Bulk changing item records from Provisional to Final
In the Cataloging module of Polaris, we are able to Bulk Change bibliographic records to change the record status from Provisional to Final ('Save provisional records as final'). During imports, this allows us to push records into the system if there are known duplicates, MARC errors, etc.
It would be great to have the same functionality for Item Records: to be able to save hundreds of Provisional records as Final instead of having to click on each one and manually save them as Final.
Idea Value
This idea would directly benefit the cataloging staff in the amount of time we spend on importing workflows. Our current process for importing DVD records takes roughly 8 hours every month. With the implementation of this idea, our labor time would be cut to roughly 2 hours every month. The faster we are able to import DVD records, the sooner these items would be available to the patrons of our library system.