Time  Nick   Message
09:41 kados  thd: I'm wondering if you know whether MARC supports multiple itemtypes within the same record ... unlike Koha's support of one itemtype for the whole record
09:40 kados  thd: you around?
02:11 thd    hello osmoze
02:11 osmoze hello
02:10 thd    chris, rach: Is there a default lost materials fine for items with a NULL items.replacementprice such as items acquired with simple cataloguing only acquisitions?
22:46 chris  ahh right
22:46 thd    I am writing an answer to the post on koha-devel from Joshua about fine parameters.
22:44 chris  yep
22:43 thd    chris: Regular updating from web services from possible vendors would be less work for the librarian but more work for the programmer once.  The programmer is where the work should be if a library is interested in paying for that.
22:41 thd    chris: Yes it is good that the information is there to be used :)
22:40 chris  yep, thats up to them, if they want a feature, ask for it, someone will build it
22:40 chris  if you dont store the data, you cant do anthing with it
22:40 thd    chris: I was going to say that anything is available from SQL queries but that does not mean a library will choose to run them..
22:40 chris  but if someone said, hey, how about koha warn us about old ones before it places a fine, then im sure someone would write the code to do it
22:39 chris  so they can find all old replacement prices easily
22:39 chris  hlt use urbansql to run all sorts of reports
22:38 chris  well with koha you dont need code, you can use all sorts of tools to query against the db
22:37 thd    chris: Is items.replacementpricedate merely archival in existing implementations?  A column awaiting the code to implement a feature using it.
22:36 chris  be about 3 lines of perl tho
22:36 chris  no one has asked for that, so no one has written the code to do it
22:35 chris  it doesnt
22:35 thd    chris: How does an ancient items.replacementpricedate affect the calculation of the fine or an alert to the librarian to obtain updated replacement price before the fine is issued.
22:35 chris  of course only if the library wants it to
22:34 chris  yes it does use replacementprice
22:33 rach   so we're busy reviving some functionality in normal acquisitions - go live scheduled for 2 weeks time
22:32 rach   umm - that is a bit tricky - because I think it if doesn't in the current version, then that's one of the things we're busy "reconnecting" at the moment
22:31 thd    rach: Is that a yes for it should be or a yes for it actually does? :)
22:30 rach   yes
22:30 thd    chris: When normal acquisitions is working, is items.replacementprice used to calculate a lost materials fine?