[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question regarding total owed for transaction field in email notices

[Deana Cunningham]

Hi all,

We have managed to generate a test email as part of our overdue procedure, and 
there are two problems. One is that the email notice was supposed to be a three 
week overdue notice and was actually sent 11 days after the items were overdue. 
The other is the "Total Owed for this Transaction" field is not being populated 
correctly - both items said 0.0.

If you need the text of the template or the email messages let me know and I 
will gladly send them along!

Thanks,

Deana

Deana Cunningham
Branch Manager, South Branch Library
1550 S. Campus Dr.
Creedmoor, NC 27522
Phone: (919) 528-1752
Fax: (919) 528-1376
deana.cunning...@granvillecounty.org

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.4.6 Release Candidate

[Mike Rylander]

Folks!

Just as for 2.5, it's release time for 2.4. The release candidate for
Evergreen 2.4.6 is now available for download and testing.

http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/Evergreen-ILS-2.4.6.tar.gz
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/Evergreen-ILS-2.4.6.tar.gz.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.4.6_i686.tar.bz2
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.4.6_i686.tar.bz2.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.4.6_x86_64.tar.bz2
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.4.6_x86_64.tar.bz2.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-setup-2.4.6.exe
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-setup-2.4.6.exe.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/ChangeLog-2.4.5-2.4.6

I'll request a website update early next week, but I'd love any
feedback before then.

-- 
Mike Rylander
 | Director of Research and Development
 | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  mi...@esilibrary.com
 | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen 2.5.2 Release Candidate Uploaded

[Dan Wells]

Hello all,

The release candidate for Evergreen 2.5.2 is now available for download and 
testing.

http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/Evergreen-ILS-2.5.2.tar.gz
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/Evergreen-ILS-2.5.2.tar.gz.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.5.2_i686.tar.bz2
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.5.2_i686.tar.bz2.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.5.2_x86_64.tar.bz2
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-client-2.5.2_x86_64.tar.bz2.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-setup-2.5.2.exe
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/evergreen-setup-2.5.2.exe.md5
http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/ChangeLog-2.5.1-2.5.2

Feedback is appreciated!

Thanks,
Dan



Daniel Wells
Library Programmer/Analyst
Hekman Library, Calvin College
616.526.7133

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy holds on individual magazines from OPAC

[Mike Rylander]

Chauncey,

You might also want to look at this old thread
(http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.education.libraries.open-ils.general/6051)
which discusses using issuance holds.  Issuance holds are used in
concert with serial units (which are essentially copies, but are
created at serial receive time) to request a hold on an issue that can
be filled by any copy (normal hold rules allowing).


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Tina Ji (Project Sitka)
 wrote:
> We allow volume holds on our OPAC. Copy hold should be the same. You grant
> perm COPY_HOLD to the user groups and provide a link to placing copy hold on
> OPAC. You may check our OPAC https://catalogue.libraries.coop.
>
> Other people can correct me if I missed anything.
>
> Tina
>
>
>
>
>
> Quoting Chauncey Montgomery :
>
>> Is there a way to place copy holds on individual issues of magazines
>> through the OPAC, without creating a unique record for each issue?
>> Thanks in advance for feedback.
>> CM
>> --
>> Chauncey G. Montgomery, MLIS
>> Director/Fiscal Officer | Community Library
>> 44 Burrer Drive | Sunbury, OH 43074
>> 740-965-3901 | http://community.lib.oh.us
>
>
>
>
> Tina Ji
> 1-888-848-9250
> Trainer/Help Desk Specialist
> BC Libraries Cooperative/Sitka
>
>



-- 
Mike Rylander
 | Director of Research and Development
 | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  mi...@esilibrary.com
 | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy holds on individual magazines from OPAC

[Tina Ji (Project Sitka)]

We allow volume holds on our OPAC. Copy hold should be the same. You  
grant perm COPY_HOLD to the user groups and provide a link to placing  
copy hold on OPAC. You may check our OPAC  
https://catalogue.libraries.coop.


