1	Making Floating Collections Work John Goodyear ILS Analyst johng@multcolib.org Jennifer Steward Circulation Analyst jennifes@multcolib.org Multnomah County Library
2	Floating Collection Base product Uses first 2 letters of location code Branch code Floats to first within the location served
3	Retaining Branch Information Floating Collection Shelf Assignment Only top level location changes first 2 letters of code Shelving part of location remains 3^rd to 5^th positions of code Must be consistent
4	Library Planning What and where Workload Space Weeding Acquisitions/Selections
5	What and where We chose Small collections High Demand High Circ All libraries Exclude administrative locations Exclude special collections Add more later
6	Workload Object is to decrease overall workload Don’t merely shift work Less work for materials movement More work for reference
7	Space This is the big one Items that were in crates now on shelf The balls land when the juggling stops Count items and measure shelves What will you do with overflow
8	Weeding Start clean Train staff to keep it clean Guidelines for all staff to follow If you own the item, you own the decision
9	Acquisitions/Selections Don’t over-buy Don’t buy for every location More titles, fewer copies
10	Innovative setup You do the Float Determiner Table Innovative will need to set up Shelf Assignment piece May need patches applied to deal with alphabetical issues of Location Served
11	Location patterns
12	Wrong
13	Float determiner table Keep spreadsheets Table reads from bottom Avoid Roach Motel syndrome Items float in they, never float out
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15	Item location xx* means any rule applies to any item in locations beginning with al, be, etc. ? Means rule applies to any item in any location x* will not work, it must be a 2 letter branch code
16	Terminal location Controls whether Items float into locations served by these terminal locations ? Applies any terminal loc ad is specific terminal location
17	Item type Rule applies to specific items types Rule applies to all items types
18	Itypes
19	Will not float First 4 Item from any location Any item type Checking in at these 4 specific terminal locs
20	Will not float Item from x location Specific item types Checking in at any location
21	Will float
22	Will float Item locations indicated At any terminal location For these specific item types
23	Will not float Item locations lo, any terminal and any item Any item loc, any terminal loc and any item type not covered by any previous line will not share
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26	The final surprise Shipping location It is and it isn't a location No way to block circulation in, location will not show up in table to be able to block System sees it as a location and will float material in
27	Ownloc Owning location field in item record tells you where the item started out Static, variable field, no data control We don’t use
28	Recent tweaks