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

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

It sounds like a lot of people are interested in this feature. It might 
be worthwhile to submit it as a Wishlist request in Launchpad.

Kathy

Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
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On 4/2/2014 3:52 PM, Sarah Childs wrote:
> 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.
>
> ---
> 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
>>
>>
>> ************************************
>> Library Director
>> Hood River County Library District
>> 502 State Street
>> Hood River, Oregon 97031
>> 541-387-7062
>> http://hoodriverlibrary.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Lise Keppler
>>
>> Forsyth County Public Library
>>
>> 660 W 5th St
>>
>> Winston Salem NC 27101
>>
>> 336-703-3070