[Evergreen-general] Pre-Cat management

[Diane Disbro]

That is what we do, Jennifer! We have barcodes that we use only for ILLs.
It is so much easier for circ staff and doesn't leave precat numbers to
delete.

Diane Disbro
Pronouns: she/her
Circulation Coordinator
Scenic Regional Library
251 Union Plaza Drive
Union, MO 63084
(636) 583-0652 ext  110
ddisbro at scenicregional.org



On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:54 PM Jennifer Pringle via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> We currently leave it up to our libraries to delete pre-cats (though I
> know it is possible to identify and delete them in batch in the
> database if you have access).
>
> For our ILLs we recommend that libraries re-use the same barcodes over
> and over again to lower the number of pre-cats that get created/need
> to be deleted.
>
> http://docs.libraries.coop/policy/_inter_library_loan.html#_using_pre_cats_for_incoming_ill
>
> Jennifer
>
>
> Quoting Kate Coleman via Evergreen-general
> <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>:
>
> > We would love to know if there is a batch(ish) way to do this as well. We
> > utilize precats for ILLs most often, so right now we delete them one by
> one
> > at time of return.
> >
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> > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 12:46 PM Elizabeth Davis via Evergreen-general <
> > evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
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> >> Hello Everyone
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We were just curious how other consortium handle their pre-cat record
> >> management.  Do you run a script to automatically delete items or do you
> >> have a staff member that does it?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Elizabeth Davis
> >>
> >> she/her/hers
> >>
> >> Support & Project Management Specialist
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