Re: Suggestions for Librarian Interface and OPAC
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Respected Sir,
Greetings from NewGenLib Open Source.
The reason we separated the "Search loan status of Item" to
queries is
The staff of library assigned to handle queries will get this
functionality and that personnel do not have to get access to
technical processing module.
Comments are invited
Regards
NewGenLib Open Source Support Team
On 08/15/2012 03:08 PM, pedroparkero [via NewGenLib] wrote:
Good day!
May I suggest that the "search loan status of item" be integrated
in the "search catalogue" module in the librarian interface? I
think that it would save time. Consider a situation where a patron
asks a librarian if a certain item is in the library collection.
The librarian searches in the "search catalog". If a search result
is positive, the patron may ask if it is available or, if it is
currently on loan, when it will be returned. Currently, to
determine this the librarian will first have to start a new module
("search loan status of item"), wherein he will search again the
item that he searched a while ago to answer the query. It would be
good if for instance, there is another button beside the "update
holdings" button in the search catalogue module that will display
the availability (and the due dates if on loan) of the selected
item.
I am aware that we can see the availability if we click the "view
details" button and click the link "view holdings", but it doesn't
show the due date. It would be great if instead of "checked out",
it would display the expected return of the item, like how it is
displayed in the "search loan status of item" module.
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NewGenLib Open Source Support Team
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