[Evergreen-general] [Bug 2033543] [NEW] Merging Circ Stats to Replaced Item Record

[Jason Stephenson]

On 8/30/23 15:07, Diane Disbro wrote:
> "Replacing" means using the same barcode number as was attached to the 
> deleted item?

Not necessarily, but likely. You could replace a damaged item with a new 
copy with a different barcode, for instance.

And, I've seen libraries reuse barcodes of deleted items on new items on 
a different title/bib record simply because they had extra barcodes 
laying around. When the long lost/deleted item shows up again and staff 
try to undelete it or check it in, hilarity ensues.

People don't always do what is most "correct."

Jason


> 
> Diane Disbro
> Pronouns: she/her
> Circulation and Special Projects Coordinator
> Scenic Regional Library
> 251 Union Plaza Drive
> Union, MO 63084
> (636) 583-0652 ext  110
> ddisbro at scenicregional.org <mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 12:56 PM Jason Stephenson via Evergreen-general 
> <evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org 
> <mailto:evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Diane,
> 
>     When a new copy is created to replace a deleted copy, the prior
>     circulation stats stay on the deleted copy. Depending on how
>     statistical
>     reports are formed, those stats on the deleted copy may be lost. They
>     certainly do not show up as stats for the new copy.
> 
>     I think the bug is asking for a way to roll the stats from the old copy
>     forward to the new one when a copy is being replaced. This way the old
>     circ stats show up in the staff client and on reports.
> 
>     Jason
> 
>     On 8/30/23 13:42, Diane Disbro via Evergreen-general wrote:
>      > Wait. I didn't think circ stats were lost when an item is
>     deleted. The
>      > checkout has been recorded and won't be erased just because the
>     item no
>      > longer exists. Like when I retire, the work I have done over twenty
>      > years doesn't disappear.
>      >
>      > What am I missing?
>      >
>      > Thank you!
>      > Diane Disbro
>      > Pronouns: she/her
>      > Circulation and Special Projects Coordinator
>      > Scenic Regional Library
>      > 251 Union Plaza Drive
>      > Union, MO 63084
>      > (636) 583-0652 ext  110
>      > ddisbro at scenicregional.org <mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
>     <mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org <mailto:ddisbro at scenicregional.org>>
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 12:27 PM Gina Monti
>     <2033543 at bugs.launchpad.net <mailto:2033543 at bugs.launchpad.net>
>      > <mailto:2033543 at bugs.launchpad.net
>     <mailto:2033543 at bugs.launchpad.net>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >     Public bug reported:
>      >
>      >     It'd be helpful if the system allowed the ability to merge circ
>      >     statistics on books (in particular the circulation count) so
>     that when
>      >     we delete one copy of a book, we don't lose the total counts
>     for the
>      >     title.
>      >
>      >     ** Affects: evergreen
>      >           Importance: Undecided
>      >               Status: New
>      >
>      >
>      >     ** Tags: cataloging
>      >
>      >     ** Tags added: cataloging
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>      >     Title:
>      >        Merging Circ Stats to Replaced Item Record
>      >
>      >     Status in Evergreen:
>      >        New
>      >
>      >     Bug description:
>      >        It'd be helpful if the system allowed the ability to merge
>     circ
>      >        statistics on books (in particular the circulation count)
>     so that
>      >     when
>      >        we delete one copy of a book, we don't lose the total
>     counts for the
>      >        title.
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