Under use case #2, how would you then configure the system so that you could easily remove the item from storage to available in a case where storage is a temporary status?
Elaine _____ J. Elaine Hardy PINES Bibliographic Projects & Metadata Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235-7128 404.235-7201, fax eha...@georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Tim Spindler Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 2:52 PM To: Evergreen Development Discussion List; Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Possible Development Idea We are in the process at prioritizing some development projects for C/W MARS. I have started to write some specs for one project and wanted to check with the community to see how others felt. A number of our libraries liked this functionality coming from an Innovative system. Tom Berezansky questioned it because it is counter to the purpose of status and he was arguing (and correct me where I am wrong) that a library should be using shelf location and not a status for this purpose. However, I can imagine instances where you might want different statuses for the same shelf location. Restore Original Status of Item after Checkin Idea: Restore proper status when an item is checked in (Reference Development Ideas #30) Description: Copies checked out in Evergreen have the status changed to Checked Out. There is no mechanism to retain the status of the item prior to checkout. When the item is returned, the checkout status defaults to Available. Expected Functionality . An item is checked out and the status changes to "Checked Out" as it does in the current system (2.3.1) . The item is checked in and returns to the status prior to the above checkout while still using the interim status of reshelving. . Some statuses such as "lost", "repair" and "missing" should be allowed to be permanently removed. Use Case 1 Joe Circulation has a student who brings to the desk an item that was on course reserves with the status of course reserves. The item is checked out and the status of the item changes to "Checked Out" with a a loan period of 3 hours. The student returns the item and it is checked in and the status returns to "Reshelving" and then"Reserves". Use Case 2 We have many books with the status of storage. When the book gets checked out, we are asked if we want to force the action, which is to check it out. Of course, when it is returned, the status of storage is gone. When checked back in, the status would return to "Reshelving" and then "Storage." -- Tim Spindler Manager of Library Applications <mailto:tspind...@cwmars.org> tspind...@cwmars.org 508-755-3323 x20 C/W MARS, Inc. 67 Millbrook St, Suite 201 Worcester, MA 01606 <http://www.cwmars.org/> http://www.cwmars.org P Go Green - Save a tree! Please don't print this e-mail unless it's really necessary.