Re: [Koha] Can I limit the opac to see only the main library?

[Jesse Lambertson]

Tim,

My investigation seems to show that controlling a catalogue user's ability
to borrow books is controlled in Field 952 $7 (for *Not for Loan*) and $5
(for *Restricted*).
I and my library are new to Koha so I am learning a lot (and hoping to give
back to the community when I am able).

http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Holdings_data_fields_%289xx%29

I hope this helps a little.

Cheers,

Jesse



On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Tim Koop  wrote:

> We have a group of books that only certain people are allowed to check out.
>
> At first we were thinking of giving these books a different Item Type, but
> maybe
> they should exist in their own new Library. I think making a new library
> is a
> better plan.
>
> But what about the opac? We don't want them showing up there at all,
> because
> regular patrons won't be able to sign them out.
>
> Is it possible to limit the opac to see only the main library?
>
> Thanks.
>
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Re: [Koha] Can I limit the opac to see only the main library?

[Heather Braum (NEKLS)]

Tim, you can use the  OpacHiddenItems sys pref to hide items that match a
specific setting you set up.

I've used it to hide items from entire branches during the summer, while
schools are closed, to hide items with specific item types or collection
codes, or to hide items matching other fields.

Examples:

ccode: [ILL]
homebranch: [PHWAC]

The wiki has more info on this sys pref:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/OpacHiddenItems

That way you can hide by itype, homebranch, or however else you want to
hide these specific items from your OPAC. If you ever decide you want these
items to be seen again, you just remove the setting line in the sys pref.

Hope that helps!

-Heather


On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:52 AM Tim Koop  wrote:

> We have a group of books that only certain people are allowed to check out.
>
> At first we were thinking of giving these books a different Item Type, but
> maybe
> they should exist in their own new Library. I think making a new library
> is a
> better plan.
>
> But what about the opac? We don't want them showing up there at all,
> because
> regular patrons won't be able to sign them out.
>
> Is it possible to limit the opac to see only the main library?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Tim
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Re: [Koha] Can I limit the opac to see only the main library?

[Galen Charlton]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Tim Koop  wrote:
> But what about the opac? We don't want them showing up there at all, because
> regular patrons won't be able to sign them out.
>
> Is it possible to limit the opac to see only the main library?

Yes.  Let's suppose you assign the items to a new library whose code
is "RESTRICTED".  You could then set the OpacHiddenItems system
preference to something like this:

homebranch: ["RESTRICTED"]

On the other hand, defining a new library would mean that there would
be various places in the OPAC where a patron could see that the
library exists, but not be able to see any items belonging to it.
While some custom CSS and JavaScript could be used to suppress the
existence of that library from the OPAC, that could get a little
awkward; using an item type instead might be a bit easier.

Regards,

Galen
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