[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting Patron Accounts - AND books?

[Mike Rylander]

Jennifer,

Where, other than reports that lack a filter on "Is deleted", are these
items showing up?

Thanks,


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On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Walz, Jennifer <jlwalz at asbury.edu> wrote:

> All –
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>   I completely understand!   This is a valuable option for those folks who
> need this.  But there should ALSO be an option for completely and utterly
> obliterating the record – if you need to.    We just REMOVED about 600
> books from our collection (remember that we are an academic library) and we
> never want to see them again.   We expect that they are weeded and gone.
> But no.   They are still hanging around the system to clutter things up.
> And confuse things too.   That is why we are experiencing so much problem
> with our items we are moving around into a new Children’s collection.   We
> weeded, we merged, and now we are changing call numbers.   But the
> “deleted” stuff keeps showing up when we THOUGHT we deleted it and never
> want to see it again.
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>   I’m NOT saying to remove the option to “hide” items in case you want to
> use them again or in the case where there are items attached or fines or
> such.   BUT, it would be really great to also have the option to really and
> finally REMOVE items from the system.  There are times when that is needed
> as well.
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>   Thanks!
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> Jennifer
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> Jennifer Walz, MLS - Head of ILS Ministrations
> Kinlaw Library -  *Asbury University*
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> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Rogan
> Hamby
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2015 10:10 AM
> *To:* Evergreen Discussion Group
> *Subject:* Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Deleting Patron Accounts - AND books?
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> Oh yeah, they reappear like fleas.  It's one reason I don't like
> obliterating, things that folks are sure they never want to see again one
> day suddenly are desirable the next.
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> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org>
> wrote:
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> Funny thing about deleted copies is they come back!
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> Just last week I was asked to undelete about 1 dozen copies that showed up
> in the returns.
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> If you really delete them from the database, you can't do that.
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> Just some food for thought.
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> Jason
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> Jason Stephenson
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> Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
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> North Andover, MA 01845
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> Email: jstephenson at mvlc.org
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> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
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> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
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> York County Library System
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