[Koha-devel] availability of a reserved item

[David Schuster]

I like Josh's suggestion along with Pauls - on shelf/on hold

David Schuster

Paul POULAIN-2 wrote:
> 
> Joshua Ferraro a écrit :
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Nicole Engard
>> <nicole.engard at liblime.com> wrote:
>>> I agree! It should say that it's not available or that it's on hold.
>>> Seems like a bug - or a feature that was never implemented.
>> Really? To me it's an issue of semantics -- what does 'available' mean
>> in this context? For instance, it's available for hold right? That is,
>> it's not lost, missing or withdrawn ...
> 
> In OPAC, patrons understand "Available" by :"I can come to the library & 
> get the book" (either for reading in the library, or issuing)
> 
> If the book is on hold, then it's no more possible : the item is on the 
> shelves of books waiting to be picked-up by the patron who holded it.
> 
> If a patron want to put a hold on OPAC, he will be warned that he will 
> be the 2nd to put an hold on this book. It's an acceptable workaround 
> (although not long term)
> But if the patron look at OPAC, see "available", and come to the 
> library... he will discover that the book is not really available...
> 
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