These are the various categories and codes used by Koha to describe patrons and items in the catalog.
DBText originally didn’t differentiate borrowers; as long as their expiration date hadn’t passed, they could take out books. I added a select-code field into which we could put various tags such as: IND, FAM, BoD, Vol, PUB PR and a whole bunch of others whose meanings have been lost.
Koha has patron categories, which control dues and borrowing profiles (how many and for how long.) We can add attributes to be used by search filters. Many of the select codes above will go here with descriptions.
Patron Categories:
Each patron will be assigned to one of these categories.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| FAM | Family Member |
| IND | Individual Member |
| STAFF | Paid Staff |
| BUS | Business Member |
| OTHER | Anyone else |
Patron Attributes
Each patron may have one or more of these SELECT codes.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| BOD | Board of Directors |
| CULTV | Person to be cultivated |
| FAM | Family Member |
| IND | Individual Member |
| PR | Public relations contact |
| PUB | Publicity contact |
| VOL | Volunteer |
There are two additional attributes: MAIL and PUBLISH. They may have the value True or False.
Item Types
Every item in the catalog will be one of these types.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| ARCHIVE | Archived material |
| AUDIO | Audio Tape, Audio Book, Records, Taped Interviews |
| BOOK | Bookl |
| CD | CDl |
| DVD | DVD (movies> |
| PAMPHLET | Pamphlets |
| SERIAL | Serials |
| VIDEO | Video Tape |
| OFFSITE | Material stored offsite |
We may want to consider adding an “Artwork” Item Type, given the significent collection of artwork the archive stores. What does everyone think?
Chuck