Re: Items on display

[Carol Gyger <gyger at julip dot fcgov dot com>]

Karen,

We used to use an item status called "on display" but too many items got
back onto the shelves with the status and we hand to round them up and
change there status.  We looked at the pros and cons of using the "on
display" status and decided to do away with it.  Our temporary displays
have no special indication in the record.  Does this cause confusion?
Occasionally but not any more than when we used "on display" status.

If you use 3M selfcheck machines, use the checkin MESSAGE field sparingly.
SelfCheck will not check out an item with a MESSAGE field.  We used to
have a lot of message fields because they so conveniently popup at checkin
like "2 discs and 1 booklet".  When we pushed to increase our selfcheck
stats we did away with all but the most important MESSAGE fields.

When we have a longer than normal temporary book display, we put colored
dots on the spines.  When the time is up we remove the dots.

-carol

Carol Gyger
Systems Administrator
Fort Collins Public Library
201 Peterson St.
Fort Collins CO  80524
(970)221-6716
gyger at julip dot fcgov dot com

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Karen Bracken wrote:

> I was asked the best way - requiring as little staff interaction as
> possible, to temporarily identify items as "on display", without
> changing, then changing back, the item location code.  Secondarily, we
> would need it to notify the Circ Staff that it needs to go to an
> alternate location when it is returned.   I thought about creating an
> item status code of "on display", however this would not notify circ at
> checkin.  An item message would do the trick, but the circ staff hate
> item messages during checkout as they have to click ok again, and again,
> and again...(enough said)  Either can be reversed using global update,
> so the staff requirement is minimal.  Any thoughts on this would be
> appreciated.
>
>
> Karen Bracken
> Data Technician, Riverside Public Library
> (951) 826-5214
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