In Evergreen trunk, what will eventually be 2.0, there is a new "no op" checkin. It does the usual checkin business, but prevents the item from being captured for a hold or going into transit. This seems like a good approach for offline checkins. My concern would be the transit, though. Is it helpful or harmful for offline checkins to put items automatically into transit when necessary?
-b On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Karen Collier <kcoll...@kent.lib.md.us>wrote: > James, > > It's been a while since I've had to use offline mode, but I seem to > remember there being a list after upload of transactions that may not have > gone quite right that could use intervention (can't remember what it's > called). I think that list includes items that should have been snagged for > holds. Helpful, but still kinda frustrating if the book has migrated back > to the shelf or is hiding on a shelf of other recent check-ins. > Particularly if the patron is notified by email that it's in... and > meanwhile another patron checks it out. Unlikely, but possible. > > One work-around we've tried is to do check-outs in offline mode and save > check-ins on a special cart for when connectivity returns so we can be sure > not to miss any holds. Seems a shame though to use only part of the > feature. > > It seems to me it'd be more useful if the system set them to checked in (or > shelving or whatever) and put them on the pull list, rather than setting > them to holds shelf. Staff would still have to track the items down, but at > least you'd eliminate the discrepancy between the system and reality. > > My 2 cents. Hope it helps. > > Karen > > -- > Karen Collier > Public Services Librarian > Kent County Public Library > 408 High Street > Chestertown, MD 21620 > 410-778-3636 > - Show quoted text - > > ----- "James Fournie" <jfour...@sitka.bclibraries.ca> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > A librarian from a SITKA site has noticed that during offline > > checkins, if an item has holds on it, there is no warning or alert or > > any other indication of the holds, during offline mode, or even when > > the transactions are uploaded. > > > > I have tested this, and I found that not only is there no warning > > about holds, but also the item in question is automatically counted > > as > > "on the holds shelf". This does not make sense to me -- how would > > you > > know to put it on the holds shelf? > > > > I am wondering how other sites deal with offline checkins, if there > > is > > a specific workflow strategy for dealing with this. > > > > Thanks, > > > > James Fournie > > BC SITKA Team > > -- Bill Erickson | VP, Software Development & Integration | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Evergreen Experts | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: erick...@esilibrary.com | web: http://esilibrary.com
