How to hide book rental records on the OPAC
While Book Rental items serve an important purpose, they can take up unnecessary space in the OPAC search results. As these items are not usually in general circulation it is rare that patrons will deliberately seek them out within the catalogue and as such, some sites prefer to hide these items from OPAC searches.
The attached video file walks through the process of hiding Book Rental item records from the OPAC. While some specifics may vary from site to site, the basic steps will remain the same.
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