[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Method for collection inventory

Thu Jul 14 09:42:27 EDT 2016

Hello,

Thank you both for your comments.  I would love to see some more development in this area.  We’d love to be able to have a field that held that date so we could keep track of when we inventoried an area.

Elizabeth

From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Rogan Hamby
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Method for collection inventory

There are a lot of inventory related reports that are easier to do in sql than the reporter (if possible in the reporter at all) due to what they need.  Many of these would also be good for weeding also and I've built them into the IDL in the past so that they could be more accessible to staff.

Another thing inventory needs is a good way to batch upload and handle items conditionally.  Right now the staff doing it through the item status screen is the best work around we have.  Another process is to have staff feeding barcodes in batches to someone with sql access and they're passing reports back.  That workflow can be more efficient but is also more convoluted from a "what humans have to keep track of" angle and it may not worth the gains so you're back to scanning things into the item status screen.  Honestly, development is really needed for a proper inventory module*.

There have been proposals floated around for better inventory support but they've so far lacked the critical momentum to get the funding gathered for it.

* I hate calling functional areas in an ILS modules because that's a by product of commercial ILSes separating things out artificially for contractual purposes but it seems to have become a core part of library terminology.

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Thomas Berezansky <tsbere at mvlcstaff.org<mailto:tsbere at mvlcstaff.org>> wrote:
I know I could easily write a direct SQL query to show all non-deleted items that don't have an in house use before an arbitrary date, in the past six months, etc. I don't know if I could accomplish the same thing with the Evergreen reports module, though, at least without adding to the IDL.

Thomas Berezansky
Assistant Network Administrator
Merrimack Valley Library Consortium
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North Andover, MA 01845
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From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org>] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Davis
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Method for collection inventory

Hello Everyone

I was wondering if anyone has ever used In House Use reports for inventory instead of Status Change Date? We use Status Change Date for weeding because we don’t have circulation history past a year due to a recent migration.  I can’t get the In House Use reports to provide items that have not been used.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Elizabeth

From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org<mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org>] On Behalf Of Elaine Hardy
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Method for collection inventory

Vince,

PINES has inventory instructions at http://pines.georgialibraries.org/inventory While they are PINES specific, there are generalities that may prove useful.

Elaine

J. Elaine Hardy

PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager

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On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Vince Giordano <vgiordano at juniatalibrary.org<mailto:vgiordano at juniatalibrary.org> <mailto:vgiordano at juniatalibrary.org<mailto:vgiordano at juniatalibrary.org>> > wrote:

        We are planning on conducting an inventory on parts of our overall collection. We envision scanning each title. Are there web client versions of SPARK that can allow for checking item status or in-house circ? That way we could run this off of an iPad.

        Otherwise we would use a laptop with the staff client open and bring it around with a scanner.

        Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!

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