Koha Question of the Week: What Are Library Groups?

by Kelly McElligott on Nov 4, 2022

Each Friday, we will bring you a new Koha Question of the Week. We will select real questions that we receive and share the answers with you!

Question: What Are Library Groups

Answer: Koha allows for library grouping both at a single and hierarchical level. Library groups allow for libraries to group together due to special library needs or for geographical reasons.

Library groups can serve four purposes: to limit access to patron data, to limit OPAC searches, to limit staff searches, and/or to define holds behavior.

Additional Resources

For more information see this helpful area in the Koha Manual

Koha Manual: Library Groups

This blog post goes into more detail about setting these up:

Using Library Groups in Koha

Specifically for Holds and Library Groups:

Define Groups of Locations for Hold Pickups in Koha