[Koha-devel] Test Request

[Paul Poulain]

Le 24/09/2013 18:19, Galen Charlton a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 6:31 AM, Mark Tompsett <mtompset at hotmail.com
> <mailto:mtompset at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     10589 allows changing the scope of OpacHiddenItems based on Patron
>     Category. For example, one category (let’s say cataloger) could
>     search for hidden items in OPAC for just their branch, while another
>     category (let’s say staff) could search for hidden items in OPAC
>     across all branches, while another category (let’s say patrons)
>     wouldn’t see any of the hidden items. This is configurable via two
>     new system preferences PatronSingleBranch and PatronEveryBranch.
> 
> 
> Could you describe the use case that is motivating the proposed feature?
>  Collections that are hidden to some patrons but not all seems an
> uncommon scenario.

I can think of some:
 * teachers can see some documents that students can't
 * "internal" searchers can see some confidential documents, that
"external" patrons can't
Overall, in public libraries, it's probably a rare situation, while in
an academic one, it's more common.

We've at least one library that would love this feature ;-)

PS: it does not mean I endorse the patch by any mean : I haven't looked
at it at all. Just answering Galen use-case question.


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