Jennifer, Where, other than reports that lack a filter on "Is deleted", are these items showing up?
Thanks, -- Mike Rylander | President | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [email protected] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Walz, Jennifer <[email protected]> wrote: > All – > > > > I completely understand! This is a valuable option for those folks who > need this. But there should ALSO be an option for completely and utterly > obliterating the record – if you need to. We just REMOVED about 600 > books from our collection (remember that we are an academic library) and we > never want to see them again. We expect that they are weeded and gone. > But no. They are still hanging around the system to clutter things up. > And confuse things too. That is why we are experiencing so much problem > with our items we are moving around into a new Children’s collection. We > weeded, we merged, and now we are changing call numbers. But the > “deleted” stuff keeps showing up when we THOUGHT we deleted it and never > want to see it again. > > > > I’m NOT saying to remove the option to “hide” items in case you want to > use them again or in the case where there are items attached or fines or > such. BUT, it would be really great to also have the option to really and > finally REMOVE items from the system. There are times when that is needed > as well. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jennifer > > -------------------------------------------------- > Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of ILS Ministrations > Kinlaw Library - *Asbury University* > One Macklem Drive, Wilmore, KY 40390 > 859-858-3511 ext. 2269 > [email protected] > > > > *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Rogan > Hamby > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2015 10:10 AM > *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group > *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting Patron Accounts - AND books? > > > > Oh yeah, they reappear like fleas. It's one reason I don't like > obliterating, things that folks are sure they never want to see again one > day suddenly are desirable the next. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Jason Stephenson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Funny thing about deleted copies is they come back! > > Just last week I was asked to undelete about 1 dozen copies that showed up > in the returns. > > If you really delete them from the database, you can't do that. > > Just some food for thought. > > Jason > -- > Jason Stephenson > Assistant Director for Technology Services > Merrimack Valley Library Consortium > 4 High ST, Suite 175 > North Andover, MA 01845 > Phone: 978-557-5891 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > -- > > > > Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA > > Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, > > York County Library System > > > > “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit > me.” > ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis> >