Other people can correct me if I missed anything.

Tina




Quoting Chauncey Montgomery :


Is there a way to place copy holds on individual issues of magazines
through the OPAC, without creating a unique record for each issue?
Thanks in advance for feedback.
CM
--
Chauncey G. Montgomery, MLIS
Director/Fiscal Officer | Community Library
44 Burrer Drive | Sunbury, OH 43074
740-965-3901 | http://community.lib.oh.us




Tina Ji
1-888-848-9250
Trainer/Help Desk Specialist
BC Libraries Cooperative/Sitka

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Import MFHD Records

[Jim Taylor]

I am trying to move some serials from one system to Evergreen and everything
I find seems to imply, if not outright say, I can import MFHD records but I
cannot find anything that explains the process and not finding anything in
Evergreen itself so thought I would throw myself on the mercy of the list.If
I have the following, can I import the BIB and the MFHD info into Evergreen?
If so, can you point me to documentation that explains the process or at
least point me in the right direction?   Thanks.

 

Jim Taylor

 

 

 

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=001  472274

=005  20050211075400.0

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=010  \\$asc79-3175

=022  1\$a0272-7226

=035  \\$a(Sirsi) THEO131629

=040  \\$aBTI$cBTI$dDLC$dNSD$dKAT

=049  \\$aKATT

=090  \\$aBX8201

=099  \\$aPeriodical.

=222  \0$aCandle$b(Wilmore)

=245  00$aCandle.

=260  \\$a[Wilmore, KY :$bTask Force on Women in the Church],$c1977-

=300  \\$av. ;$c28 cm.

=362  0\$aVol. 1 (Sept. 1977)-

=500  \\$a"Equipping evangelical women within the United Methodist Church."

=650  \0$aMethodists$vPeriodicals.

=710  2\$aForum for Scriptural Christianity.$bTask Force on Women in the
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=936  \\$aSept. 1977 (surrogate)

=948  \\$a01/26/1995$b02/11/2005

=950  \\$a131629

=999
\\$aPeriodical.$wLCPER$c1$i1131629PER$d8/6/2009$e8/6/2009$kMI$lARCHIVES$mATS
$rM$sY$tJOURNAL$u8/6/2009$zSSEPA

 

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=035  \\$a(Sirsi) THEO131629

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=852  \\$bATS$cPERIODI

=853  \\$81$i(Month)$j(Day of Mon.)$k(year)$xz

=866  31$81.1$av. 1 no. 1-6 - (1977-1978)$zBox 363

=866  31$81.2$av. 2 no. 1,3-4 - (1978-1979)$zBox 363

=866  31$81.3$av. 3 no. 1-5 - (1980-1981)$zBox 363

=866  31$81.4$av. 4 no. 1-3 - (1981)$zBox 363

=866  31$81.5$av. 5 no. 1 - (1982)$zBox 363

=866  31$81.6$av. 6 no. 1 - (1983)$zBox 363

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Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: Deadline is TODAY for 2.6 alpha targeting [RM2.6]

[Dan Wells]

Hello Liam,

It is never too early to create a Launchpad bug.  That said, we generally do 
not add a milestone target until a pullrequest branch is ready, as this limits 
distraction and prevents a lot of milestone churn.  Occasionally exceptions are 
made in cases where there is high confidence that a branch will be ready in 
time for the milestone, so the milestone is added early to indicate intention.

Thanks,
Dan


Daniel Wells
Library Programmer/Analyst
Hekman Library, Calvin College
616.526.7133

From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org 
[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Liam 
Whalen
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:08 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: Deadline is TODAY for 2.6 alpha 
targeting [RM2.6]

Hi Dan,

I have a few improvements to the staff client that I am still testing 
internally, but I plan to push them into 2.6 at some point.  Would it be best 
to create launchpad bugs for them now?

