Library groups
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Library groups are used in searches to limit the search to a group of
-libraries (for example in a neigbourhood).
+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.
- *Get there:* More > Administration > Basic Parameters > Library groups
This can be overriden with the :ref:`user permission view_borrower_infos_
from_any_libraries <patron-permissions-defined-label>`.
-- If you would like the group to show up in the library pulldown menu at the
+- If you want the group to show up in the library pulldown menu at the
top of the OPAC (with :ref:`OpacAddMastheadLibraryPulldown` set to 'Add')
and on the advanced search page you can check the 'Use for OPAC search
groups' box.
.. _adding-a-library-to-a-group-label:
+- If you want to use this group to define holds rules, check the ‘Is local
+ hold group’ box.
+
Adding a library to a group
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^