Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-16 Thread Andrew Fuerste-Henry 
I really want itemBarcodeFallbackSearch 

 to work for this: You make just one bib and add an item per dino, giving each 
item a barcode "dino 1," "dino 2," and so on. At checkout, the staff member 
enters "dino" for the barcode,  gets presented with a list of dino items, and 
selects the first available one. Ideally, you'd replace "dino" with a word 
that's easily memorable for staff but doesn't appear in any other records. 
Maybe just "dinotoy"?

But this scheme runs into two issues that might really need to be addressed as 
bugs. First, the search results for the fallback search don't filter out items 
that are currently checked out. Second, it doesn't even show you which are 
checked out and which are available. So really staff get an unusable list of 
all the dino toys.

But either of those things might be correctable via jQuery?

Andrew Fuerste-Henry
Assistant Library Director
Dubuque County Library District
www.dubcolib.org | 563-582-0008
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Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-15 Thread Coehoorn, Joel 
If you go to some hardware stores and want to buy things like loose screws,
or certain outdoor items (mulch), the cashier will look in a binder and
scan the barcode in the binder. You could do something similar here.

*Joel Coehoorn*
Director of Information Technology
*York University*
Office: 402-363-5603 | jcoeho...@york.edu | york.edu



On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:31 PM Caroline Cyr La Rose <
caroline.cyr-la-r...@inlibro.com> wrote:

> Hi Fred,
>
> That is what I had proposed at first (you can even add items in batch
> with the "Add multiple items" button), but they didn't like the idea of
> each dinosaur having its own barcode. However, I don't see how you can
> circulate in Koha without each item having its own barcode. I think they
> will have to bite the bullet and barcode each dinosaur if they want to
> use Koha to circulate. Otherwise, I'm sure they can continue with the
> spreadsheet method, since it seems to work for them right now. :/
>
> Thanks!
>
> Caroline
>
> On 2023-03-15 16:01, King, Fred wrote:
> > Hi Caroline,
> >
> > How about creating a bib record for "Dinosaur" and having each dinosaur
> be a separate item? You'd have to barcode every dinosaur, but it's easier
> to add an item than a bib record.
> >
> > This one won't work even worse than the other one: one library I know of
> used to check out mass-market paperbacks by putting a date due card in the
> pocket but not actually keeping a record of what was checked out to whom.
> It worked for them.
> >
> > Fred King, MSLS, AHIP
> > Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
> > fred.k...@medstar.net
> > 202-877-6670
> > ORCID -0001-5266-0279
> > MedStar Authors Catalog:http://medstarauthors.org
> >
> > You know it's cold outside when you go outside and it's cold.
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> > -Original Message-
> > From: Koha  On Behalf Of Caroline Cyr
> La Rose
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 3:49 PM
> > To: Koha mailing list
> > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Koha] Circulating non-specific items
> >
> >
> >
> > **ATTENTION: This email originated from outside the MedStar Health
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> >
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I need to pick the collective brain about a question I received from one
> of our libraries.
> >
> > They are a toy/game library. For games and books, they circulate items
> normally. However, they have some toys in many copies and they don't need
> to or want to have a specific barcode for each copy of a particular toy.
> They gave me the example of dinosaur figurines. They have 60+ dinosaur
> figurines, but they don't need to know that *this exact* dinosaur figurine
> went home with this patron. They just need to know that *a* dinosaur
> figurine went home with this patron. They want to avoid having barcodes for
> each dinosaur.
> >
> > Right now, they manage this in a spreadsheet, but would like to manage
> it in Koha with the rest of their inventory.
> >
> > Do any of you have a similar situation? If so how do you manage those
> items?
> >
> > Thank you so much!
> >
> > Caroline Cyr-La-Rose, M.L.I.S.
> > Librarian | Product Manager
> >
> > 1-833-INLIBRO (465-4276), ext. 221
> > caroline.cyr-la-r...@inlibro.com
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Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-15 Thread Caroline Cyr La Rose 

Hi Fred,

That is what I had proposed at first (you can even add items in batch 
with the "Add multiple items" button), but they didn't like the idea of 
each dinosaur having its own barcode. However, I don't see how you can 
circulate in Koha without each item having its own barcode. I think they 
will have to bite the bullet and barcode each dinosaur if they want to 
use Koha to circulate. Otherwise, I'm sure they can continue with the 
spreadsheet method, since it seems to work for them right now. :/


Thanks!

