or not?  I'm not sure that call
numbers are absolutely necessary on the discovery layer, although I guess it
might help in determining type of material and target audience.

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