[MinervaCats] Kill-a-Watt loan period

[Hensler, Deborah]

The 117 (5 were added since my last message!) item records attached to
the Kill a Watt bib record have been updated. They now all have Item
Types of either 97 or 197, depending upon whether or not you are going
to lend them to non-Minerva libraries. (Interestingly, 59 items will be
going to any MaineCat library patron while 58 will be staying within
Minerva...)
 
Please remember to use 97 or 197 Item Types if you add any of these
items to your collection.
 
They are generic, though, so can be used for any equipment that you want
to lend for 7 days. The previously existing 7-day Item Type is actually
mapped to the 3-week Minerva and MaineCat loan rules as it was
originally (I think) created for libraries that only lend their new
books to their patrons for a week, but need to follow the Minerva
lending policies for other library's patrons.
 
I have quite a few requests for changes to the loan rule determiner
table or to create new location codes for these items, but will not be
able to start making those changes until next week. If you have a
generic location such as Office, Circ Desk, Desk, etc. please use that
and ask to have this item type added to that location. You should only
need to request a new location if you have nothing that these items can
fit into and make sense to patrons when they look in the OPAC.
 
Let me know if you have any questions,
Deb
 

______________________________
Deborah Hensler
Library Systems Specialist, Maine InfoNet
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
207-287-5620 or 1-800-322-8899
207-287-5624 - fax
207-592-1825 - mobile
http://www.maine.gov/infonet/

Please submit new support issues at http://espresso.ums.maine.edu:8088/
Issues can also be submitted via email to maineinfonet at maine.edu (please
include your phone number)


 

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From: minervacats-bounces at informe.org
[mailto:minervacats-bounces at informe.org] On Behalf Of Hensler, Deborah
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 2:07 PM
To: MINERVA-L at LISTS.MAINE.EDU; minervacats at lists.maine.gov
Subject: [MinervaCats] Kill-a-Watt loan period


Hello, Minervians,
 
Because Effiecieny Maine has asked that the energy meters be loaned for
one week, I have created a new Item Type: 97/197 for 7-day
equipment/Non-req 7-day equipment. It has a generic label so it can be
used for more than the energy meters. 
 
I've changed the Minerva and MaineCat Loan Rule Determiner Tables. For
intra-Minerva loans, they've been added to both the "fine" and "no fine"
lines for 7-day loans. Item type 97 has been mapped to the 7-day
MaineCat loan rule; 197 will be non-requestable in MaineCat. 
 
There are currently 112 items on the Kill-a-Watt bib record. I will
globally update them: any with item types 0-99 will be changed to 97;
any with item types over 100 will be changed to 197. I'll do that this
afternoon. 
 
For local loans, these item will loan based upon how you have cataloged
them. If you put them in a location that loans for 7 days (such as an AV
location) and you don't specify how different item types in that
location lend, the meters will fall under whatever loan rule is assigned
to that location. If your library uses item types as well as location
codes for loan rules, please open a ticket so I can update the loan rule
determiner table (the new 7-day equipment item types won't automatically
default to a local 7-day loan unless they are added to the table). 
 
Some libraries have asked for new location codes for these items. For
now, please put them in a location code that most closely fits how you
want these items to loan and the new location codes will be created as
soon as possible.
 
Let me know if you have any questions. 
 
Thanks,
Deb
 
______________________________
Deborah Hensler
Library Systems Specialist, Maine InfoNet
Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
207-287-5620 or 1-800-322-8899
207-287-5624 - fax
207-592-1825 - mobile
http://www.maine.gov/infonet/

Please submit new support issues at http://espresso.ums.maine.edu:8088/
Issues can also be submitted via email to maineinfonet at maine.edu (please
include your phone number)

 
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