[Koha-devel] RFC : More granular rules for Reserves

MJ Ray mjr at phonecoop.coop
Thu Jun 4 11:04:26 CEST 2009


Nahuel ANGELINETTI <nahuel.angelinetti at biblibre.com> wrote:
> > Nahuel ANGELINETTI <nahuel.angelinetti at biblibre.com> wrote:
> > > The problem is, if the user have a reserve on a biblio record(not a
> > > specific item), we don't know how to count the remaining rights on
> > > the library where the item is checked-in. [...]
> > 
> > I'd offer the user the choice, with a sensible default (their home
> > library?  the place they have most unused rights?  the place they use
> > most often?).  That seems the best solution.
> > 
> > I don't understand "force the user to choose".  It's offering a choice
> > because there seems no good way to solve this automatically.
>
> So, we "force him" choosing the checkout library? He cannot anymore
> choose "next available"?

Well, it looks like either that or we add yet another syspref to let
librarians choose between "strict" and "relaxed" rights accounting,
doesn't it?

Regards,
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