Inventory Workaround
Hi everyone, I see that a bug has already been filed for the weirdness going on with the inventory tool and datelastseen: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12329 We need to get inventory done now, though, since it's the end of the school year. I don't see an option to set datelastseen (952$r) in batch item modification. Does anyone have a suggestion for a workaround for the time being? Preferably something we can do through the staff interface, since I need to train other librarians to do this as well. We have version 3.14.4 right now. Thanks! Katelyn. Katelyn Browne Middle/High School Librarian Capital City Public Charter School 100 Peabody Street NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 387-0309 x1745 kbrowne@ccpcs.org http://www.ccpcs.org/library/
We are in the middle of an inventory right now. Our student workers are going through the shelves with a laptop and a barcode scanner and just scanning the barcodes as they go. If you pretend you're checking in the book, you'll get a message saying it was not checked out, but the date last seen will update to the date you scanned the barcode. When they're done I'll run a report of items that haven't been seen since before the inventory started. This process doesn't help us catch if a book is mis-shelved, but it accomplishes the basic goal. On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Katelyn Browne <kbrowne@ccpcs.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I see that a bug has already been filed for the weirdness going on with the inventory tool and datelastseen: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12329
We need to get inventory done now, though, since it's the end of the school year.
I don't see an option to set datelastseen (952$r) in batch item modification.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a workaround for the time being? Preferably something we can do through the staff interface, since I need to train other librarians to do this as well.
We have version 3.14.4 right now.
Thanks!
Katelyn.
Katelyn Browne Middle/High School Librarian Capital City Public Charter School 100 Peabody Street NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 387-0309 x1745 kbrowne@ccpcs.org http://www.ccpcs.org/library/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
-- *Karen Kohn*, *M.S.-L.I.S.* Assistant Professor Collection Development Manager Education and Sociology Librarian Landman Library Arcadia University 450 S. Easton Road Glenside, PA 19038 ph: 215-572-8528 fax: 215-517-2448
Thanks, Karen! That's what I was afraid we'd have to do (so I'll keep an ear out for any additional suggestions). We have a definite lag time with check-in, so it's much easier to use batch files. Is there any way to set a future date for check-in? I like to use one consistent weekend date for inventory so it's clear how the book was last seen. --Katelyn. Katelyn Browne Middle/High School Librarian Capital City Public Charter School 100 Peabody Street NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 387-0309 x1745 kbrowne@ccpcs.org http://www.ccpcs.org/library/ On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Kohn, Karen <kohnk@arcadia.edu> wrote:
We are in the middle of an inventory right now. Our student workers are going through the shelves with a laptop and a barcode scanner and just scanning the barcodes as they go. If you pretend you're checking in the book, you'll get a message saying it was not checked out, but the date last seen will update to the date you scanned the barcode. When they're done I'll run a report of items that haven't been seen since before the inventory started. This process doesn't help us catch if a book is mis-shelved, but it accomplishes the basic goal.
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Katelyn Browne <kbrowne@ccpcs.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I see that a bug has already been filed for the weirdness going on with the inventory tool and datelastseen: http://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=12329
We need to get inventory done now, though, since it's the end of the school year.
I don't see an option to set datelastseen (952$r) in batch item modification.
Does anyone have a suggestion for a workaround for the time being? Preferably something we can do through the staff interface, since I need to train other librarians to do this as well.
We have version 3.14.4 right now.
Thanks!
Katelyn.
Katelyn Browne Middle/High School Librarian Capital City Public Charter School 100 Peabody Street NW Washington, DC 20011 (202) 387-0309 x1745 kbrowne@ccpcs.org http://www.ccpcs.org/library/ _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
-- *Karen Kohn*, *M.S.-L.I.S.* Assistant Professor Collection Development Manager Education and Sociology Librarian Landman Library Arcadia University 450 S. Easton Road Glenside, PA 19038 ph: 215-572-8528 fax: 215-517-2448
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