On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi George, > What we mean by "floating collections" are those collections that stay at > whatever library (or branch) to which they are returned, instead of being > returned to the owning library. > > Sometimes this is accomplished by using a collection code or perhaps setting > the owning library to "float" so wherever such items are returned becomes > their new (temporary) home.
It should be noted that 2.0 supports this directly, per copy, via the Floating attribute -- no special owning libraries or collection codes required. You can use copy buckets to simplify batch setting (and reverting) of this flag. --miker > Lori > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Duimovich, George > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Well, I actually had to double check the meaning of the phrase, since it's >> not used in our library context and I was curious.. >> >> So I can't actually help you there, but for others like me, I found this >> quick ppt useful - now obvious of course. >> >> >> http://www.cla.ca/conference/2008/presentation/Quigley-CLA%20presentation%20on%20floating%20collections%202008.ppt >> >> >> Great idea. >> >> George >> NRCan Library >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] on behalf of >> Deborah Lipoma >> Sent: Tue 11/23/2010 6:00 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floating collections >> >> Are there any libraries considering floating collections using Evergreen? >> Is there any development going on? Santa Cruz PL is interested in getting >> in touch with others who might be moving to a floating collection. >> >> -- >> Deborah Lipoma >> Librarian, Library IT >> Santa Cruz Public Libraries >> 224 Church St. >> Santa Cruz, CA 95060 >> 831-427-7707 ext. 7755 >> [email protected] >> > > > > ==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-== > Lori Bowen Ayre > Principal Consultant > The Galecia Group > www.galecia.com > (707) 763-6869 > [email protected] > > > -- Mike Rylander | VP, Research and Design | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [email protected] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
