[Koha] Inventory Workaround

[Katelyn Browne]

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 at ccpcs.org
http://www.ccpcs.org/library/


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Kohn, Karen <kohnk at 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 at 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 at ccpcs.org
>> http://www.ccpcs.org/library/
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> Collection Development Manager
> Education and Sociology Librarian
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