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Free book blocks

One library — here the supplementary library — lends items individually to another library — here the parish library (KÖB) — to supplement its stock.

Characteristics

  • The book blocks are managed in the supplementary library through a borrower account in the library system.
  • The library system should be able to export the data to a data carrier in the format described here. All items on loan to a parish library are always exported together.
  • The library system should be able to print a list of all items on loan to a parish library, sorted by due date and filing word, showing at least the due date, filing word, title, barcode/accession/identification number and notation.
  • It should be possible to extend the loan period in the supplementary library for a parish library's entire free book block at once, or for individual titles.
  • It should be possible to place reservations on supplementary stock in the supplementary library.
  • Supplementary stock of the supplementary library must not be passed on from one parish library to another; it must always go back to the supplementary library first.
  • Borrowers should be able to search the library's own item data and the book block stock at the same time.
  • Statistics: supplementary stock is not counted as part of the parish library's stock.
  • Statistics: supplementary stock is counted for the parish library as "loans of supplementary stock by the parish library".
  • Statistics: loans of supplementary stock are counted as loans for the parish library.
  • Statistics: lending supplementary stock to the parish library is counted as a loan for the supplementary library.

What the library system in the parish library should do

  • Read the file created by the supplementary library, in the format described here, into the library's system.
  • The parish library can delete titles of the supplementary stock in its own system, for example when a title is lost.

Workflow in the library

  • When new block stock items are shelved, the data is loaded into the parish library's system from the data carrier supplied.
  • When block stock items are returned, the titles are marked as returned by hand in the parish library's system as they are packed up for return to the supplementary library.

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