No. Just No. Unless it was totally configurable and could never, ever show up if we didn’t want it. Ever. The thought of having to correct the resultant mess if someone could delete at the bib record level while vols and copies are attached in a consortium database will give me nightmares. I know that it would be tied to permissions but still. No. The few number of times a cataloger could use it on a record with just their library’s holdings attached would not be worth the possibility of someone incorrectly deleting a record with 1000s of items attached.
Perhaps what Jennifer meant was to truly delete a bibliographic record after one has deleted all copies and volumes attached? However, as Jason points out with patron info, totally deleting bib records, volumes, and copies would also negatively impact referential integrity in the database. It is also nice to be able to undelete a bib record if needed. 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 [email protected] www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines From: Open-ils-general [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 3:40 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting Patron Accounts - AND books? Like delete the bib records and let it caascade down and delete all associated volumes and copies? On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Walz, Jennifer <[email protected]> wrote: All – Boy, it sure would be nice if we had the same options with books. (i.e. bib records, item records, copy records, and the like) J Please? Thanks! Jennifer -------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of Ebsco Irritations Kinlaw Library - Asbury University One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390 859-858-3511 ext. 2269 <tel:859-858-3511%20ext.%202269> [email protected] From: Open-ils-general [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 1:33 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting Patron Accounts
