[Evergreen-catalogers] Deleting Items from Copy Buckets

[Elizabeth Thomsen]

We haven't had an accident with this yet, but I agree that if you get a
warning when you're deleting a single item, you should definitely get a
warning when you're deleting a whole batch of them.

If you look at the bucket display, you've got option to Delete Bucket,
Remove Selected from Bucket and Delete All from Catalog all on the same
screen, so I think it would be easy (too easy) to have a momentary mental
slip and accidentally delete a large number of items.

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Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
26 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers Massachusetts 01923
E-mail: et at noblenet.org

On Thu, July 19, 2012 6:21 pm, sarahc at zionsville.lib.in.us wrote:
> Has anyone else had a run in with the Delete All from Catalog
> button in Copy Buckets?
>
> If you click "Delete All from Catalog" in Copy Buckets, all the
> items get deleted immediately. Poof. They're gone. You don't get
> warning "Are you sure?" pop up like you do in Item Status or
> Holdings Maintenance.  You don't even get an "Items have been
> deleted" pop up afterward, so you could conceivably delete 100s of
> items and not even notice.
>
> In my case it was only 18 items, and I had them on a cart right
> next to me, so it was a bit of a hassle to re-add all the items,
> but not a nightmare. However, I could see it being a much bigger
> problem if it happened with a lot of more items, and/or if you
> didn't get noticed when it occurred.
>
>>From my perspective, that button serves no purpose anyway, since I
> always mass delete from Item Status where I can delete volumes as
> well as copies, but if it is useful to others, I'd at least like a
> chance to back out if I ever accidentally click it again.
>
> I hadn't thought about it in a few months since I deleted those
> items, but last week I was training staff how to use copy buckets
> and they were freaked out by the button. Then, thanks to email
> notification, it showed up in my inbox when the importance got
> changed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/969312
>
> It brought it on my radar again and made me wonder if any one else
> has encountered this or is concerned about it?
>
>
>
> Sarah Childs
> Senior Cataloger
> Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
> 250 North Fifth Street
> Zionsville, IN 46077
> 317-873-3149 x13330
> sarahc at zionsville.lib.in.us
>
>
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