Suppress Deleted Items from Staff View
With the option to retain deleted item records, results for staff can become cluttered with items that are no longer available. If we could suppress the display of "Deleted" items list on a bib (similarly to the suppression of "Discard" status items in the OPAC) this would allow us to retain item details for historical/statistical purposes without inconveniencing staff. It would be useful to suppress bibs where all items are deleted as well, but I can understand if that would need to be spun off into separate development.
This could be done as a setting, so that they don't surface for any users in the items tabs or controlled using permissions, for more granular control based on staff roles.
Phil Agnew
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Lynn Reynish
commented
I like the permissions-based idea for this because we have staff that very much need to see deleted items when searching - but that definitely is not most staff.
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Sarah Cournoyer
commented
As a library that has recently completed a large weeding project and planning ongoing weeding, it would be beneficial to have deleted items not show up in search results for staff. As part of a consortia, this could help staff at other system member libraries so that they only see items that are able to be requested and need not disappoint patrons when an item turns out to be deleted.
I also think the functionality would be helpful for Withdrawn and Damaged items, too. Having it as a toggle on/off setting in a user profile would be great because then staff assigned to weeding projects or technical services staff could use the view that does include those items.
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Richard Pruiett
commented
I like this idea and would like to see similar functionality for Withdrawn and Damaged items as well.