RE: Item Suppression

["Carriveau, Andrea" <CarriveauA@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We also use the status field for lost, missing, etc.  ICODE2 is used when we
want something suppressed.

Ane Carriveau
Systems/Serials Librarian
Lane Library - Ripon College
(920) 748-8750
carriveaua@xxxxxxxxxx
"We're writing the book on quality, personal, undergraduate education."
Experience Ripon at www.ripon.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Jones [mailto:ldjones@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:28 PM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: Item Suppression

We use the status field for damaged and lost items and we use the note 
field for gifts. This way we can use the ICODE2 for suppression codes.

At 09:26 AM 6/29/2004, you wrote:




>We would like to be able to suppress item records from the web/opac.
>
>ICODE2 would be the logical field for the suppression code.  However, due
>to the codes already associated with ICODE2 (gift, damaged, lost, etc) they
>could overlap with being suppressed.  For example, we might want to
>suppress a lost item.  If  both codes (suppressed and lost) are associated
>with ICODE2- how could this work?
>
>This might also cause problems with getting needed statistics from the
>system using ICODE2.
>
>Do other sites suppress item records? How are other sites suppressing item
>records?  Do you use ICODE2.  Do you use other fixed length fields?
>
>Thank you-
>
>Jackie
>
>
>J.Jackie Knighton
>Systems Development Department
>Old Dominion University Libraries
>Norfolk, VA - USA
>jknight@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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Leslie Jones
Cal Poly Pomona University Library
Circulation Services/Reserve
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