[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Floating collections

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Sweet.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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)
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>



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Lori Bowen Ayre
Principal Consultant
The Galecia Group
www.galecia.com
(707) 763-6869
Lori.Ayre at galecia.com
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