Reservations and Cancellations

One to look out for...

... when deleting the catalogue records of items that have been cancelled so that there are no copies available or expected.

If you have a reservation on an ordered item that is subsequently cancelled you must clear the reservation before you can delete the catalogue record.

If the reservation is not cleared you will get a message informing you that you cannot delete the record as there are copies on loan.

Now, obviously, you haven't had the book so it can't be on loan but the reservation is a circulation function and creates a link between a reader record and the catalogue record.  This link has to be cleared for the deletion to work.

• Cancel the reservation on the reader record.
• Then to clear it completely you will have to run the Check Reservations process.
• Once this has run you should be able to delete the catalogue record.

NB It is easy to see whether a catalogue record has a reservation attached.  Simpy go to the Other tab in the catalogue record and if there are any reservations the names will be listed in the Reservers box.

Search by site

Don't forget that you can limit your search by site to retrieve only items that are available where you are...

In Advanced Search you need to change the 'Search in' setting to LSC from the drop down menu.

Then enter the code for the relevant site (see below) in the 'Search term' box:

SP
MW
FC

Rating and Reviews

Have you checked out this new feature yet?

Some of the LRC staff added fiction reviews in time for the World Book Day events but this facility isn't just limited to fiction.

It was mentioned in the CPD session we ran for staff and showed them how they could highlight certain texts by submitting a review.

Four people wrote reviews on the day so look at the following titles to see what they said:

Electrical installation calculations
EB12903

Organisational behaviour
9780273715368

The extension of the franchise, 1832-1931
9780435327170

Animal learning & cognition
9781841696560

We've also just had our first student submit a review.

All reviews are moderated before being published so we have control over what appears on the catalogue.

Alt ID - making it easier for staff to login

Did you know that you can add an alternative ID to a reader record?  This could be used for staff to make it easier for them to login when using the catalogue.

If you enter their network username in the Alt ID box on the reader record they will be able to use this as their Reader Code instead of having to remember the Y number (or other ID).

Then they just have to remember their PIN!