option to delete bib when relinking physical inventory
When relinking electronic inventory, a pop up occurs asking what to do with the bib (nothing, delete if no other holdings, or suppress).
It would be a time saver to have the same pop up when relinking physical inventory
Abigail Bibee
shared this idea
Now in Alma, the holdings relinking mechanism is aligned with other inventory deletion operations.
For more information, see Working with Holdings Records.
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Please note that this is planned for the upcoming November 2024 release.
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Debra Spidal
commented
We need this option when relinking holdings and when relinking a POL. It should be a pop-up option on what to do about the bibliographic record just like when a portfolio is relinked to a different bib.
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There several questions that it will be helpful to get an answer:
* Can you indicate for which use cases it is not suitable to delete a bibliographic record?
* What kind of information should be presented in order to make the correct decision?
* Should it be also an option for jobs that deleted holdings?
* Should it apply also for digital titles?
* Do you have a periodical process of reviewing titles without inventory using the advance search option of Physical Titles Has inventory = No? -
Kim Lim
commented
We have a lot of brief records (without OCLC #) that we need to link to NZ and the only way to do this is to relink the holding to the NZ record, then go back to IZ to delete the brief record. An option to delete the bib record if the relinked holding is the last holding record attached to the bib record will save us a lot of work.
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Abigail Bibee
commented
And by physical inventory I mean holdings & order records. Not item records.
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Abigail Bibee
commented
Maybe you've misunderstood my idea. Currently, no pop up appears when you relink physical inventory. One appears when you relink electronic inventory, asking if you want to delete, keep as is or suppress the bib.
This does not happen for physical inventory. Instead, after relinking you have to manually click around and hit the back button a half dozen times before you can delete the childless bib. Sometimes the back button will not return you to the childless bib.
It would be a time saver to have a pop up with options appear when you relink physical inventory.
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AdminDana Sharvit
(Admin, Ex Libris)
commented
option exists when re-linking physical item.