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| Question | Answer | Comment |
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| Can DCB-specific material types (e.g. dcb-book, dcb-dvd) be distinguishing properties for defining circulation policy in the borrowing and pickup library? | Yes and No | They can be but technically, only one distinguishing characteristic is necessary per rule – the virtual item location (a.k.a. item agency or FOLIO institution location) for the borrowing/pickup library circulation rule. Note that the "virtual item location" will be a unique agency code representing a single institution and is only used in DCB transactions. Example circ rules for both sides of the transaction – borrowing/pickup and lending. Please note that it is common for consortium to have different combinations of rules. I've distilled them down to a single set of egalitarian rules for all MOBIUS is currently discussing whether or not they want to create a unique set of material types to distinguish between local and material types and DCB materials types, primarily for reporting purposes. I would like to discourage this practice as it represents a shortcoming of their current resource sharing solution. Since this is tangential issue and has no bearing on development, I suggest we retire the topic. |
| Can DCB-specific patron group (e.g. dcb-students) be distinguishing property for defining circulation policy in lending and pickup library? | Yes. It , it is necessary. | Please see above for the an example virtual patron circulation rule. |
| Can pickup service point be created as virtual service point for lending library for Page request creation? | Yes, it is necessary. | The only question is whether or not we will need a code change to accommodate.  Tim Auger will test it out and see what happens. |
. For MOBIUS, they currently have somewhere between 14-20 rules