Overview of the different ways to work with batches of items and bibs in Evergreen, including item status batches, item and record buckets, My Lists/Bookbags, and carousels with lots of examples, tips and tricks, and future development.
Meet the List Maker
The List Maker is a homegrown tool that NOBLE libraries use to make all kinds of lists of bibliographic and item records, based on searches performed directly in the List Maker or starting with lists of barcodes, record IDs, or ISBNs, and also works titles selected in the catalog and added to baskets and buckets. The List Maker provides several types of output: HTML and JSON for adding to websites; Excel or CSV for collection analysis; and weeding, inventory and shelf checking items with Missing, Lost and other statues. It also creates and interacts with record and item buckets and carousels. Lists can be run once or set to run automatically on a regular schedule. It’s easy to use and popular with a wide variety of staff for all sorts of projects.
Series, Serials, Pieces and Parts
How does your library handle different types of serials? Do you always use serial records or do you use monograph records — there are pros and cons of each approach. Do you use parts to manage sets that individual libraries circulate differently? Hear two different approaches from to these issues from NOBLE and C/W MARS.