Current Location v. Permanent Location – The ‘location’ that shows in the record detail refers to the current location of the item, not the permanent location. The current location changes depending on where the item is on hold. We are investigating changing the wording in the table from “location” to “current location.”
“NEW” Collection Code – When cataloging items in Koha, you have two options for new materials. You can use the Item Types of Newbook and Newmedia, which do not allow renewals OR you can select the collection code of “New” and whichever item type has the circulation policy you need for your library.
Search by Item Type in the Catalog – When setting up the Advanced Search pages in the OPAC and Staff Client, we were given the option of choosing EITHER the Item Types OR the Collection Codes. We selected the Collection Codes, as these seemed to be more useful from a patron point of view. You can still do a keyword search by Item Type (“newmedia” for example) to ‘limit’ or search by Item type. This is a workaround, we need to convince Koha to allow search limiting by Item Type, Collection Code, AND Shelving location.
Linking the OPAC to ipages – Did you know you can have an “OPAC” button in your Ingram iPages account, linking your book searches to the Koha catalog? This is a fast and easy way to check for duplicates when creating orders. Other jobbers, like BWI, also have this option.
In ipages, under “Change Settings” > “ipage Settings” there is an OPAC section.
Your library’s Internet OPAC address:
http://nekls.kohalibrary.com
ISBN-specific search index:
/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?&limit=branch:BONNERSPGS&idx=nb&q=
You will need to replace the library branch with yours, from this list:
ATCHISON :: BASEHOR :: BONNERSPGS :: CENTRALIA :: HIAWATHA
LYNDON :: MERIDEN :: NEKLS :: NORTONVLLE :: OTTAWA
SILVERLAKE :: TONGANOXIE :: WILLIAMSBG :: WINCHESTER