[Koha-bugs] [Bug 20258] New: Offer circcontrol options at library level rather than at system-wide level.

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            Bug ID: 20258
           Summary: Offer circcontrol options at library level rather than
                    at system-wide level.
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: 17.05
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Circulation
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: r.delahunty at arts.ac.uk
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: gmcharlt at gmail.com, kyle.m.hall at gmail.com

The following is a slight simplification of our complex structure, but it
outlines how Koha is not offering us a 100% satisfactory circulation
experience. 

We have 6 college libraries all marked as closed in weekends, with users
permitted to borrow (let’s say for simplification) a maximum of 15 items from
across the 6 libraries. (All loan rules are the same at all 6 college
libraries). All users belong to one of these libraries. Our new kit-loaning
library has opened 24/7 and it offers a loan of one laptop and loans of up to
three accessories (headphones etc.) with a loan period of 4 hours. No users
belong to this library. Policy is to allow loans from this library to be in
addition to loans from the normal 6 libraries. Having circcontrol set to either
the rules from where the item is from, or the library the user is logged in at
both fail to work as (even ignoring the new library) the maximum loans
increases from 15 overall to 15 per library (6*15=90)- totally unacceptable
here. 

The only option for now has been to set circcontrol to use the rules applicable
to the library the user is from. This fails in two ways. Loans from the 24/7
library made at weekends are being pushed out as due on Monday (as all the
libraries consulted for rules are marked as closed). Additionally the only way
to allow the loans from the 24/7 library to be additional to the 15 maximum,
has been to increase the maximum loans to 15+4=19. Users can of course now take
19 items out from the six main libraries, as the loan entitlement is not being
compartmentalized.

Option 1. We continue to put up with what we have.
Option 2. We set up a second instance of Koha for only the 24/7 library, or
source another product to manage loans from that library.
Option 3. Move circcontrol to the library level,  leave the 6 libraries with
circcontrol at each library using the rules for where the user is from, and
lower the maximum loans to 15 at each library. Change circcontrol for the 24/7
library to use circcontrol set to use the rules for the library the user is
logged in at (or possibly where the item is from). With the calendar for the
24/7 being consulted now the weekend loan period would be right, and the loans
maxima should also be right (15 from the six college libraries plus 4 for the
24/7 library using the different circcontrol.
Can anyone offer any other alternatives?

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