Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Collection code in acquisitions
Thank you for the insight Bill and Lynn! Kathy On 5/28/2013 4:55 PM, Lynn Floyd wrote: I've not used acquisitions in Evergreen, not even attempted to look at it. But we use collection codes to tell our catalogers where to place something. The code corresponds to a set if Item attributes (Shelving location, Circulation modifier, Circulation library, etc...). If this information is being sent to the vendor, the vendor takes the code and populates the item field with the correct information for batch loading. Lynn Floyd lfl...@andersonlibrary.org Anderson County Library 864-260-4500 x181 http://www.andersonlibrary.org -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 5:36 PM To: Evergreen General Discussion List Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Collection code in acquisitions Hi all, I'm updating some of the acquisitions documentation, and I thought it might be useful to address a question that has been raised from time to time. Does anyone know what purpose the collection code field serves in acquisitions? I assume there was a specific use case in mind when it was added. Thanks! Kathy
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Collection code in acquisitions
Hi Kathy, My memory is sketchy, but I believe it was originally requested by Brodart (though others may support it) and it provides a way to send additional processing instructions to the vendor on a per-item basis. I'd say it serves roughly the same purpose as vendor account codes, in that they can be used to determine how a batch of items are processed, but more granular. -b On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Kathy Lussier kluss...@masslnc.org wrote: Hi all, I'm updating some of the acquisitions documentation, and I thought it might be useful to address a question that has been raised from time to time. Does anyone know what purpose the collection code field serves in acquisitions? I assume there was a specific use case in mind when it was added. Thanks! Kathy -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/**kmlussierhttp://www.twitter.com/kmlussier -- Bill Erickson | Senior Software Developer | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: ber...@esilibrary.com | web: http://esilibrary.com | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Collection code in acquisitions
I've not used acquisitions in Evergreen, not even attempted to look at it. But we use collection codes to tell our catalogers where to place something. The code corresponds to a set if Item attributes (Shelving location, Circulation modifier, Circulation library, etc...). If this information is being sent to the vendor, the vendor takes the code and populates the item field with the correct information for batch loading. Lynn Floyd lfl...@andersonlibrary.org Anderson County Library 864-260-4500 x181 http://www.andersonlibrary.org -Original Message- From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Lussier Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 5:36 PM To: Evergreen General Discussion List Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Collection code in acquisitions Hi all, I'm updating some of the acquisitions documentation, and I thought it might be useful to address a question that has been raised from time to time. Does anyone know what purpose the collection code field serves in acquisitions? I assume there was a specific use case in mind when it was added. Thanks! Kathy -- Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 343-0128 kluss...@masslnc.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
