[Wactclc-alma] Alma Holdings: Displays 2 holdings (physical items) for one item

[Tammy Siebenberg]

I've discovered the same thing when I put something in a temporary location.  I found it very confusing and thought I had done something wrong, but that seems to be the way Alma works right now.

Tammy R. Siebenberg, MLIS
Director - Library & Media Services
Yakima Valley College
Yakima, WA  98902
509.574.4984
tsiebenberg at yvcc.edu<mailto:tsiebenberg at yvcc.edu>
www.yvcc.edu<https://www.yvcc.edu/>

From: Wactclc-alma [mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu] On Behalf Of Elena Bianco
Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 9:48 AM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion <wactclc-alma at lists.ctc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Alma Holdings: Displays 2 holdings (physical items) for one item


HI Traci:



I ran into this too. What I'm thinking is that Alma will retain the original location in instances where there is a Temporary Location, and for some reason it shows you the two holdings - the permanent one (Shelf), and then the temporary one (Reserves)  The temporary location is what appears in Primo. Then, when you get rid of the temporary record, the original is retained. I find it very distracting to see both of them in Alma, and am having to train myself to look at the Item availability column.  I don't know if there's a way to suppress the display of the permanent location, but I really wish there were...



Elena Bianco, Technical Services Librarian

Norwood Cole Library, Skagit Valley College

2405 E. College Way

Mount Vernon, WA 98273

(360) 416-7624


Google can bring you back 100,000 answers; a librarian can bring you back the right one. -- Neil Gaiman

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From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>> on behalf of Traci Taylor <ttaylor at btc.edu<mailto:ttaylor at btc.edu>>
Sent: Friday, October 6, 2017 9:26 AM
To: WACTCLC Alma Discussion
Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Alma Holdings: Displays 2 holdings (physical items) for one item


Traci,



In the new Alma UI, everything on Reserve displays as having two holdings records. Is there a fix for this ambiguous/incorrect display of information?



Thanks,

Lynn



Good morning,



All of our holdings that are on reserve have 2 holdings per physical item. In the old Alma UI, it only displayed one holding per item. Is anyone else experiencing this, or is it a bug?





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Thank you,



Traci





Traci Taylor, MLS

Systems Librarian

Bellingham Technical College

3028 Lindbergh Ave.

Bellingham,WA 98225

Email | ttaylor at btc.edu<mailto:ttaylor at btc.edu>

Phone |360.752.8488








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