Circulation:
# FIXME: printcirculationslips is also omitted. It _technically_ could work, but C4::Print is HLT specific and needs a little bit of refactoring.
Interface:
-
- pref: CircAutocompl
choices:
yes: Try
no: "Don't try"
- to guess the patron being entered while typing a patron search on the circulation screen.
- Only returns the first 10 results at a time.
-
- pref: itemBarcodeInputFilter
choices:
OFF: "Don't filter"
whitespace: Remove spaces from
cuecat: Convert from CueCat form
T-prefix: Remove the first number from T-prefix style
libsuite8: Convert from Libsuite8 form
EAN13: EAN-13 or zero-padded UPC-A from
- scanned item barcodes.
-
- pref: itemBarcodeFallbackSearch
choices:
yes: "Enable"
no: "Don't enable"
- the automatic use of a keyword catalog search if the phrase entered as a barcode on the checkout page does not turn up any results during an item barcode search.
-
- Sort previous checkouts on the circulation page from
- pref: previousIssuesDefaultSortOrder
choices:
asc: earliest to latest
desc: latest to earliest
- due date.
-
- "Sort today's checkouts on the circulation page from"
- pref: todaysIssuesDefaultSortOrder
type: choice
choices:
asc: earliest to latest
desc: latest to earliest
- due date.
-
- pref: SpecifyDueDate
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to specify a due date for a checkout.
-
- pref: SpecifyReturnDate
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to specify a return date for a check in.
-
- Set the default start date for the Holds to pull list to
- pref: HoldsToPullStartDate
class: integer
- day(s) ago. Note that the default end date is controlled by preference ConfirmFutureHolds.
-
- pref: AllowAllMessageDeletion
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to delete messages added from other libraries.
-
- Show the
- pref: numReturnedItemsToShow
class: integer
- last returned items on the checkin screen.
-
- pref: FineNotifyAtCheckin
choices:
yes: Notify
no: "Don't notify"
- librarians of overdue fines on the items they are checking in.
-
- pref: WaitingNotifyAtCheckin
choices:
yes: Notify
no: "Don't notify"
- librarians of waiting holds for the patron whose items they are checking in.
-
- pref: FilterBeforeOverdueReport
choices:
yes: Require
no: "Don't require"
- staff to choose which checkouts to show before running the overdues report.
-
- pref: DisplayClearScreenButton
choices:
yes: Show
no: "Don't show"
- a button to clear the current patron from the screen on the circulation screen.
-
- pref: RecordLocalUseOnReturn
choices:
yes: Record
no: "Don't record"
- local use when an unissued item is checked in.
-
- When an empty barcode field is submitted in circulation
- pref: CircAutoPrintQuickSlip
choices:
clear: "clear the screen"
qslip: "open a print quick slip window"
slip: "open a print slip window"
- .
-
- Include the stylesheet at
- pref: NoticeCSS
class: url
- on Notices. (This should be a complete URL, starting with http://)
-
- pref: UpdateTotalIssuesOnCirc
choices:
yes: Do
no: "Do not"
- update a bibliographic record's total issues count whenever an item is issued (WARNING! This increases server load significantly; if performance is a concern, use the update_totalissues.pl cron job to update the total issues count).
-
- Use the
- pref: ExportWithCsvProfile
- CSV profile when exporting patron checkout history (enter CSV Profile name)
-
- The following fields should be excluded from the patron checkout history CSV or iso2709 export
- pref: ExportRemoveFields
- (separate fields with space, e.g. 100a 200b 300c)
-
- pref: AllowOfflineCirculation
choices:
yes: Enable
no: "Do not enable"
- "offline circulation on regular circulation computers. (NOTE: This system preference does not affect the Firefox plugin or the desktop application)"
-
- pref: ShowAllCheckins
choices:
yes: Show
no: "Do not show"
- all items in the "Checked-in items" list, even items that were not checked out.
Checkout Policy:
-
- pref: AllowTooManyOverride
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to override and check out items when the patron has reached the maximum number of allowed checkouts.
