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Configuring the Circulation Module
Identifying circulation and fine rules
Unless your library is just starting up, you will already have your list of circulation
and fine rules. However, you might consider modifying the list to take advantage of
some of Koha's capabilities.
Based on your current circulation and fine policies, record data in
a table in the
following fashion:
Library or
branch
Patron
category
Item Type
Loan Period
Fine Amount
Current
Checkout
Allowed
Library A
Student
Books
21
5
5
Library B
Student
Books
21
5
5
Library C
Student
Books 14
10
3
Library A
Student
CDs
21
5
5
Library B
Student
CDs 21
5
5
Library C
Student
CDs 14
10
3
And this table as well:
Library or Branch
Patron Category
Total Current Checkouts
Allowed
Library A
Student
5
Library B
Student
5
Library C
Student 5
Creating circulation and fine rules
If you take all combinations of library or branch, patron category and item type the
number of rules to configure and maintain would be very large.
Thankfully, Koha allows us to use the value "Default" to denote all values. This
way
you need to configure a small number of default rules and another small number of
rules for exceptions.
This is best explained using the example in the previous section. The example
we just
saw can be translated to following rules for Koha:
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