[Koha] Preserving circ history of deleted item

[Cab Vinton]

Hi, Ellen --

I'm far from an expert, but this should be pretty close to the truth :-)

There is a deleteditems table which retains some basic circ history
data -- no. of issues & renewals, date last borrowed, for example.

The statistics table retains *all* circulation transaction data, even
for deleted items, records & borrowers.

Writing reports to include the history of deleted items takes a little
bit of extra work, but the data is there. A lot depends on how you
want to access it.

Finally, there are ways of suppressing the display of withdrawn items
in the catalog, so that shouldn't deter you.

Standard cataloging practice would be to add a new item and withdraw
the old item while suppressing it from the catalog.

OK, HTH!

All best,

Cab Vinton, Director
Plaistow Public Library
Plaistow, NH


On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Ellen Kaye <ellen.kaye at goddard.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> When I replace an item with an identical item (with the same bib record),
> how do I keep the circ. history for the work? (For example, if we want to
> gauge our patrons' interest in "Pedagogy of the Oppressed," but have to
> replace our battered copy, how do we preserve the circ. history?)
>
>  If I delete the old item, will the circ. history disappear? If I withdraw
> it, it shows in the catalog as "withdrawn," which we don't want. I know how
> to suppress a record, but not on the item level only.
>
> Thanks!
>
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