Re: Changing status- batch job

[Mieko Yamaguchi <iss053 at bangor dot ac dot uk>]

Mandy,

You can create a special item status "On Loan Geac" and change the status
of these items from "-" to whatever letter you assign to this status.
These items will then appear as "On Loan Geac" when patrons view them on
the WebOPAC.

In Millennium circulation terms these items are not actually checked out
so no overdues etc. will be generated but at least you can track which
items checked out on your previous system are still not returned.  Another
advantage of this method is if you check in these items in Millennium,
the system will offer to clear this special status so you don't need to
edit the item record to change the status to "-".

I hope your implementation goes well.

Mieko

On Fri, 8 Jul 2005, Mandy Phillips wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We have got about 13,000 items that are currently out on loan on our
> current system. We go live with Millennium on Tuesday.
>
> Is there a way that we can change the Status of all of these items to
> 'On Loan Geac' so that our Catalogue will reflect that not all
> of them will be available?
>
> TIA
>
> Mandy

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