[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floating collections

[Mike Rylander]

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Lori Bowen Ayre <lori.ayre at galecia.com> wrote:
> Hi George,
> What we mean by "floating collections" are those collections that stay at
> whatever library (or branch) to which they are returned, instead of being
> returned to the owning library.
>
> Sometimes this is accomplished by using a collection code or perhaps setting
> the owning library to "float" so wherever such items are returned becomes
> their new (temporary) home.

It should be noted that 2.0 supports this directly, per copy, via the
Floating attribute -- no special owning libraries or collection codes
required.  You can use copy buckets to simplify batch setting (and
reverting) of this flag.

--miker

> Lori
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:40 PM, Duimovich, George
> <George.Duimovich at nrcan-rncan.gc.ca> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I actually had to double check the meaning of the phrase, since it's
>> not used in our library context and I was curious..
>>
>> So I can't actually help you there, but for others like me, I found this
>> quick ppt useful - now obvious of course.
>>
>>
>> http://www.cla.ca/conference/2008/presentation/Quigley-CLA%20presentation%20on%20floating%20collections%202008.ppt
>>
>>
>> Great idea.
>>
>> George
>> NRCan Library
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org on behalf of
>> Deborah Lipoma
>> Sent: Tue 11/23/2010 6:00 PM
>> To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floating collections
>>
>> Are there any libraries considering floating collections using Evergreen?
>> Is there any development going on?  Santa Cruz PL is interested in getting
>> in touch with others who might be moving to a floating collection.
>>
>> --
>> Deborah Lipoma
>> Librarian, Library IT
>> Santa Cruz Public Libraries
>> 224 Church St.
>> Santa Cruz, CA  95060
>> 831-427-7707 ext. 7755
>> lipomad at santacruzpl.org
>>
>
>
>
> ==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==
> Lori Bowen Ayre
> Principal Consultant
> The Galecia Group
> www.galecia.com
> (707) 763-6869
> Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
>
>
>



-- 
Mike Rylander
 | VP, Research and Design
 | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  miker at esilibrary.com
 | web:  http://www.esilibrary.com