3.5 Deleting copy and title records To allow loan statistics to be collected it may be necessary to mark copies as Withdrawn from Circulation rather than delete the Copy record immediately. In this case the Copy record should also be hidden from displaying in WebView see the FAQs below. If it is the – last copy on the Title record, this record must also be hidden Marking Copies as Withdrawn Hiding Copy records in Webview Hiding Title records in Webview Deleting copy records Deleting Title records Reserve collection To aid decision-making some locations find it useful to re-shelve items which may possibly be withdrawn temporarily into a Reserve collection 3.7 Slote weeding system Stanley J (1997) Weeding library collections 4th ed; ABC-CLIO Libraries Unlimited Inc, Englewood (available from the British Library) Rather than concentrating on age as the primary criterion for weeding, this method objectively identifies older stock still relevant to library users by concentrating on “shelf-time period” how long a book remains on the shelf between loans. – Buckinghamshire libraries have used this method for an overview see the Slote Weeding – System document at 3.8 New editions / stock updating Suggested methods for keeping stock updated: Title/Author or Advanced searches on WebView now default to display the most recent items first, so can be useful to alert to new editions email messages to SWIMS-SYSTEM list when a new edition is added, or an item becomes obsolete are very useful (putting the codes of other libraries holding the
3.5 Deleting copy and title records To allow loan statistics to be collected it may be necessary to mark copies as Withdrawn from Circulation rather than delete the Copy record immediately. In this case the Copy record should also be hidden from displaying in WebView – see the FAQs below. If it is the last copy on the Title record, this record must also be hidden Marking Copies as Withdrawn Hiding Copy records in Webview Hiding Title records in Webview Deleting copy records Deleting Title records Reserve collection To aid decision-making some locations find it useful to re-shelve items which may possibly be withdrawn temporarily into a Reserve collection 3.7 Slote weeding system Stanley J (1997) Weeding library collections 4th ed; ABC-CLIO Libraries Unlimited Inc, Englewood (available from the British Library) Rather than concentrating on age as the primary criterion for weeding, this method objectively identifies older stock still relevant to library users by concentrating on “shelf-time period” – how long a book remains on the shelf between loans. Buckinghamshire libraries have used this method – for an overview see the Slote Weeding System document at 3.8 New editions / stock updating Suggested methods for keeping stock updated: Title/Author or Advanced searches on WebView now default to display the most recent items first, so can be useful to alert to new editions email messages to SWIMS-SYSTEM list when a new edition is added, or an item becomes obsolete are very useful (putting the codes of other libraries holding the
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