We had a similar situation, so we created an item status of "staff access." When staff set books aside for upcoming programs, they scan them and change them to this status. Our "staff access" books are unavailable for holds and invisible to the OPAC to cut down on patron confusion.
Running them through check in after the program resets them to "available." Of course, we do occasionally have someone forget to check the books back in after the program so we periodically run a report of items that have been in the "staff access" status for more than 45 days. Deanna Frazee Director of Library Services Killeen Public Library City of Killeen, Texas 254-501-8995 (office) 254-501-7704 (fax) dfra...@killeentexas.gov<mailto:http://dfra...@killeentexas.gov> www.killeentexas.gov<http://www.killeentexas.gov/> From: Evergreen-general <evergreen-general-boun...@list.evergreen-ils.org> On Behalf Of Scott Thomas via Evergreen-general Sent: Friday, February 25, 2022 9:49 AM To: evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org Cc: Scott Thomas <stho...@albright.org> Subject: [Evergreen-general] Best Practices Question Hi, I was wondering what best practices are for the following scenario: a youth services librarian is preparing for a program and needs to put aside 10 books about cats. They don't want the books to appear on a pullist while they have them. We don't want them to check the books out because it would generate a false circulation statistic. We advise them to place a holds on the books they need, but is there a better way to take these books out of circulation without generating a false statistic? Thank you, Scott Scott Thomas Chief Executive Officer / Director Scranton Public Library 500 Vine Street Scranton, PA 18509-3298 570-348-3000 x3011 stho...@albright.org<mailto:stho...@albright.org>
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