[Koha-devel] Intranet MARC search and 'suggestions'

[Paul POULAIN]

Owen Leonard a écrit :

>Paul, can you tell us about how the 'suggestions' link is 
>supposed to work in the new intranet MARC search?  What's the 
>idea behind that?
>  
>
A borrower can enter a suggestion in OPAC (if suggestions are activated 
in parameters/systemprefs)

when a suggestion is made, it has to be managed by a librarian 
(acquisition module).
The 1st task is to validate pending suggestions : either accept or 
reject the suggestion.
If rejected by the librarian => a mail is sent to the borrower, and it's 
done.
If accepted => a mail is sent to the borrower, and the suggestion can 
now be ordered, in complete acquisition module.

In acquisition module, you can add order lines from 3 sources :
* Order a new item of an existing biblio
* Order a new item, of a new biblio
* Order a new item, from suggestion. Means new biblio, but it's 
pre-filled by borrower values.

When the suggestion is ordered, a mail is sent to the borrower.
When the order is recieved, a last mail is sent to the borrower.

New features in acquisitions are :
* ability to "close" a basket. A closed basket can't be modified anymore.
* history search : you can search is order history.

HTH.

-- 
Paul POULAIN
Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres
responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)