Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Notification is library is last owning on a held item?

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

It sounds like a lot of people are interested in this feature. It might 
be worthwhile to submit it as a Wishlist request in Launchpad.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
kluss...@masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

On 4/2/2014 3:52 PM, Sarah Childs wrote:
It be nice if this would work so you could set this to tell you that 
it when it IS the last copy, or instead set it so that it would tell 
you when it ISN'T the last copy.  For us, the majority of the things 
we buy we only have one copy locally, so it would probably get 
annoying if it told us every time something was the last copy (since 
that would be most of the time). It would be actually more helpful for 
us if the system told us when an item we delete is NOT the last copy, 
because then we would know not to remove OCLC holdings for those items.

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Sarah Childs
Technical Services Department Head
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
250 North Fifth Street
Zionsville, IN 46077
317-873-3149 x13330
sar...@zionsville.lib.in.us

On 2014-04-02 15:18, Hardy, Elaine wrote:
PINES would like this feature to identify when the last copy held by a
system (not a branch) is deleted from the bib record for removing OCLC
holdings as well.



Elaine

J. Elaine Hardy
PINES & Collaborative Projects 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

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[mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Elisabeth Keppler
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 8:06 AM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Notification is library is last 
owning on
a held item?



We'd also like to be able to identify when our own library's last 
copy is
being discarded or deleted so we can remove our OCLC holdings. We're on
2.4.3, if that makes a difference, and would welcome any suggestions.



I can report holds for which there is no holdable copy (which we call
"hopeless holds") if that would help you, Buzzy.  Using the Hold/Copy
Ratio per Bib report source, here are the filters and displays:



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We use the results to generate emails or postcards to patrons letting 
them
know that we're unable to fill their hold.  For materials older than a
year, we include instructions on how to request ILL.  The example above
filters on just our holdings rather than the entire consortium's, but
leaving off the Owning Library Name filter would fix that.



Hope that helps,

Lise Keppler

Forsyth County NC



On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Buzzy Nielsen 
<bu...@hoodriverlibrary.org>
wrote:

Hi folks,

Does anyone know, is there a feature in Evergreen, whether currently in
place or in development, that would notify a library is it's the last
owning library that carries a particular held item? We have a large
consortium, 70+ libraries, and patrons can place holds on pretty much 
any
member library's items. It would be really helpful if there could be 
some
sort of alert if a library's that's the last holding one marks a held 
item
missing. That way, the patron's home library could notify him/her that
they're unable to get the item through the consortium.

I hope that my question makes sense!

Cheers!
Buzzy


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Library Director
Hood River County Library District
502 State Street
Hood River, Oregon 97031
541-387-7062
http://hoodriverlibrary.org







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Lise Keppler

Forsyth County Public Library

660 W 5th St

Winston Salem NC 27101

336-703-3070