Re: [IUG] Resuming Circulation after a power outage: tips, suggestions?

[Karen Perone <peroneka at oplin dot org>]

I concur with what Carol suggests about the order of things with a 
caution about whether checkouts or checkins are done first.

Have you been checking in things with offline circ? If so, the system 
will handle which is done first when you process the transactions. When 
we need to use offline circ, usually a few hours at most, we don't check 
anything in through offline because of the hassles of sorting out the 
holds activation messages. We just stockpile all the checkins and check 
them in after we have processed offline checkouts.

Since it's been a long time without power for you, you are probably 
using offline for checkins as well as checkouts. Just be aware that 
there will be lots of error/informational messages when you process the 
transactions. I would take care of all of that before you clear the 
holdshelf. Print your notices last.

Good luck!
--Karen Perone, Rodman Public Library

Lauren Douglass wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> We have been without power since Sunday afternoon and it is looking like it
> may be 1-2 more days before power is restored and we can power up our
> Millennium server.  When that happens we will have a LOT of books to
> checkin, holds to process, and notices to send.  Can anyone recommend a
> sequence of steps that might minimize our problems when we come back up?
> For example, would you recommend clearing the hold shelf before we start to
> checkin items?  Or should we checkin everything first?  Would it be
> beneficial to checkin everything and clear the hold shelf before any nightly
> processes (cron, holds, etc.) are run?  Or are we just in for a rough patch
> no matter what we do?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Lauren Douglass
> East Lansing Public Library