Liam Whalen
BC Libraries Cooperative - Sitka
Systems Specialist
855-383-5761 x1022
liam.wha...@bc.libraries.coop



On Jan 16, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Dan Wells 
mailto:d...@calvin.edu>> wrote:


Hello all,

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to target bugs for inclusion 
in 2.6 alpha.  As in past releases, new features will still be permitted until 
beta, which is scheduled for early February.  That said, the sooner something 
is ready and targeted, the more likely it will be reviewed and included in 2.6, 
so please don't miss this opportunity to get some attention for your branch.

Here is the current list of bug reports in the 2.6.0-alpha1 milestone which 
also have pullrequest tags:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.milestone%3Alist=62053&field.tag=pullrequest&field.tags_combinator=ANY&search=Search&orderby=id&start=0

This is the list which I am asking reviewers focus on over the next few days, 
but as you can see, the list is relatively small.  In contrast, here is a list 
of *all* un-committed pullrequests:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.tag=pullrequest&field.tags_combinator=ANY&search=Search&orderby=-milestone&memo=75&start=0&direction=backwards

I couldn't figure out a way to exclude the items already targeted at 2.6 (the 
first list), but I was able to sort them to the bottom.  As you can see, we (at 
the time of this writing) have 70+ pullrequests which are either targeted only 
at old branches or not targeted at all.  Many of these are stale and should 
probably be invalidated, but many others should rightly be targeted at 2.6.  If 
you are able, please take some time today to review the second list, and apply 
the 2.6.0-alpha1 milestone (or invalidate) as you deem appropriate.

As always, please reply to this thread if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,
Dan



Daniel Wells
Library Programmer/Analyst
Hekman Library, Calvin College
616.526.7133

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Copy holds on individual magazines from OPAC

[Chauncey Montgomery]

Is there a way to place copy holds on individual issues of magazines 
through the OPAC, without creating a unique record for each issue?

Thanks in advance for feedback.
CM
--
Chauncey G. Montgomery, MLIS
Director/Fiscal Officer | Community Library
44 Burrer Drive | Sunbury, OH 43074
740-965-3901 | http://community.lib.oh.us

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: Deadline is TODAY for 2.6 alpha targeting [RM2.6]

[Liam Whalen]

Hi Dan,

I have a few improvements to the staff client that I am still testing 
internally, but I plan to push them into 2.6 at some point.  Would it be best 
to create launchpad bugs for them now?

Liam Whalen
BC Libraries Cooperative - Sitka
Systems Specialist
855-383-5761 x1022
liam.wha...@bc.libraries.coop




On Jan 16, 2014, at 9:31 AM, Dan Wells  wrote:

> Hello all,
>  
> Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to target bugs for inclusion 
> in 2.6 alpha.  As in past releases, new features will still be permitted 
> until beta, which is scheduled for early February.  That said, the sooner 
> something is ready and targeted, the more likely it will be reviewed and 
> included in 2.6, so please don’t miss this opportunity to get some attention 
> for your branch.
>  
> Here is the current list of bug reports in the 2.6.0-alpha1 milestone which 
> also have pullrequest tags:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.milestone%3Alist=62053&field.tag=pullrequest&field.tags_combinator=ANY&search=Search&orderby=id&start=0
>  
> This is the list which I am asking reviewers focus on over the next few days, 
> but as you can see, the list is relatively small.  In contrast, here is a 
> list of *all* un-committed pullrequests:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.tag=pullrequest&field.tags_combinator=ANY&search=Search&orderby=-milestone&memo=75&start=0&direction=backwards
>  
> I couldn’t figure out a way to exclude the items already targeted at 2.6 (the 
> first list), but I was able to sort them to the bottom.  As you can see, we 
> (at the time of this writing) have 70+ pullrequests which are either targeted 
> only at old branches or not targeted at all.  Many of these are stale and 
> should probably be invalidated, but many others should rightly be targeted at 
> 2.6.  If you are able, please take some time today to review the second list, 
> and apply the 2.6.0-alpha1 milestone (or invalidate) as you deem appropriate.
>  
> As always, please reply to this thread if you have any questions or concerns.
>  
> Thank you,
> Dan
>  
>  
>  
> Daniel Wells
> Library Programmer/Analyst
> Hekman Library, Calvin College
> 616.526.7133

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Donald Butterworth]

Very helpful Terran. Many thanks!


