[Koha-devel] IndependantBranches & editing items

[Cindy Murdock]

Hi Paul,

I have the opposite situation in my library system.  We have independent 
branches turned off, because it's too broad.  We'd like to use it to 
prevent libraries from editing each other's materials, but we had to 
disable it because it kept our libraries from adding or modifying each 
other's borrowers.  In our county system we have a lot of patrons that 
use multiple libraries within the system, so our librarians frequently 
need to add or modify borrowers from other libraries.  But, we would 
really like to be able to keep our librarians from editing other 
libraries' items (we've already had it happen and it's not pretty!), so 
we're going to have to do something.

Here's a couple of ideas:

Could IndependentBranches be turned into a "mega" syspref that, if 
enabled, would enable other sysprefs, like one to control adding/editing 
materials, and another for adding/editing borrowers?  That way, if you 
wanted both, they'd both be on, or you could choose one or the other.

Or, instead of controlling the editing of materials by branch with a 
syspref, maybe add a column to the branches table that would control who 
is allowed to add/edit materials to that branch, i.e., just a librarian 
from that branch or everybody.

Just my $0.02.

Cindy

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Cindy Murdock
IT Services Director
Meadville Public Library    | CCFLS
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Paul POULAIN wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an open question for a use case we don't handle correctly atm.
>
> Suppose a library consortia with IndependantBranches=ON
>
> Items can be modified only by the Homebranch. That's logic.
>
> but I have a library that is IndependantBranche=ON, but books come from 
> 2 sources :
> - self-acquired
> - issued by a third (region wide) library, dedicated to issue books to 
> small library. We have one "BDP" (Bibliothèque Départementale de Prêt) 
> in each department in France, and we have 98 departments...
>
> The books issued by the BDP are issued for a long period (3months => 
> 1year). They are stored in a shelf in the holding library as 
> self-acquired books.
> So, the holdinglibrary sometimes want... to change the itemcallnumber or 
> location
>
> And with IndependantBranches=ON, only the homebranch can edit the item, 
> and we have a problem...
>
> The easiest solution would be to let holdingbranch edit the items. Could 
> it be OK for everybody ? Not sure. Your opinion welcomed.
> The other easiest solution could be to say "ok, it's only for 
> superlibrarian". The library could accept this, but, obviously, it's not 
> the best from a user point of view.
> Another solution could be to have a new syspref, but i'm against adding 
> syspref & syspref & syspref...
>
> Does anyone have another solution or idea ?
>   


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Cindy Murdock
IT Services Director
Meadville Public Library    | CCFLS
http://meadvillelibrary.org | http://ccfls.org