To Library Staff:
SWAN staff been investigating a number of comments from library staff regarding the inaccuracy of the “Available for Checkout” number displayed in Enterprise. As a result, we will be temporarily removing this number effective Friday, July 24th, until we can identify a solution. Read on for more details.
An availability number appears on the hit list display as well as the availability tab of the detailed display. During our training and configuration process, we had been instructed that the “available” flag in an item’s location (set in Symphony configuration tables) determined if the item counted as available in Enterprise or not, but that does not seem to be the case.
Instead, this Knowledge Base article says that items are “available” in Enterprise if:
This seems more in line with what we are seeing in Enterprise. That means that on order items, items on the hold shelf, items in locations like Reference, etc. are all included as available in the counts. Furthermore, the numbers displayed in the detailed display and the hit list do not match. Neither seems to reflect the actual number of copies that one could walk into a library and check out.
Because of the number of issues this is causing library staff and patrons, we will be temporarily removing both counts as we continue to investigate with SirsiDynix. Ideally, we would like to display a true number of available copies—those sitting on a shelf ready to be checked out. We will be making this change on Friday morning. It will not require any downtime. We will send an update to the membership when we reach a more sustainable resolution.
Thank you for your continued feedback on Symphony and Enterprise.
Rebecca Malinowski
SWAN Special Projects Coordinator
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5157
Fax: 630.734.5056
rebecca.malinowski@railslibraries.info
http://www.railslibraries.info