[Koha-devel] Reserve system

[Chris Cormack]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:01:32AM +0200, Pierrick LE GALL said:
> On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:27:10 -0400 Owen Leonard wrote:
> 
> > Hi Pierrick,
> 
> Hi Owen,
> 
> >> 1. A reserve can be linked to a biblio or to an item.
> > 
> > [...] But librarians might need to reserve a particular item because
> > of damage, for instance, or a missing CD from a set, etc.
> 
> Instead of reserving a specific item, shouldn't we prevent from
> reserving damaged items? Isn't column items.notforloan done for this?
> 
Hmmm, no what Owen is meaning, suppose an item is out on loan, and you want
it to be flagged when its returned a librarian could place a reserve on it.
And when its returned the reserve will pop up. Reserving specific items is a
legitimate need for librarians, not nessecarily for the public, but for
librarians.

> >> [... Pierrick wonders why only first reserve can be cancelled ...]
> > 
> > [...] A woman places a reserve on a book, and when it arrives she
> > sends her husband [...] /only/ the first reserve is relevant [...]
> 
> I don't understand why woman's reserve would be the first in the list.
> Do you mean that only if the reserve shown is for the woman, then the
> librarian can issue the book to her husband?
> 
> When trying to issue a book, wouldn't it be better to list all the
> reserves on the biblio and let the librarian select the reserves to
> cancel?
> 
Maybe, but I as a borrower would be annoyed if I placed a reserve on a book,
and the librarian issued it to a person who reserved it after me.

Chris
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