As Ben suggests, it would be easier to delete the items attached and have the empty vols and bibs automatically deleted rather than directly deleting the bibs.
You can use the copy bucket functionality or delete from Item Status (F5) to batch delete. Either one works better in groups of a few hundred. Any more may hang up the system too long. You can create files of your item barcodes to upload to Item Status. You can either delete from there (under Actions for Catalogers) or transfer them to copy buckets for deletion (again under Actions for Catalogers). If the same person is deleting as loading the files, then I don’t know that there is an advantage to using copy buckets. If a different person is deleting or if you want to delete at a later date, then copy buckets are best. There may be some other local workflow issues that would make using copy buckets preferable 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 eha...@georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Donald Butterworth Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:07 AM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Delete Records Thanks for you suggestions Ben. Very helpful! -- Don On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Ben Shum <bs...@biblio.org> wrote: Hi Don, One suggestion I might have initially is to make sure that "Delete volume with last copy" (Automatically delete a volume when the last linked copy is delete) is set to TRUE for your library unit. You can check for that setting via the library settings editor (Admin --> Local Administration --> Library Settings Editor). I imagine that would save a step as you delete copies from having to also select and choose to delete the call number / volume as well. We also do not retain empty bib records on last deletion of volumes (that's another library setting "Retain empty bib records" which we set to FALSE). As far as deleting lots of copies en masse, I imagine you could place all the items into a copy bucket and then choose to delete all the items in the bucket. Alternatively, there have been some script utilities I've borrowed from MLVC that handle batch copy deletion on a larger scale via command line action. Catalogers may have other solutions that help them to process large batches for deletions. I'll let them suggest their approaches. -- Ben On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Donald Butterworth <don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu> wrote: Everyone, One of the joys of switching systems is the chance to start with a clean slate. Of course cleaning house requires deleting junk. Our junk pile consists of about 4000 bib records with attached copy records that need to be examined one at a time, and then usually deleted. It seems like there are quite a few mouse clicks / key strokes involved to delete bibs with attached copies. Is there a method of doing this in one fell swoop in 2.5.2? If not is there a method in a newer release? Any recommendations? Thanks, Don -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. Fisher Library Asbury Theological Seminary don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu (859) 858-2227 <tel:%28859%29%20858-2227> -- Benjamin Shum Evergreen Systems Manager Bibliomation, Inc. 24 Wooster Ave. Waterbury, CT 06708 203-577-4070, ext. 113 <tel:203-577-4070%2C%20ext.%20113> -- Don Butterworth Faculty Associate / Librarian III B.L. Fisher Library Asbury Theological Seminary don.butterwo...@asburyseminary.edu (859) 858-2227