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:53 AM, McCanna, Terran <
tmcca...@georgialibraries.org> wrote:

> Hi Donald,
>
> If it would help you, our circulation matrix is posted on our site:
> http://pines.georgialibraries.org/pines-circulation-matrix-review
>
> It's much more complex than most institutions will need (because we are a
> consortium of 54 library systems with over 270 service outlets with varying
> collections and services) but it might give you some ideas.
>
>
> Terran McCanna
> PINES Program Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Suite 150
> Atlanta, GA 30345
> 404-235-7138
> tmcca...@georgialibraries.org
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Donald Butterworth" 
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <
> open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:00:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers
>
>
>
>
> Simple is good. Simple is really, really good. It give me hope that I will
> one day understand ...
>
> So, what I am hearing is that Circulation Modifiers essentially define the
> type of material that is circulated. Book, DVD, Kindle, etc. Is that
> correct?
>
> Another curve-ball. Our Org Unit Network includes two Main Libraries. Can
> our sister institution share the same Circulation Modifier without creating
> a problem?
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Rogan Hamby < rogan.ha...@yclibrary.net> 
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few
> tables that affect this.
>
>
> Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ
> durations, fine rates and max fines. You then set circulation matchpoints
> that in your case would invoke different durations depending on what
> library someone is checking out at. Just make sure that in your matrix
> weights the location is given a lot of weight so it's rules are always
> invoked.
>
>
> It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in
> principle. In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of
> course.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth <
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear Experts,
>
> Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation
> Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our
> Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three
> sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different
> circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different
> Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.:
> book | book-fla | book-bl | book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that
> handles this a better way?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Don
>
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>
>
>
>
> --
>
>
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
>
> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
> stop reading them."
> -- Ray Bradbury
>
>
>
> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
> me."
> -- C.S. Lewis
>
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>



-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminder: Deadline is TODAY for 2.6 alpha targeting [RM2.6]

[Dan Wells]

Hello all,

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to target bugs for inclusion 
in 2.6 alpha.  As in past releases, new features will still be permitted until 
beta, which is scheduled for early February.  That said, the sooner something 
is ready and targeted, the more likely it will be reviewed and included in 2.6, 
so please don't miss this opportunity to get some attention for your branch.

Here is the current list of bug reports in the 2.6.0-alpha1 milestone which 
also have pullrequest tags:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.milestone%3Alist=62053&field.tag=pullrequest&field.tags_combinator=ANY&search=Search&orderby=id&start=0

This is the list which I am asking reviewers focus on over the next few days, 
but as you can see, the list is relatively small.  In contrast, here is a list 
of *all* un-committed pullrequests:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&assignee_option=any&field.tag=pullrequest&field.tags_combinator=ANY&search=Search&orderby=-milestone&memo=75&start=0&direction=backwards

I couldn't figure out a way to exclude the items already targeted at 2.6 (the 
first list), but I was able to sort them to the bottom.  As you can see, we (at 
the time of this writing) have 70+ pullrequests which are either targeted only 
at old branches or not targeted at all.  Many of these are stale and should 
probably be invalidated, but many others should rightly be targeted at 2.6.  If 
you are able, please take some time today to review the second list, and apply 
the 2.6.0-alpha1 milestone (or invalidate) as you deem appropriate.

