Bug 20105 - Ability to allow article requests without an existing record
Summary: Ability to allow article requests without an existing record
Status: NEW
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Circulation (show other bugs)
Version: 17.05
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Kyle M Hall
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2018-01-30 20:23 UTC by Kelly McElligott
Modified: 2022-01-07 08:58 UTC (History)
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Description Kelly McElligott 2018-01-30 20:23:41 UTC
A library inquired about allowing article requests to work similarly to purchase suggestions.  Instead of having patron search for the subscription or record that they would like the article from- instead they would like the patron to fill out a form (as they would in a purchase suggestion) with fields (from the system preference : ArticleRequestsMandatoryFields, ArticleRequestsMandatoryFieldsItemOnly, ArticleRequestsMandatoryFieldsRecordOnly

Currently when the Request Article link is clicked, it brings up the opac-request-article.pl with a biblio number.



This may have a dual purpose - it could potentially be used for ILL material form for a library also!


Kelly 
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Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2018-01-30 20:45:55 UTC
I like the idea, but maybe we'd need to add some more fields then for the source? Like differentiate between the 'source title' and the 'article/chapter title'.
Comment 2 Katrin Fischer 2022-01-07 08:58:35 UTC
Still something that would be really helpful for a lot of libraries.

Activating the "free form" for article requests should still be probably be optional.