+++ Please route to appropriate personnel +++
Batch Deletions Using Discard User
We will be adjusting the scheduled date for batch deletions effective immediately. The
Convert DISCARD Items Reports for each library will continue to be run in the morning on
the first of the month in order to identify items for batch removal from the previous
month. The SWAN Remove Discard Items Report will be run on the first Saturday of each
month in order for this to process with greater efficiency. This report is run for batch
removal of items from the previous month that have been converted to DISCARD. Therefore,
your library discard items for the previous month will be identified for Discard
processing on the first of the month but will remain in the system (shadowed) until the
following Saturday.
Any items checked out to Discard User beginning on the first of the month will be captured
in the next month batch deletions. For example, any item checked out to Discard User on
November 1st to 30th, 2015 will be captured in the reports on the morning on December 1,
2015 and deleted with batch deletions on Saturday, December 5, 2015. Another example, any
item checked out to Discard User on December 1st to 31st, 2015 will be captured in the
reports on the morning on January 1, 2016 and deleted with batch deletions on Saturday,
January 2, 2016.
Please contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you.
Karen Bar
SWAN Bibliographic Services Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5138
Fax: 630.734.5056
karen.bar@railslibraries.info<mailto:karen.bar@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net