-
- pref: AutoRemoveOverduesRestrictions
choices:
yes: "Do"
no: "Do not"
- allow OVERDUES restrictions triggered by sent notices to be cleared automatically when all overdue items are returned by a patron.
-
- pref: AllowNotForLoanOverride
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to override and check out items that are marked as not for loan.
-
- pref: AllowRenewalLimitOverride
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to manually override renewal blocks and renew a checkout when it would go over the renewal limit or be premature with respect to the "No renewal before" setting in the circulation policy or has been scheduled for automatic renewal.
-
- pref: AllowItemsOnHoldCheckout
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- checkouts of items reserved to someone else. If allowed do not generate RESERVE_WAITING and RESERVED warning. This allows self checkouts for those items.
-
- pref: AllFinesNeedOverride
choices:
yes: Require
no: "Don't require"
- staff to manually override all fines, even fines less than noissuescharge.
-
- pref: AllowFineOverride
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to manually override and check out items to patrons who have more than noissuescharge in fines.
-
- pref: InProcessingToShelvingCart
choices:
yes: Move
no: "Don't move"
- items that have the location PROC to the location CART when they are checked in.
-
- pref: ReturnToShelvingCart
choices:
yes: Move
no: "Don't move"
- all items to the location CART when they are checked in.
-
- pref: AutomaticItemReturn
choices:
yes: Do
no: "Don't"
- automatically transfer items to their home library when they are returned.
-
- pref: UseBranchTransferLimits
choices:
yes: Enforce
no: "Don't enforce"
- library transfer limits based on
- pref: BranchTransferLimitsType
choices:
ccode: collection code
itemtype: item type
- .
-
- pref: UseTransportCostMatrix
choices:
yes: Use
no: "Don't use"
- Transport Cost Matrix for calculating optimal holds filling between branches.
-
- Use the checkout and fines rules of
- pref: CircControl
type: choice
choices:
PickupLibrary: the library you are logged in at.
PatronLibrary: the library the patron is from.
ItemHomeLibrary: the library the item is from.
-
- Use the checkout and fines rules of
- pref: HomeOrHoldingBranch
type: choice
choices:
homebranch: the library the item is from.
holdingbranch: the library the item was checked out from.
-
- Allow materials to be returned to
- pref: AllowReturnToBranch
type: choice
choices:
anywhere: to any library.
homebranch: only the library the item is from.
holdingbranch: only the library the item was checked out from.
homeorholdingbranch: either the library the item is from or the library it was checked out from.
-
- For search results in the staff client, display the branch of
- pref: StaffSearchResultsDisplayBranch
type: choice
choices:
homebranch: the library the item is from.
holdingbranch: the library the item is held by.
-
- Calculate the due date using
- pref: useDaysMode
choices:
Days: circulation rules only.
Calendar: the calendar to skip all days the library is closed.
Datedue: the calendar to push the due date to the next open day
-
- Calculate "No renewal before" based on
- pref: NoRenewalBeforePrecision
choices:
date: date.
exact_time: exact time.
- Only relevant for loans calculated in days, hourly loans are not affected.
-
- When renewing checkouts, base the new due date on
- pref: RenewalPeriodBase
choices:
date_due: the old due date of the checkout.
now: the current date.
-
- pref: RenewalSendNotice
choices:
yes: Send
no: "Don't send"
- a renewal notice according to patron checkout alert preferences.
-
- Prevent patrons from making holds on the OPAC if they owe more than
- pref: maxoutstanding
class: currency
- '[% local_currency %] in fines.'
-
- Show a warning on the "Transfers to Receive" screen if the transfer has not been received
- pref: TransfersMaxDaysWarning
class: integer
- days after it was sent.
-
- pref: IssuingInProcess
choices:
yes: "Don't prevent"
no: "Prevent"
- patrons from checking out an item whose rental charge would take them over the limit.
-
- "Restrict patrons with the following target audience values from checking out inappropriate materials:"
- pref: AgeRestrictionMarker
- "E.g. enter target audience keyword(s) split by | (bar) FSK|PEGI|Age| (No white space near |). Be sure to map agerestriction in Koha to MARC mapping (e.g. 521$a). A MARC field value of FSK 12 or PEGI 12 would mean: Borrower must be 12 years old. Leave empty to not apply an age restriction."
