Lost Materials

Steps to 'hiding' your lost copies from your students:

Create a new circulation type:
- Back Office
- Library Policies>Circulation Types
- Add Circ Type
- Name it "Lost material", Check Hidden, Loan Period is 0 and Save

Go to Access Levels
- Click on pen and paper next to Patron, Guest and then Staff, to uncheck See local hidden materials under Library Catalog Search Access

Go to Reports to create list of lost books
- Library Reports>Library Title & Copy List
  - Select By Circulation Type
  - Include BOOK
  - Show Titles With "lost" copies
  - Output as Microsoft Excel
  - Run Report

Copy and paste barcodes (column G) into Notepad and Save
Go to Catalog
- Update Copies>Batch Update
- Change Circulation Type to : Lost material
- Select the saved barcode file
- Update

When seaching you catalog, the lost books won't show up but if they ever come back, just check them in to re-appear in your catalog.

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