Patron Phone Numbers Are Back

Yes, some of you have noticed that the phone numbers are back. Most of them anyway. There is one small chunk to be loaded. You may have noticed that they came back with their dashes and all. This is how the data was imported when we migrated and how the numbers were in the system before we lost them. I never said it before but these really should be cleaned up. So just as Kim’s and my work (well mostly Kim’s) of restoring the phone numbers is coming to an end your work of cleaning them up and making sure they are ready for our SVA system is just starting. The easiest way is also the most direct. When you look up a number to call a patron, if it has dashes make sure it doesn’t have dashes when you finish. I cannot run a report to tell you or give you a list of which numbers need work. Nor can I run a report to automatically clean up the numbers. And after the last couple of weeks would you even want me to try that? Also remember any new numbers that you enter should be numbers only.