Add Item‑Level Usage Option to Deselection & Retention Project Scopes
When determining eligibility for Deselection/Retention Projects, Alma is currently only evaluating title‑level usage rather than item‑level. This means that loans of Lost or Withdrawn items are being considered and the project is actively excluding items that have not circulated for years (because a now lost/withdrawn copy circulated more recently). Further to this, this information is not readily available without going into Alma Analytics.
Proposal: add an option within the Scope configuration that allows institutions to choose whether usage should be evaluated at:
Title Level (current behaviour)
OR
Item Level (requested enhancement)
This enhancement would:
- Improve accuracy of deselection lists
- Prevent historical usage from withdrawn/lost items from skewing scope
- Increase trust in the tool’s output
- Better support libraries that rely on item‑specific evaluation for weeding
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Catarina
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Anna
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I second this thanks, Anna