Holdings Editor Preferences

Holdings Preferences
Item Attribute Settings

Sitka Snippet Video - Holdings Editor Preferences (2:16)

In the Holdings Editor click on the Preferences tab to change settings for the Holdings Editor.

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Holdings Preferences

Select the checkboxes or use the drop down menus to set the settings you’d like.

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Holdings Display Preferences

Setting Description

Hide Call Number Classification Column

Check this box if you’d like to hide the classification scheme column.

Hide Call Number Prefix Column

Check this box if your library doesn’t use call number prefixes.

Hide Call Number Suffix Column

Check this box if your library doesn’t use call number suffixes.

Hide Generate Barcodes

This box should be checked to hide this option as barcode generation is not currently used in Sitka.

Hide Use Checkdigit

This box should be checked to hide this option as the checkdigit function is not currently functional.

Hide Item Number

Check this box if your library doesn’t use item numbers.

Hide Item Part

This box should be checked to hide this option as parts are not currently used in Sitka.

Unified Holdings and Item Attributes Display

Check this box if you’d like the holdings and item attributes to display as a single tab.

Holdings Creation Defaults

Setting Description

Default Classification

By default Evergreen will use the classification scheme specified by the library settings Default Classification Scheme. Using this setting you can specify Generic, Dewey, Library of Congress.

Default Prefix

If your library uses Prefixes select the one you’d like used as a default.

Default Suffix

If your library uses Suffixes select the one you’d like used as a default.

Item Attribute Settings

Item Attribute Behavior

If you would like the circulation library for an item to updated when the owning library is changed check the box for Change Circ Lib When Owning Lib Changes.

Set the level at which you’d like to filter statistical categories in Default Stat Cat Library Filter. Libraries that share statistical categories across a federation or system may wish to choose the federation or system as their default filter.

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Hide Item Attributes

Select the checkboxes beside those fields that you don’t want displaying as available item attribues.

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The following item attributes are not used by Sitka’s Evergreen and are selected by default:

  • Circulate as Type
  • Quality
  • Add Item Tags

You may also want to select item attributes that relate to features your library doesn’t currently use. The following are item attributes that relate to features libraries may or may not use.

  • Copy Number
  • Age-based Hold Protection
  • Floating
  • Loan Duration
  • Fine Level
  • Deposit
  • Deposit Amount
  • Cost

Refer to the section called “Item Attributes” for information on specific item attributes.

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