[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Notification is library is last owning on a held item?

[Sarah Childs]

It be nice if this would work so you could set this to tell you that it 
when it IS the last copy, or instead set it so that it would tell you 
when it ISN'T the last copy.  For us, the majority of the things we buy 
we only have one copy locally, so it would probably get annoying if it 
told us every time something was the last copy (since that would be most 
of the time). It would be actually more helpful for us if the system 
told us when an item we delete is NOT the last copy, because then we 
would know not to remove OCLC holdings for those items.

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Sarah Childs
Technical Services Department Head
Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library
250 North Fifth Street
Zionsville, IN 46077
317-873-3149 x13330
sarahc at zionsville.lib.in.us

On 2014-04-02 15:18, Hardy, Elaine wrote:
> PINES would like this feature to identify when the last copy held by a
> system (not a branch) is deleted from the bib record for removing OCLC
> holdings as well.
> 
> 
> 
> Elaine
> 
> J. Elaine Hardy
> PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager
> Georgia Public Library Service
> 1800 Century Place, Ste 150
> Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304
> 
> 404.235-7128
> 404.235-7201, fax
> ehardy at georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org
> www.georgialibraries.org/pines
> 
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf 
> Of
> Elisabeth Keppler
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2014 8:06 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Notification is library is last owning 
> on
> a held item?
> 
> 
> 
> We'd also like to be able to identify when our own library's last copy 
> is
> being discarded or deleted so we can remove our OCLC holdings.  We're 
> on
> 2.4.3, if that makes a difference, and would welcome any suggestions.
> 
> 
> 
> I can report holds for which there is no holdable copy (which we call
> "hopeless holds") if that would help you, Buzzy.  Using the Hold/Copy
> Ratio per Bib report source, here are the filters and displays:
> 
> 
> 
> Inline image 1
> 
> Inline image 2
> 
> We use the results to generate emails or postcards to patrons letting 
> them
> know that we're unable to fill their hold.  For materials older than a
> year, we include instructions on how to request ILL.  The example 
> above
> filters on just our holdings rather than the entire consortium's, but
> leaving off the Owning Library Name filter would fix that.
> 
> 
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Lise Keppler
> 
> Forsyth County NC
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Buzzy Nielsen 
> <buzzy at hoodriverlibrary.org>
> wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Does anyone know, is there a feature in Evergreen, whether currently 
> in
> place or in development, that would notify a library is it's the last
> owning library that carries a particular held item? We have a large
> consortium, 70+ libraries, and patrons can place holds on pretty much 
> any
> member library's items. It would be really helpful if there could be 
> some
> sort of alert if a library's that's the last holding one marks a held 
> item
> missing. That way, the patron's home library could notify him/her that
> they're unable to get the item through the consortium.
> 
> I hope that my question makes sense!
> 
> Cheers!
> Buzzy
> 
> 
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> Hood River County Library District
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> 
> Lise Keppler
> 
> Forsyth County Public Library
> 
> 660 W 5th St
> 
> Winston Salem NC 27101
> 
> 336-703-3070