Serials

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makePreviousSerialAvailable

Asks: ___ previous serial automatically available when receiving a new serial issue. The previous issue can also be set to another item type when receiving a new one. Please note that the item-level_itypes system preference must be set to specific item.

Default: Don’t make

Values:

• Don’t make

• Make

Description:

• If this preference is enabled, the not for loan status and the item type of the previous issue will be automatically changed when receiving a new issue.

• The item type of new issues and item type for previous issues are set when creating the serial subscription.

• This is useful for libraries that don’t circulate the latest issue of a serial, but circulate previous issues.

opacSerialDefaultTab

Asks: Show ___ as default tab for serials in OPAC.

Default: subscriptions tab

Values:

• holdings tab

  • The holdings tab is the one that shows items attached to the bibliographic record. It is the one shown for records with no subscriptions attached.

• serial collection tab

  Warning

  Please note that the serial collection tab is currently available only for systems using the UNIMARC standard.

  

• subscriptions tab

  

Description:

• This system preference allows you to choose which tab user will see first when viewing a bibliographic record with a subscription attached in the OPAC.

• When using the subscription tab, you can choose how many issues to show with the OPACSerialIssueDisplayCount system preference.

OPACSerialIssueDisplayCount

Asks: Show the ___ previous issues of a serial on the OPAC.

Default: 3

Description:

• This preference allows the administrator to select the number of recent issues for each serial which appear in the OPAC when the serial is accessed. This is just the default value, patrons can always click to see a full list of serials.

Note

This does not affect the number of items shown in the ‘Holdings’ tab if you create items for issues. It only affects the number of issues displayed in the ‘Subscriptions’ tab.

• You can choose which tab users see first with the opacSerialDefaultTab system preference.

• The number of issues shown can also be set for individual subscriptions when creating or editing serial subscriptions.

PreserveSerialNotes

Asks: ___ prefill the notes from the last ‘Arrived’ serial when generating the next ‘Expected’ issue.

Default: Do

Values:

• Don’t

• Do

Description

• This system preference allows you to choose whether or not you want to copy notes from the previous issue of a serial to a new issue, when receiving a new issue, saving time for staff.

RenewSerialAddsSuggestion

Asks: ___ a suggestion for a biblio when its attached serial is renewed.

Default: Don’t add

Values:

• Don’t add

• Add

Description:

• If set to ‘Add’, this preference will automatically add a serial to the purchase suggestions page in the acquisitions module when clicking the ‘renew’ option on a serial subscription. If you don’t use the acquisitions module to manage serials purchases it’s best to leave this set as ‘Don’t add’.

RoutingListAddReserves

Asks: ___ received serials on hold if they are on a routing list.

Default: Don’t place

Values:

• Place

• Don’t place

Description:

• When using the routing list feature, items for issues to be routed can be placed on hold for each user on the routing list.

RoutingListNote

Asks: Include following note on all routing lists

Description:

• Text entered in this box will appear below the routing list information.

RoutingSerials

Asks: ___ the routing list feature in the serials module.

Default: Use

Values:

• Don’t use

• Use

Description:

• This preference determines if serials routing lists are enabled or disabled for the library. When set to ‘Use’, serials routing is enabled and a serial can be directed through a list of people by identifying who should receive it next. The list of people can be established for each serial to be passed using the Serials module. This preference can be used to ensure each person who needs to see a serial when it arrives at the library will get it. Learn more in the routing list section of this manual.

SerialsSearchResultsLimit

Version

This system preference was added in Koha version 23.11

Asks: Show only the ___ first serials when performing an advanced serials search.

Default: empty

Description:

• This system preference can be used to limit the number of results shown in a serials search.

• In systems with a lot of subscriptions, loading all the results can take a lot of resources.

• An empty value will show all the results (no limit).

StaffSerialIssueDisplayCount

Asks: Show the ___ previous issues of a serial on the staff interface.

Default: 3

Description:

Description:

• This preference allows the administrator to select the number of recent issues for each serial which appear in the staff interface when the serial is accessed. This is just the default value, staff members can always click to see a full list of serials.

Note

This does not affect the number of items shown in the ‘Holdings’ tab if you create items for issues. It only affects the number of issues displayed in the ‘Subscriptions’ tab.

• The number of issues shown can also be set for individual subscriptions when creating or editing serial subscriptions.

SubscriptionDuplicateDroppedInput

Asks: List of fields which must not be rewritten when a subscription is duplicated (Separated by pipe |) ___

Description:

• When duplicating a subscription (new as duplicate) sometimes you don’t want all of the fields duplicated. Using this preference you can list the fields that you don’t want to be duplicated. These field names come from the subscription table in the Koha database. Learn what fields are in that table on the Koha DB Schema site.

SubscriptionHistory

Asks: When showing the subscription information for a bibliographic record, preselect ___ view of serial issues.

Default: brief history

Values:

• brief history

  

• full history

  

Description:

• This preference determines what information appears in the OPAC when the user clicks the ‘more details’ option. The ‘brief’ option displays a one-line summary of the volume and issue numbers of all issues of that serial held by the library. The ‘full’ option displays a more detailed breakdown of issues per year, including information such as the issue date and the status of each issue.