We in York do the same thing that Burlington does. It's a very simple approach but it works well for our needs.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Janet Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Blake, > > We have been circulating Book Club Kits for over a year now. We place an > actual MARC record in the system but add the number of books in the kit to > the physical description. We require that one person from a book club > check out the whole kit and be responsible for bringing them all back > together. We also give them an extended due date so they have time to > distribute, read and discuss the books before they bring them back. There > is a laminated card with the barcode attached for each kit which we file > away while the kit is checked out. > > You can search for all of the kits by doing a keyword search 'book club > kit' or I've given you a couple direct links. > > http://burlington.skagitcat.org/eg/opac/record/183344 > http://burlington.skagitcat.org/eg/opac/record/182515 > > It's worked well for us, but then we're a smallish library. > > Janet Brown > SysAdmin/Circ Supervisor > > Burlington Public Library > 820 E Washington Ave > Burlington WA 98233 > 360-755-0760 > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Open-ils-general [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Blake > Henderson > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2015 2:45 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Book Club Kit Lending > > All, > > We had a consortium issue we are trying to figure out how to handle. > Several of our library systems would like to share the "Book Club in a > kit" set of books. The idea is to keep the set of books together while they > are circulated for Book clubs around the consortium. The best idea we have > would be to create a dummy copy in the database that represents the whole > set of (x) copies. The call number would describe the title and quantity. > The dummy copy would be attached to a bib called "Book Club Kit" with some > very basic information in the MARC. The consortium staff members would > "know" (with training) that is the place to go for attaching these kits and > where to go in order to place a hold. > > Once a staff member places the copy level hold on the dummy barcode. > This is where we have some questions. We would like to circ each book to > each patron for tracking purposes. Of course, the system didn't track each > copy in the transit table. Once they arrive at the destination library, > they would proceed to check out each copy to each patron. > Should the copies have their circulation library changed first? Maybe > there is a better way to handle it? > > Does anyone else have a similar scenario? > > -- > -Blake- > Conducting Magic > MOBIUS > 573-234-4513 > 877-312-3517 > > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
