In the past I have recommended a bifurcated workflow – * For locally held items, change the use a shelving location (“Children’s Staff Office” or similar) – a status would also work but that would be a consortial setting and not something the local library can typically set up. (The definition of “local” might vary between a library and system depending on system agreements & staff permissions.) * For external items, check them out on a library card. This way the owning library’s items don’t get edited by non-affiliated staff and the item moves normally through the circulation process and generates a transit home when it’s checked in.
Happy Friday everyone! Katie Greenleaf Martin Executive Director Pennsylvania Integrated Library System (PaILS) (717) 873-9461 sparkpa.org<https://sparkpa.org/> From: Evergreen-general <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kathryn Riedener via Evergreen-general Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 12:17 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group <[email protected]> Cc: Kathryn Riedener <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Evergreen-general] Best Practices Question You could also mark these books not holdable for the duration of your program, then change them back to holdable later. Kathryn Kathryn Riedener Collections and Resources Coordinator Pioneer Library System 2557 State Route 21 Canandaigua, NY 14424 Phone: 585.394.8260, ext. 1114 Fax: 585.394.1935 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ From: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "Scott Thomas" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 10:49:15 AM Subject: [Evergreen-general] Best Practices Question Hi, I was wondering what best practices are for the following scenario: a youth services librarian is preparing for a program and needs to put aside 10 books about cats. They don’t want the books to appear on a pullist while they have them. We don’t want them to check the books out because it would generate a false circulation statistic. We advise them to place a holds on the books they need, but is there a better way to take these books out of circulation without generating a false statistic? Thank you, Scott Scott Thomas Chief Executive Officer / Director Scranton Public Library 500 Vine Street Scranton, PA 18509-3298 570-348-3000 x3011 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Evergreen-general mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general
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