[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Best method of removing items from bibs?

[Tony Bandy]

Hi Sarah, folks,

That's awesome...I was so focused on using the bucket approach, that I
neglected to think of that part of the staff-client.

Thank you so much!

--Tony

On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Sarah Childs
<sarahc at zionsville.lib.in.us>wrote:

> Hi, Tony.
> From the staff client side you can import barcodes into the item status
> screen to delete them using the Upload from File button.  If all your
> report has is the barcodes you can save the excel file and import it
> straight into Item Status. (If the report has other fields, strip them from
> the file) However, I'd recommend breaking them into smaller chunks (100-200
> or so) at a time. I just copy and paste groups from my report into a
> notepad file. Then you click the Upload from File, select your file and the
> items load. Highlight them and delete the whole group. It's a pretty quick
> and easy process. But I bet there would be a better way from the back end
> if it's a truly massive group. Somebody else will have to direct you there.
>
> ---
> Sarah Childs
> Senior Cataloger
> Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
> 250 North Fifth Street
> Zionsville, IN 46077
> 317-873-3149 x13330
> sarahc at zionsville.lib.in.us
>
>
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>> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:52:46 -0400
>> From: Tony Bandy <tonyb at ohionet.org>
>> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Best method of removing items from bibs?
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>> Hi all,
>> Was wondering if I could post this out to the group for ideas?
>> Working with a massive list of electronic resource bib records that are
>> needing some mistakenly added item records removed from them.   I've been
>> able to create a list of item barcodes in the reports module.  Is there a
>> way I can mass add these items via a copy bucket so that I can delete them
>> all at once from my list of bib records?
>> Or....is there a faster (better, cheaper, etc.) method of mass deleting
>> item records from the bibliographic records that I'm not aware of?  This
>> involves electronic resource records, which don't need any attached item
>> records.  PSQL operation maybe that you have used before?
>> Thanks for any links, thoughts, your experience on this as you have a
>> minute or two....
>> Tony
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Tony Bandy
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