About disused Org Units - even after a branch closes completely and all of
the active materials and patrons have been moved off of it so we don't want
it to appear in most dropdown lists, we sometimes still need to run reports
on it. It would be nice to have the option in the reporter to include
non-staff-visible branches. Maybe that is as simple as adding a new report
source in the fieldmapper that can be used instead of the normal Org Unit
source when desired?

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:46 PM Galen Charlton via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 12:09 PM Lussier, Kathy via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
> > #2 introduces new behavior that hasn't been used in previous staff
> > catalogs. We could not think of a use case where an org unit
> > should be invisible in the public catalog when performing a
> > search, but should be visible in the staff catalog search. However,
> >  if there is one, let us know so that we can add an option,
> > most likely a global flag.
>
> I can think of several:
>
> - Library joining a consortium. Most any migration workflow I can imagine
> will result in a period of at least a few days, and sometimes longer, where
> an OU exists and has holdings attached to it but shouldn't be visible in
> the OPAC, but where staff nonetheless need to be able to do staff-side
> searches limited to that OU.
> - Library opening a new branch with an opening day collection. This could
> lead to an even longer period where the OU exists but is not yet ready to
> be visible to patrons
> - An explicitly hidden or resource collection
>
> Does NOBLE have OUs that are completely disused?
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
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