-
- pref: AgeRestrictionOverride
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to check out an item with age restriction.
-
- Prevent patrons from checking out books if they have more than
- pref: noissuescharge
class: integer
- '[% local_currency %] in fines.'
-
- pref: RentalsInNoissuesCharge
choices:
yes: Include
no: "Don't include"
- rental charges when summing up charges for noissuescharge.
-
- pref: ManInvInNoissuesCharge
choices:
yes: Include
no: "Don't include"
- MANUAL_INV charges when summing up charges for noissuescharge.
-
- pref: HoldsInNoissuesCharge
choices:
yes: Include
no: "Don't include"
- hold charges when summing up charges for noissuescharge.
-
- pref: ReturnBeforeExpiry
choices:
yes: Require
no: "Don't require"
- "patrons to return books before their accounts expire (by restricting due dates to before the patron's expiration date)."
-
- Send all notices as a BCC to this email address
- pref: OverdueNoticeBcc
-
- pref: OverdueNoticeCalendar
choices:
yes: "Use Calendar"
no: "Ignore Calendar"
- when working out the period for overdue notices
-
- Include up to
- pref: PrintNoticesMaxLines
class: integer
- "item lines in a printed overdue notice. If the number of items is greater than this number, the notice will end with a warning asking the borrower to check their online account for a full list of overdue items. Set to 0 to include all overdue items in the notice, no matter how many there are."
-
- pref: OverduesBlockCirc
choices:
block: Block
noblock: "Don't block"
confirmation: Ask for confirmation
- when checking out to a borrower that has overdues outstanding
-
- "When checking out an item with rental fees, "
- pref: RentalFeesCheckoutConfirmation
choices:
yes: ask
no: "do not ask"
- "for confirmation."
-
- By default, set the LOST value of an item to
- pref: DefaultLongOverdueLostValue
class: integer
- when the item has been overdue for more than
- pref: DefaultLongOverdueDays
class: integer
- days.
-
WARNING — These preferences will activate the automatic item loss process. Leave these fields empty if you don't want to activate this feature.
- "
Example: [1] [30] Sets an item to the LOST value 1 when it has been overdue for more than 30 days."
-
(Used when the longoverdue.pl script is called without the --lost parameter)
-
- "Charge a lost item to the borrower's account when the LOST value of the item changes to :"
- pref: DefaultLongOverdueChargeValue
class: integer
-
Leave this field empty if you don't want to charge the user for lost items.
-
(Used when the longoverdue.pl script is called without the --charge parameter)
-
- "When issuing an item that has been marked as lost, "
- pref: IssueLostItem
choices:
confirm: "require confirmation"
alert: "display a message"
nothing : "do nothing"
- .
-
- pref: AllowMultipleIssuesOnABiblio
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- "patrons to check out multiple items from the same record. (NOTE: This will only effect records without a subscription attached.)"
-
- pref: OnSiteCheckouts
choices:
yes: Enable
no: Disable
- the on-site checkouts feature.
-
- pref: OnSiteCheckoutsForce
choices:
yes: Enable
no: Disable
- the on-site for all cases (Even if a user is debarred, etc.).
-
- pref: ConsiderOnSiteCheckoutsAsNormalCheckouts
choices:
yes: Consider
no: "Don't consider"
- on-site checkouts as normal checkouts.
- If enabled, the number of checkouts allowed will be normal checkouts + on-site checkouts.
- If disabled, both values will be checked separately.
-
- When a patron's checked out item is overdue,
- pref: OverduesBlockRenewing
type: choice
choices:
allow: allow renewing.
blockitem: block renewing only for this item.
block: block renewing for all the patron's items.
-
- If patron is restricted,
- pref: RestrictionBlockRenewing
choices:
yes: Block
no: Allow
- renewing of items.
Checkin Policy:
-
- pref: BlockReturnOfWithdrawnItems
choices:
yes: Block
no: "Don't block"
- returning of items that have been withdrawn.
