[Koha-bugs] [Bug 14962] Temp Shelving Location

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http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14962

--- Comment #3 from David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au> ---
(In reply to Christopher Brannon from comment #2)
> (In reply to David Cook from comment #1)
> > Doesn't this already exist with the "location" field?
> 
> Sort of, but it is tied in with the PROC and CART features.  How would you
> retain the permanent location, the temp location of the display, and the
> PROC/CART locations?
> 
> I guess if you didn't want the item going back to display, that would work,
> but what if you have a special holiday or themed collection residing
> somewhere for a while?  After the first time out it goes back to its
> permanent location.
> 
> Christopher

Ahh, I see what you're saying. 

I've always found items in Koha to be a bit funny/confusing. There's a
permanent_location, location, ccode (collection code). 

Personally, I would think the collection would be synonymous with shelving
location, and that location would be more like "status" (in processing, on
cart, on shelf, etc). 

If anything, I would think it would make more sense to have ccode and
location/status. Maybe permanent_ccode if you wanted to designate the "true"
collection for an item, and then have an ability to add it to temporary
collections without losing track of the original collection.

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You might also be able to use the rotating collections feature:
http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=8836

Once upon a time, I worked at a multilingual library where we had books in 29
different languages each with their own set of collections. Every so often, a
small rotating collection would be created from some of these books, it would
be sent around the province (in Canada) to other libraries before returning
home to our library where the books would go back to their original collection.

In this case, you wouldn't have to transfer the collection to another library.
You could use it as a temporary collection. 

That's theoretical though. I haven't used this feature in Koha... worth
experimenting or talking to Kyle Hall about it, I imagine.

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