[Koha-devel] Koha 2.2.9: Different Loan Rules Between Branches...

[Joshua Ferraro]

On 2/15/08, Petrus B. van Bork <pvanbork at outerline.com> wrote:
> Dear List-Colleagues:
>
>                                   We are working our way through a Koha
> 2.2.9 install.  Our current question is this: "If we have different
> branches, is it possible to set up different copies of the same title to
> have different issuing rules?"  For example, a small library open two
> days a week loans videos for a one week period, whereas the main branch
> open 6 days per week, loans for 2 day only, can this scenario be
> accommodated by Koha?  If Koha, in its current incarnation, cannot
> accommodate this, where would we look to do our own mods to the scripts
> and enable this?
The circulation matrix is a three dimension matrix in Koha, and one of the
dimensions is 'library' or 'branch', so yes, you can have a different loan
period for different branches for different material types and different patron
categories.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

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