Notification when last copy goes to withdrawn
I often get requests to have a pop-up for staff when last copy, or more especially a last copy with a hold, gets put into a status like withdrawn, missing, etc. It could provide a big head's up to selectors so they could preemptively tackle.
Idea Value
This would provide better customer service. Last copies with holds that were being discarded, etc. could be more immediately addressed to order replacement, contact patron, or submit to ILL.
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Cameron C
commented
This would be nice as well for notifying staff who are using the Item Record set bulk change feature to withdraw swathes of items, potentially with suspended or active bib-level holds that now cannot be fulfilled (and which the system does not notify staff of until deletion of the records, after they've been physically deaccessioned).
While supervisory staff do get a report indicating which holds were unfulfilled in a 30-day period due to withdrawn titles, it would be nice to be proactive in either replacing such items that have holds (or retaining the copy we have) versus having to reactively replace with a delay.
*All of this assuming people aren't using weeding-type record sets to create 'never weed' lists or flag last copies*
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Adam Button
commented
There are some classics and super useful title that will always expect us to have. But 80-90% of our staff is part-time and they won't always notify use when a last copy is deleted.
Occasionally I have to tell patrons that we no longer have one of these timeless sort of titles!
In addition to a pop up notice about last copies, an easy way to generate an electronic message to selectors would be really helpful!
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Ruth Vargas
commented
It would be most helpful for us if there were an alert when the last copy assigned to that BRANCH is discarded. Branch staff submit requests to selectors for re-purchase when their last copy of a title in demand has been withdrawn. A report might be even better - all information in one place, rather than staff having to keep track during the discard process.