2009/4/16 Karen Schneider <[email protected]>: > Hi folks, as the acquisitions systems development progresses, we have a need > for input on receiving workflows from a variety of libraries. If you would > be willing to spare a few minutes talking to an Evergreen developer about > your receiving workflow, drop me a note.
As an example drawn from real life, here's a receiving workflow for monographs: http://open-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=acq:scenarios:receiving_monographs Understanding how people are currently working, and why, along with some ideas about how they would improve their receiving workflow if their software wasn't limiting them, are the really important parts. For example, mapping the above workflow to Evergreen, we would use statuses rather than locations; but the "why" remains important. As an example of the "why", we need to rush certain items or ensure that they go directly to a particular patron when the items are received; we currently use notes for that but maybe there are better methods like a generic "Priority" flag or a hold placed on the on-order item for the patron. -- Dan Scott Laurentian University