As always, please reply to this thread if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,
Dan



Daniel Wells
Library Programmer/Analyst
Hekman Library, Calvin College
616.526.7133

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[McCanna, Terran]

Hi Donald,

If it would help you, our circulation matrix is posted on our site:
http://pines.georgialibraries.org/pines-circulation-matrix-review

It's much more complex than most institutions will need (because we are a 
consortium of 54 library systems with over 270 service outlets with varying 
collections and services) but it might give you some ideas.


Terran McCanna 
PINES Program Manager 
Georgia Public Library Service 
1800 Century Place, Suite 150 
Atlanta, GA 30345 
404-235-7138 
tmcca...@georgialibraries.org 

- Original Message -
From: "Donald Butterworth" 
To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" 
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 11:00:28 AM
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers




Simple is good. Simple is really, really good. It give me hope that I will one 
day understand ... 

So, what I am hearing is that Circulation Modifiers essentially define the type 
of material that is circulated. Book, DVD, Kindle, etc. Is that correct? 

Another curve-ball. Our Org Unit Network includes two Main Libraries. Can our 
sister institution share the same Circulation Modifier without creating a 
problem? 




On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Rogan Hamby < rogan.ha...@yclibrary.net > 
wrote: 



Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few tables 
that affect this. 


Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ durations, 
fine rates and max fines. You then set circulation matchpoints that in your 
case would invoke different durations depending on what library someone is 
checking out at. Just make sure that in your matrix weights the location is 
given a lot of weight so it's rules are always invoked. 


It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in 
principle. In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of 
course. 





On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth < 
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu > wrote: 









Dear Experts, 

Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation Modifier 
table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our Org Unit 
structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three sub-libraries. 
All libraries have "books" that all have different circulation periods. My 
question is do we need to have 5 different Circulation Modifiers in order to 
accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.: book | book-fla | book-bl | book-fi | 
book-sa or is there a matrix that handles this a better way? 










Don 


-- 
Don Butterworth 
Faculty Associate / Librarian III 
B.L. Fisher Library 
Asbury Theological Seminary 
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu 
(859) 858-2227 




-- 



Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA 
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, 
York County Library System 


“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop 
reading them.” 
― Ray Bradbury 



“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 
― C.S. Lewis 


-- 
Don Butterworth 
Faculty Associate / Librarian III 
B.L. Fisher Library 
Asbury Theological Seminary 
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu 
(859) 858-2227 

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] ***SPAM*** Re: Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Donald Butterworth]

Fabulous! Thank you *very much* Rogan. The light is beginning to dawn and
that is the answer I was hoping to hear. Now I just have to get busy.


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Rogan Hamby wrote:

> Do circ modifiers define the kind of material, such as Book, DVD, etc
> ?  Well, not by definition but often yes.  Circ modifiers are literally a
> variable to pass for circulation.  So they can be things like BOOK, VIDEO,
> etc or they could be 14-DAY, 21-DAY, etc or anything else.  You
> wouldn't use the durations unless your setup is so simple that you don't
> need to distinguish the items further but if you do that's really nice -
> libraries not in a consortium can do that a lot of time.  But for the rest
> of us it's often useful to define the circ mods by the material type but
> that's a choice we're making.  Still, we keep it as simple as we can.  So
> for example, we had libraries that perhaps had BOOK and CHILD BOOK but
> since they both circulated for 14 days they were all consolidated to just
> be BOOK.  Circ mods don't show up to patrons, only staff, another sign that
> they are for circulation configuration not an identifier to help
> distinguish items.
>
> As an FYI SCLENDS does that and we always type the circ mods in all caps
> so we know that when send communication about a book we're talking about an
> item and when we mention BOOK we mean the circ mod.  That's handier than
> you would think.  And we use material types for some of the same reasons
> you do, library A circulates a BOOK for a different time period than
> library B does.
>
> And you can absolutely have everyone use the same circ mods - in fact if
> you don't you'll probably create a mess over time.  The circ mods will all
> show up together so having circ mods not in common use can cause big
> cataloging problems.  It's far easier to just have Library A have Circ
> Policy A for BOOK and Library B have Policy B for BOOK than the same number
> of policies for different circ mods.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Donald Butterworth <
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> wrote:
>
>> Simple is good. Simple is really, really good. It give me hope that I
>> will one day understand ...
>>
>> So, what I am hearing is that Circulation Modifiers essentially define
>> the type of material that is circulated. Book, DVD, Kindle, etc. Is that
>> correct?
>>
>> Another curve-ball. Our Org Unit Network includes two Main Libraries. Can
>> our sister institution share the same Circulation Modifier without creating
>> a problem?
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Rogan Hamby 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few
>>> tables that affect this.
>>>
>>> Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ
>>> durations, fine rates and max fines.  You then set circulation matchpoints
>>> that in your case would invoke different durations depending on what
>>> library someone is checking out at.  Just make sure that in your matrix
>>> weights the location is given a lot of weight so it's rules are always
>>> invoked.
>>>
>>> It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in
>>> principle.  In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of
>>> course.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth <
>>> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> wrote:
>>>
 Dear Experts,

 Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation
 Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our
 Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three
 sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different
 circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different
 Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.:
 book | book-fla | book-bl |  book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that
 handles this a better way?

 Don

 --
 Don Butterworth
 Faculty Associate / Librarian III
 B.L. Fisher Library
 Asbury Theological Seminary
 don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
 (859) 858-2227

>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
>>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
>>> York County Library System
>>>
>>> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
>>> stop reading them."
>>> -- Ray Bradbury 
>>>
>>> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
>>> suit me."
>>> -- C.S. Lewis 
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Don Butterworth
>> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
>> B.L. Fisher Library
>> Asbury Theological Seminary
>> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
>> (859) 858-2227
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Li

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Rogan Hamby]

Do circ modifiers define the kind of material, such as Book, DVD, etc ?
 Well, not by definition but often yes.  Circ modifiers are literally a
variable to pass for circulation.  So they can be things like BOOK, VIDEO,
etc or they could be 14-DAY, 21-DAY, etc or anything else.  You
wouldn't use the durations unless your setup is so simple that you don't
need to distinguish the items further but if you do that's really nice -
libraries not in a consortium can do that a lot of time.  But for the rest
of us it's often useful to define the circ mods by the material type but
that's a choice we're making.  Still, we keep it as simple as we can.  So
for example, we had libraries that perhaps had BOOK and CHILD BOOK but
since they both circulated for 14 days they were all consolidated to just
be BOOK.  Circ mods don't show up to patrons, only staff, another sign that
they are for circulation configuration not an identifier to help
distinguish items.

As an FYI SCLENDS does that and we always type the circ mods in all caps so
we know that when send communication about a book we're talking about an
item and when we mention BOOK we mean the circ mod.  That's handier than
you would think.  And we use material types for some of the same reasons
you do, library A circulates a BOOK for a different time period than
library B does.

And you can absolutely have everyone use the same circ mods - in fact if
you don't you'll probably create a mess over time.  The circ mods will all
show up together so having circ mods not in common use can cause big
cataloging problems.  It's far easier to just have Library A have Circ
Policy A for BOOK and Library B have Policy B for BOOK than the same number
of policies for different circ mods.




