Voyager Interest Group

Locations and StatusesFebruary 27, 2008

Locations

• Are a way to communicate with patrons• Help locate and retrieve materials• 500 locations currently in database• Naming conventions

OPAC Display Name can be changed without difficulty

Change in one place for ALL records

Max 60 characters

Locations – Administration

Locations - OPAC

2.7 million holdings records in database

Locations - Holdings

From holding record

3.1 million item records in database

Locations - Item

•Moving items from one location to another is more involved

•Each holding record and each item record must be edited

•To batch “Flip” we need database ID numbers for records

Changing Locations

Item Statuses

• Statuses are applied to item records• Some are system applied• Some are staff applied• Items have one or more statuses• We can’t create new statuses*

• 25 possible statuses•We can’t add new ones•One OPAC display for each status•Status displays 2 places in OPAC

•Results list•Record view

Item Statuses

•One display for each status

•Search result list

Item Statuses - Administration

Record view opac.ini Record View

Item Statuses - Administration

Status patrons

•Status is “Charged”•Display is based on Patron Group •Items must be checked out to status patron

Experimental Stuff

Additional ways to communicate with patrons and help them get to materials

• Links to stack charts based on location

• Status notes based on location and status

Experimental Stuff

Could link to stacks charts, maps, instructions, etc

Experimental Stuff

Experimental Stuff