Hi Vicki, PINES is set up so that the patron database is shared among 285 libraries. Each patron has a "home library" but can use all libraries in the system. The items are owned by individual libraries within library systems. You probably should not use shelving locations to designate branches, just assign each item you catalog to be "owned" by each individual branch.
As far as statistics go, you can tailor reports to show your statistics by branch or by shelving location, whichever you prefer. Chris Sharp PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, Georgia 30345 (404) 235-7147 csh...@georgialibraries.org http://pines.georgialibraries.org/ ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vicki Reeves" <vic...@beau.org> > To: "Deanna Frazee" <dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.us> > Cc: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 5:00:39 PM > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] New install problem with settings > I think so. If I used this, all of our patrons and all of our items > would belong to the main branch and we would use the shelving location > to show where each item is being housed as in 'Mid-City branch > fiction' > or 'East-Side Branch picture books'. Is that correct? > > If so, my next question is how does this affect circulation > statistics? > Would I still be able to ask for a count of items checked out at > Mid-City branch? > > Thank you. > > > > On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 15:50 -0600, Deanna Frazee wrote: > > Our patrons are assigned to the parent organization (Killeen City > > Library System) so that they can check out at any of our locations. > > Materials are assigned to a shelving location, so they show up as > > "Main > > Mystery" or "CMB Nonfiction." Does that make sense? > > > > > > Deanna Frazee > > Killeen City Library System > > 205 E. Church Ave. > > Killeen, TX 76541 > > 254-501-8995 > > dfra...@ci.killeen.tx.us > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org > > [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On > > Behalf Of > > Vicki Reeves > > Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 3:32 PM > > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] New install problem with settings > > > > We are a parish (think county) library with 5 branches trying to > > migrate > > from a vendor system into Evergreen. While our library materials > > will > > need to be assigned to the branches, our patron database is shared > > by > > all branches. Does anyone have experience with this setup who might > > tell us how the system should be configured so that this can happen? > > Thank you. > >
