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.. _serials-system-preferences-label:
Serials
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*Get there:* More > Administration > System preferences > Serials
.. _serials-features-system-preferences-label:
Features
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.. _makepreviousserialavailable-label:
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
:ref:`item-level\_itypes <item-level\_itypes-label>` 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
:ref:`receiving a new issue<receive-issues-label>`.
- The item type of new issues and item type for previous issues are set when
:ref:`creating the serial subscription<add-a-subscription-label>`.
- This is useful for libraries that don't circulate the latest issue of a
serial, but circulate previous issues.
.. _opacserialdefaulttab-label:
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.
|opacSerialDefaultTab-colltab|
- subscriptions tab
|opacSerialDefaultTab-subtab|
- title notes tab
- The title notes tab is the tab that shows the notes in the MARC record
(5XX in MARC21, for example).
.. Admonition:: Version
The 'title notes tab' option was added to Koha in version 24.05.
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 :ref:`OPACSerialIssueDisplayCount <OPACSerialIssueDisplayCount-label>` system preference.
.. _opacserialissuedisplaycount-label:
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 :ref:`opacSerialDefaultTab <opacSerialDefaultTab-label>`
system preference.
- The number of issues shown can also be set for individual subscriptions when
:ref:`creating or editing serial subscriptions<add-a-subscription-label>`.
.. _preserveserialnotes-label:
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
:ref:`receiving a new issue<receive-issues-label>`, saving time for staff.
.. _renewserialaddssuggestion-label:
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 :ref:`purchase suggestions page in the acquisitions module<managing-purchase-suggestions-label>`
when :ref:`clicking the 'renew' option on a serial subscription<renewing-serials-label>`.
If you don't use the :ref:`acquisitions module<acquisitions-label>` to
manage serials purchases it's best to leave this set as 'Don't add'.
.. _routinglistaddreserves-label:
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 :ref:`routing list feature<routingserials-label>`, items for
issues to be routed can be placed on hold for each user on the routing list.
.. _routinglistnote-label:
RoutingListNote
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Asks: Include following note on all routing lists
Description:
- Text entered in this box will appear below the
:ref:`routing list information<routingserials-label>`.
.. _routingserials-label:
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
:ref:`routing list <create-a-routing-list-label>` section of this manual.
.. _serialssearchresultslimit-label:
SerialsSearchResultsLimit
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. Admonition:: 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-label:
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
:ref:`creating or editing serial subscriptions<add-a-subscription-label>`.
.. _subscriptionduplicatedroppedinput-label:
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 <http://schema.koha-community.org/master/tables/subscription.html>`__
site.
.. _subscriptionhistory-label:
SubscriptionHistory
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Asks: When showing the subscription information for a bibliographic
record, preselect \_\_\_ view of serial issues.
Default: brief history
Values:
- brief history
|SubscriptionHistory-brief|
- full history
|SubscriptionHistory-full|
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.
.. _serials-notifications-system-preferences-label:
Notifications
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.. _serialsdefaultemailaddress-label:
SerialsDefaultEmailAddress
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. Admonition:: Version
This system preference was added in version 23.11 of Koha.
Asks: Use the from email address \_\_\_ when sending serial claim notices.
Description:
- This system preference allows you to set a different email address for
:ref:`sending late serial issues claims <claim-late-serials-label>` from the
:ref:`serials module <serials-label>`.
- If left empty, it will use instead the first email address available in this
order:
- the :ref:`library <libraries-label>`'s email
- :ref:`KohaAdminEmailAddress <kohaadminemailaddress-label>`
.. _serialsdefaultreplyto-label:
SerialsDefaultReplyTo
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. Admonition:: Version
This system preference was added in version 23.11 of Koha.
Asks: Use the reply-to email address \_\_\_ when sending serial claim notices.
Description:
- This system preference allows you to set a different reply-to email address
for :ref:`sending late serial issues claims <claim-late-serials-label>` from
the :ref:`serials module <serials-label>`.
- If left empty, it will use instead the first email address available in this
order:
- the :ref:`library <libraries-label>`'s reply-to email
- the :ref:`library <libraries-label>`'s email
- :ref:`ReplytoDefault <replytodefault-label>`
- :ref:`KohaAdminEmailAddress <kohaadminemailaddress-label>`