-
- pref: CalculateFinesOnReturn
choices:
yes: Do
no: "Don't"
- calculate and update overdue charges when an item is returned.
-
NOTE If you are doing hourly loans then you should have this on.
-
- pref: UpdateNotForLoanStatusOnCheckin
type: textarea
class: code
- This is a list of value pairs. When an item is checked in, if the not for loan value on the left matches the items not for loan value
- "it will be updated to the right-hand value. E.g. '-1: 0' will cause an item that was set to 'Ordered' to now be available for loan."
- Each pair of values should be on a separate line.
Holds Policy:
-
- pref: AllowRenewalIfOtherItemsAvailable
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- a patron to renew an item with unfilled holds if other available items can fill that hold.
-
- pref: AllowHoldPolicyOverride
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- staff to override hold policies when placing holds.
-
- pref: AllowHoldsOnDamagedItems
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- hold requests to be placed on and filled by damaged items.
-
- pref: AllowHoldDateInFuture
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- hold requests to be placed that do not enter the waiting list until a certain future date.
-
- pref: OPACAllowHoldDateInFuture
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- "patrons to place holds that don't enter the waiting list until a certain future date. (AllowHoldDateInFuture must also be enabled)."
-
- Confirm future hold requests (starting no later than
- pref: ConfirmFutureHolds
class: integer
- days from now) at checkin time. Note that this number of days will be used too in calculating the default end date for the Holds to pull-report. But it does not interfere with issuing, renewing or transferring books.
-
- Check the
- pref: ReservesControlBranch
choices:
ItemHomeLibrary: "item's home library"
PatronLibrary: "patron's home library"
- to see if the patron can place a hold on the item.
-
- Mark a hold as problematic if it has been waiting for more than
- pref: ReservesMaxPickUpDelay
class: integer
- days.
-
- pref: ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelay
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- "holds to expire automatically if they have not been picked by within the time period specified in ReservesMaxPickUpDelay"
-
- If using ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelay, charge a borrower who allows his or her waiting hold to expire a fee of
- pref: ExpireReservesMaxPickUpDelayCharge
class: currency
-
- Satisfy holds using items from the libraries
- pref: StaticHoldsQueueWeight
class: multi
- (as branchcodes, separated by commas; if empty, uses all libraries)
- when they are
- pref: HoldsQueueSkipClosed
choices:
yes: open
no: open or closed
- pref: RandomizeHoldsQueueWeight
choices:
yes: in random order.
no: in that order.
-
-
- pref: canreservefromotherbranches
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow (with independent branches)"
- a user from one library to place a hold on an item from another library
-
- pref: OPACAllowUserToChooseBranch
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- a user to choose the library to pick up a hold from.
-
- pref: ReservesNeedReturns
choices:
yes: "Don't automatically"
no: Automatically
- mark a hold as found and waiting when a hold is placed on a specific item and that item is already checked in.
-
- Patrons can only have
- pref: maxreserves
class: integer
- holds at once.
-
- pref: emailLibrarianWhenHoldIsPlaced
choices:
yes: Enable
no: "Don't enable"
- "sending an email to the Koha administrator email address whenever a hold request is placed."
-
- pref: DisplayMultiPlaceHold
choices:
yes: Enable
no: "Don't enable"
- "the ability to place holds on multiple biblio from the search results"
-
- pref: TransferWhenCancelAllWaitingHolds
choices:
yes: Transfer
no: "Don't transfer"
- items when cancelling all waiting holds.
-
- pref: AutoResumeSuspendedHolds
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- suspended holds to be automatically resumed by a set date.
-
- pref: SuspendHoldsIntranet
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- holds to be suspended from the intranet.
-
- pref: SuspendHoldsOpac
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- holds to be suspended from the OPAC.
-
- pref: ExpireReservesOnHolidays
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- expired holds to be canceled on days the library is closed.
