How Do We Limit the Formats People Can Suggest we Purchase?

by Hebah Amin-Headley on Oct 25, 2024

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Question: How Do We Limit the Formats People Can Suggest we Purchase?

Like many places in Koha where menu selections are set, purchase suggestion formats are an authorized value. In Administration, the authorized value category is SUGGEST_FORMAT.

This is what populates the drop-down menu patrons see when submitting a purchase suggestion from the OPAC, assuming a library has not hidden that field via the OPACSuggestionUnwantedFields system preference. (Conversely, that can also be made mandatory via the OPACSuggestionMandatoryFields.)

If a library at one point was accepting purchase suggestions for a format they are no longer collecting or will be soliciting suggestions for in a different avenue (like purchase requests going directly through an eBook platform), that option can be deleted from the SUGGEST_FORMAT authorized values list so it is no longer an option for patrons.