| Time |
S |
Nick |
Message |
| 22:30 |
|
thd |
chris: When normal acquisitions is working, is items.replacementprice used to calculate a lost materials fine? |
| 22:30 |
|
rach |
yes |
| 22:31 |
|
thd |
rach: Is that a yes for it should be or a yes for it actually does? :) |
| 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 |
| 22:33 |
|
rach |
so we're busy reviving some functionality in normal acquisitions - go live scheduled for 2 weeks time |
| 22:34 |
|
chris |
yes it does use replacementprice |
| 22:35 |
|
chris |
of course only if the library wants it to |
| 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 |
it doesnt |
| 22:36 |
|
chris |
no one has asked for that, so no one has written the code to do it |
| 22:36 |
|
chris |
be about 3 lines of perl tho |
| 22:37 |
|
thd |
chris: Is items.replacementpricedate merely archival in existing implementations? A column awaiting the code to implement a feature using it. |
| 22:38 |
|
chris |
well with koha you dont need code, you can use all sorts of tools to query against the db |
| 22:39 |
|
chris |
hlt use urbansql to run all sorts of reports |
| 22:39 |
|
chris |
so they can find all old replacement prices easily |
| 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 |
| 22:40 |
|
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 |
if you dont store the data, you cant do anthing with it |
| 22:40 |
|
chris |
yep, thats up to them, if they want a feature, ask for it, someone will build it |
| 22:41 |
|
thd |
chris: Yes it is good that the information is there to be used :) |
| 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. |
| 22:44 |
|
chris |
yep |
| 22:46 |
|
thd |
I am writing an answer to the post on koha-devel from Joshua about fine parameters. |
| 22:46 |
|
chris |
ahh right |
| 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? |
| 02:11 |
|
osmoze |
hello |
| 02:11 |
|
thd |
hello osmoze |
| 09:40 |
|
kados |
thd: you around? |
| 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 |