On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> Simple is good. Simple is really, really good. It give me hope that I will
> one day understand ...
>
> So, what I am hearing is that Circulation Modifiers essentially define the
> type of material that is circulated. Book, DVD, Kindle, etc. Is that
> correct?
>
> Another curve-ball. Our Org Unit Network includes two Main Libraries. Can
> our sister institution share the same Circulation Modifier without creating
> a problem?
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Rogan Hamby 
> wrote:
>
>> Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few
>> tables that affect this.
>>
>> Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ
>> durations, fine rates and max fines.  You then set circulation matchpoints
>> that in your case would invoke different durations depending on what
>> library someone is checking out at.  Just make sure that in your matrix
>> weights the location is given a lot of weight so it's rules are always
>> invoked.
>>
>> It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in
>> principle.  In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of
>> course.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth <
>> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Experts,
>>>
>>> Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation
>>> Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our
>>> Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three
>>> sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different
>>> circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different
>>> Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.:
>>> book | book-fla | book-bl |  book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that
>>> handles this a better way?
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>> --
>>> Don Butterworth
>>> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
>>> B.L. Fisher Library
>>> Asbury Theological Seminary
>>> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
>>> (859) 858-2227
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
>> York County Library System
>>
>> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
>> stop reading them."
>> -- Ray Bradbury 
>>
>> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
>> suit me."
>> -- C.S. Lewis 
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>



-- 

Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop
reading them."
-- Ray Bradbury 

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
me."
-- C.S. Lewis 

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Donald Butterworth]

Simple is good. Simple is really, really good. It give me hope that I will
one day understand ...

So, what I am hearing is that Circulation Modifiers essentially define the
type of material that is circulated. Book, DVD, Kindle, etc. Is that
correct?

Another curve-ball. Our Org Unit Network includes two Main Libraries. Can
our sister institution share the same Circulation Modifier without creating
a problem?


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Rogan Hamby wrote:

> Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few
> tables that affect this.
>
> Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ
> durations, fine rates and max fines.  You then set circulation matchpoints
> that in your case would invoke different durations depending on what
> library someone is checking out at.  Just make sure that in your matrix
> weights the location is given a lot of weight so it's rules are always
> invoked.
>
> It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in
> principle.  In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of
> course.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth <
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Experts,
>>
>> Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation
>> Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our
>> Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three
>> sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different
>> circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different
>> Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.:
>> book | book-fla | book-bl |  book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that
>> handles this a better way?
>>
>> Don
>>
>> --
>> Don Butterworth
>> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
>> B.L. Fisher Library
>> Asbury Theological Seminary
>> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
>> (859) 858-2227
>>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to
> stop reading them."
> -- Ray Bradbury 
>
> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
> me."
> -- C.S. Lewis 
>



-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Donald Butterworth]

Dear Experts,

Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation
Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our
Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three
sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different
circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different
Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.:
book | book-fla | book-bl |  book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that
handles this a better way?

Don

-- 
Don Butterworth
Faculty Associate / Librarian III
B.L. Fisher Library
Asbury Theological Seminary
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
(859) 858-2227

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Confusion about Circulation Modifiers

[Rogan Hamby]

Short answer : No you don't need different circ mods and there are a few
tables that affect this.

Longer answer: There are separate places to set things like circ durations,
fine rates and max fines.  You then set circulation matchpoints that in
your case would invoke different durations depending on what library
someone is checking out at.  Just make sure that in your matrix weights the
location is given a lot of weight so it's rules are always invoked.

It may sound complicated at first but it actually is pretty simple in
principle.  In practice you can make it very simple or very complicated of
course.


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Donald Butterworth <
don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> wrote:

> Dear Experts,
>
> Here is another newbie question. I am confused about the Circulation
> Modifier table and how extensive it needs to be. Here's the scenario. Our
> Org Unit structure includes a main library, a branch library, and three
> sub-libraries. All libraries have "books" that all have different
> circulation periods. My question is do we need to have 5 different
> Circulation Modifiers in order to accommodate the 5 loan periods? e.g.:
> book | book-fla | book-bl |  book-fi | book-sa or is there a matrix that
> handles this a better way?
>
> Don
>
> --
> Don Butterworth
> Faculty Associate / Librarian III
> B.L. Fisher Library
> Asbury Theological Seminary
> don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu
> (859) 858-2227
>



-- 

Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop
reading them."
-- Ray Bradbury 

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit
me."
-- C.S. Lewis 

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