Notes about locations

All, I wanted to get out an updated Item Home Location List as well as Item Type. These are the latest lists and also have information on what circulates, is holdable and appears in the catalog. Remember Item Type controls circulation and Item Home Location controls whether an item appears in i-Bistro and is holdable. We also appear to have duplicate locations for juvenile videos and DVDs. All your kids videos and DVDs should be in the location JUVDVD or JUVVIDEO or TEENDVD or TEENVIDEO. The DVD-JUV, DVD-YA, VIDEO-JUV, & VIDEO-YA are not to be used. I will be moving all the items to their proper location so you do not have to worry about it. I’m not sure how the duplicates made it in, probably me not paying attention but to keep everything clear we should all be using the same locations.

I’m also attaching instructions for adding items to records already in the system. Some have been over writing barcodes for other libraries’ items. We need to take our time and read the screen. These instructions will help outline the process.

Lastly, I’ve mentioned the WEBSERVER user and to watch for holds that may come through your library. We still have this issue, so I want to remind everyone, if you come across these delete the hold. Do not delete the WEBSERVER user however. Doing that will cause i-Bistro to stop working. So remember delete the hold not the user.