Re: [IUG] Display of loan period in OPAC

[Margaret Peloquin <peloquin at austincc dot edu>]

I notice that you list more than one library in your catalog and have 
similar Location information.  Could you do something as simple as 
modifying the wording a little to say
3 Wk Loan - Bennett
24 Hr Reserves - Bennett
2 Wk Loan - Surrey


Penny Swanson wrote:
> At present we use the location code to also display the loan period 
> in the OPAC.  So location code '3 week'  displays as 'Bennett Library 
> 3 Weeks' (meaning Bennett Library stacks, 3 week 
> loan).  See  http://troy.lib.sfu.ca:80/record=b5174598a  for an example.
>
> This is not an ideal situation as there are items in the Bennett 
> Library stacks which are not 3 week loans.  Does anyone have an 
> elegant solution to this?  I don't know if this is particular to 
> Academic libraries because of our many various loan periods 
> especially for reserve items, but it seems to us that letting the 
> patron know what the loan period will be is very useful.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Penny
>
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