Allow barcode search for a course reserve citation
Often professors fail to come to the Library and remove their personal books from Course Reserve, leaving the Reserves supervisor with many such books and no idea to whom they belong. In Voyager, she could go into the Reserves module, scan in the barcode, and it would bring up the course, instructor, and the rest of the course's reading list, so she knew immediately whose book it was. In Alma, scanning in the barcode in Alma brings up only the brief bibliographic record. If she goes to Fulfillment/Course Reserves/Citations, all reserve items appear, and she could search by title to find the one(s) she wants to clear, but there may be many screens of citations. It would be simpler, easier, and faster if Barcode were a search option for the Citations search box (Alma/Fulfillment/Course Reserves/Citations).
Marilou Hinchcliff
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Ted Schwitzner commented
The method of searching for physical items by barcode then other details relies also on the reading list being assigned to an active course. Inactive courses do not appear on the Other Details tab. Additionally, the barcode is not one of the fields that displays on reading list citations.
We strongly support a Barcode index search for reading lists and citations.
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Anonymous
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This just gives you the course number but you still have to go through all the titles in that particular course. I have some professors that have 25 - 50 titles for a course. Also need a way to sort within "citations". thanks
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Please note you can search for physical items by barcode, and then view the attached courses via the Other Details tab
