NExpress Shared Catalog » Cataloging http://www.nexpresslibrary.org Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:03:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3731 Best Practices for Cataloging On Order Items http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/best-practices-for-cataloging-on-order-items/ http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/best-practices-for-cataloging-on-order-items/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:00:27 +0000 Sharon http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/?p=1264 So, you have the new Sherlock Holmes DVD, but you can’t put it on the shelf until March 30.
How do you catalog it so that patrons can start placing holds on the title before it hits library shelves?

In the recent past, several libraries have been using these cataloging specs:

Not for loan: Ordered
Collection: On order
Shelving Location: Cataloging
Item type: On order*

*We suspect that Koha gets confused when assigning holds on materials cataloged this way when/if the item type designation on the items are changed from On Order, which is completely unrestricted, to Local Hold.**

**I created an elaborate test video to recreate this scenario, but of course Koha worked just like it was suppose to!  Figures, eh?

The Best Practice is this:

  • Go find a Bibliographic record from the ether
  • Catalog your items as you would normally (Local Hold as Local Hold, Walk in as Walk in, Book as Book)
  • Set the Not For Loan status to “Ordered”
  • When you are ready to start circulating these items, edit and change the Not For Loan status back to ‘blank’

Sort of related – There is an outstanding support request regarding the “New Moon” fatal error – search for new moon in the OPAC and see what happens.  A work around for patrons and a faster way to get to the new DVD in the Staff Client is to search for “twilight saga new moon”.   A note has been posted on the Patron Catalog home page.

]]> http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/best-practices-for-cataloging-on-order-items/feed/ 1 Cataloging Reminder: Settings for Importing Records http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/cataloging-reminder-settings-for-importing-records/ http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/cataloging-reminder-settings-for-importing-records/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:02:30 +0000 hbraum http://www.nexpresslibrary.org/?p=1240 This is a friendly reminder; please share this information with the people responsible for your library’s cataloging. Please refer to these instructions when importing MARC records into NExpress from the KLC. If you are importing MARC records from anywhere else (CatExpress, vendor records, etc.), please refer to these instructions.

In both situations, please make sure you change the settings to the ones that marked below in red:

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