-
- pref: decreaseLoanHighHolds
choices:
yes: Enable
no: "Don't enable"
- the reduction of loan period to
- pref: decreaseLoanHighHoldsDuration
class: integer
- days for items with more than
- pref: decreaseLoanHighHoldsValue
class: integer
- holds
- pref: decreaseLoanHighHoldsControl
choices:
static: "on the record"
dynamic: "over the number of holdable items on the record"
- . Ignore items with the following statuses when counting items
- pref: decreaseLoanHighHoldsIgnoreStatuses
multiple:
damaged: Damaged
itemlost: Lost
withdrawn: Withdrawn
notforloan: Not for loan
-
- pref: AllowHoldsOnPatronsPossessions
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- a patron to place a hold on a record where the patron already has one or more items attached to that record checked out.
-
- pref: LocalHoldsPriority
choices:
yes: Give
no: "Don't give"
- priority for filling holds to patrons whose
- pref: LocalHoldsPriorityPatronControl
choices:
PickupLibrary: "pickup library"
HomeLibrary: "home library"
- matches the item's
- pref: LocalHoldsPriorityItemControl
choices:
homebranch: "home library"
holdingbranch: "holding library"
Fines Policy:
-
- Calculate fines based on days overdue
- pref: finesCalendar
type: choice
choices:
ignoreCalendar: directly.
noFinesWhenClosed: not including days the library is closed.
-
-
- pref: finesMode
type: choice
choices:
off: "Don't calculate"
test: Calculate (but only for mailing to the admin)
production: Calculate and charge
- fines (when misc/cronjobs/fines.pl is being run).
-
Note: Fines can also be charged by the CalculateFinesOnReturn system preference.
-
- pref: RefundLostItemFeeOnReturn
choices:
yes: Refund
no: "Don't refund"
- lost item fees charged to a borrower when the lost item is returned.
-
- pref: FinesIncludeGracePeriod
choices:
yes: Include
no: "Don't include"
- the grace period when calculating the fine for an overdue item.
-
- pref: WhenLostForgiveFine
choices:
yes: Forgive
no: "Don't Forgive"
- the fines on an item when it is lost.
-
- pref: WhenLostChargeReplacementFee
choices:
yes: Charge
no: "Don't Charge"
- the replacement price when a patron loses an item.
-
- Charge a hold fee
- pref: HoldFeeMode
choices:
always: "any time a hold is placed."
not_always: "only if all items are checked out and the record has at least one hold already."
Self Checkout:
-
- "Include the following JavaScript on all pages in the web-based self checkout:"
- pref: SCOUserJS
type: textarea
class: code
-
- "Include the following CSS on all pages in the web-based self checkout:"
- pref: SCOUserCSS
type: textarea
class: code
-
- pref: ShowPatronImageInWebBasedSelfCheck
choices:
yes: Show
no: "Don't show"
- "the patron's picture (if one has been added) when they use the web-based self checkout."
-
- pref: WebBasedSelfCheck
choices:
yes: Enable
no: "Don't enable"
- "the web-based self checkout system. (available at: /cgi-bin/koha/sco/sco-main.pl)"
-
- Have patrons login into the web-based self checkout system with their
- pref: SelfCheckoutByLogin
choices:
yes: Username and Password
no: Barcode
-
- "Time out the current patron's web-based self checkout system login after"
- pref: SelfCheckTimeout
class: integer
- seconds.
-
- pref: AllowSelfCheckReturns
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- patrons to return items through web-based self checkout system.
-
- "Include the following HTML in the Help page of the web-based self checkout system:"
- pref: SelfCheckHelpMessage
type: htmlarea
class: code
-
- pref: AutoSelfCheckAllowed
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- "the web-based self checkout system to automatically login with this staff login"
- pref: AutoSelfCheckID
- and this password
- pref: AutoSelfCheckPass
- .
-
- pref: SelfCheckReceiptPrompt
choices:
yes: Show
no: "Don't show"
- "the print receipt popup dialog when self checkout is finished"
Course Reserves:
-
- pref: UseCourseReserves
choices:
yes: Use
no: "Don't use"
- course reserves
Batch checkout:
-
- pref: BatchCheckouts
choices:
yes: Allow
no: "Don't allow"
- "batch checkouts"
-
- "Patron categories allowed to checkout in a batch"
- pref: BatchCheckoutsValidCategories
- "(list of patron categories separated with a pipe '|')"