Resources may be temporarily frozen and excluded from availability for assignment usage in-library only.
This can be achieved by adding a Status 'Frozen' which is searchable on the Opac but 'not available ' for loan.
Step 1. Add the Frozen status
Use this link to the support solution for adding a Status
Step 2. Add items to Frozen status:
Use Bulk update by barcode to update status to 'Frozen'. The items will have an Unavailable status and will bring up a block in Issues so staff will know the items are not for Circulation.
Go to: Menu > Catalogue > Bulk update > By Barcode
- Scan each resource barcode to retrieve one or more resources to update
- Repeat for all resources to be updated
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Optionally use
to remove any resources individually from the bulk upgrade list
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Bulk update
to choose only the parameters to be changed:
- choose Status = 'Frozen'
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Type "YES" to acknowledge your request and click
Note: Non-selected parameters will remain unchanged. This method updates only the barcodes scanned into the list to Status 'Frozen'.
It is ideal for updating Statuses for scanned barcodes to Removed, Frozen; also updates both back to 'On Shelf.'
Step 3. Release items from Frozen status:
Use Bulk update by Searching method to update All Frozen statuses back to 'On shelf'. (or can Bulk update by barcode instead of releasing all if you wish to just release some).
Go to: Menu > Catalogue > Bulk update > By Searching
- Choose Status = 'Frozen' > Search
- Optionally use to remove any resources individually from the bulk upgrade list
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Bulk update to choose only the parameters to be changed:
- Choose Status = 'On shelf'
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Type "YES" to acknowledge your request and click
Note: Non-selected parameters will remain unchanged. This method updates ALL items matching the criteria selected to On shelf.