Caroline

On 2023-03-15 16:01, King, Fred wrote:

Hi Caroline,

How about creating a bib record for "Dinosaur" and having each dinosaur be a 
separate item? You'd have to barcode every dinosaur, but it's easier to add an item than 
a bib record.

This one won't work even worse than the other one: one library I know of used 
to check out mass-market paperbacks by putting a date due card in the pocket 
but not actually keeping a record of what was checked out to whom. It worked 
for them.

Fred King, MSLS, AHIP
Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
fred.k...@medstar.net
202-877-6670
ORCID -0001-5266-0279
MedStar Authors Catalog:http://medstarauthors.org

You know it's cold outside when you go outside and it's cold.
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Koha] Circulating non-specific items



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Hello everyone!

I need to pick the collective brain about a question I received from one of our 
libraries.

They are a toy/game library. For games and books, they circulate items 
normally. However, they have some toys in many copies and they don't need to or 
want to have a specific barcode for each copy of a particular toy. They gave me 
the example of dinosaur figurines. They have 60+ dinosaur figurines, but they 
don't need to know that *this exact* dinosaur figurine went home with this 
patron. They just need to know that *a* dinosaur figurine went home with this 
patron. They want to avoid having barcodes for each dinosaur.

Right now, they manage this in a spreadsheet, but would like to manage it in 
Koha with the rest of their inventory.

Do any of you have a similar situation? If so how do you manage those items?

Thank you so much!

Caroline Cyr-La-Rose, M.L.I.S.
Librarian | Product Manager

1-833-INLIBRO (465-4276), ext. 221
caroline.cyr-la-r...@inlibro.com
https://www.inLibro.com

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Re: [Koha] [EXTERNAL] Circulating non-specific items

2023-03-15 Thread King, Fred 
Hi Caroline,

How about creating a bib record for "Dinosaur" and having each dinosaur be a 
separate item? You'd have to barcode every dinosaur, but it's easier to add an 
item than a bib record.

This one won't work even worse than the other one: one library I know of used 
to check out mass-market paperbacks by putting a date due card in the pocket 
but not actually keeping a record of what was checked out to whom. It worked 
for them.

Fred King, MSLS, AHIP
Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
fred.k...@medstar.net
202-877-6670
ORCID -0001-5266-0279
MedStar Authors Catalog: http://medstarauthors.org

You know it's cold outside when you go outside and it's cold.
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-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 3:49 PM
To: Koha mailing list 
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Koha] Circulating non-specific items



**ATTENTION: This email originated from outside the MedStar Health network.
 ** DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know 
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Hello everyone!

I need to pick the collective brain about a question I received from one of our 
libraries.

They are a toy/game library. For games and books, they circulate items 
normally. However, they have some toys in many copies and they don't need to or 
want to have a specific barcode for each copy of a particular toy. They gave me 
the example of dinosaur figurines. They have 60+ dinosaur figurines, but they 
don't need to know that *this exact* dinosaur figurine went home with this 
patron. They just need to know that *a* dinosaur figurine went home with this 
patron. They want to avoid having barcodes for each dinosaur.

Right now, they manage this in a spreadsheet, but would like to manage it in 
Koha with the rest of their inventory.

Do any of you have a similar situation? If so how do you manage those items?

Thank you so much!

Caroline Cyr-La-Rose, M.L.I.S.
Librarian | Product Manager

1-833-INLIBRO (465-4276), ext. 221
caroline.cyr-la-r...@inlibro.com
https://www.inLibro.com

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