[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Inventory Option in Evergreen

[Jason Etheridge]

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:34 PM, jeremy <jeremy.buhler at gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the Sitka libraries undertook an inventory project using a laptop
> and wireless connection to check in all the books on the shelves.  Check
> in (and other circ transactions) sets the last edited date in the copy
> record.  If a copy was already available there's no harm done by
> checking in again, apart from status reverting to 'reshelving' for a
> short period.

Incidentally, there is an Amnesty Mode for Check In sitting in the
trunk version of Evergreen, which doesn't require an explicit
backdate.  There's also Checkin Workstation and Checkin Scan Time
(which always tells the truth despite backdating) fields on
circulations now.

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