Examples of Setup for Primary and Secondary Locations

Here are some examples of setup for primary and secondary locations:

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All holdings from several locations in the same building at the “primary” level.

1 In the Locations group, create a location group entry for each location you have in the building.
2 Mark the Primary Location option for each location.
3 In the Sort Order field, enter the numerical order that staff searching displays holdings for each location in the Copies window.

All locations’ holdings will display in the main Copies window in the order you specified in the Sort Order field.

All holdings for your secondary locations in an order other than alphabetical by location code

1 In the Locations group, create a location group entry for each secondary location.
2 Mark the Secondary Location option for each location.
3 In the Sort Order field, enter the numerical order that staff searching displays holdings for each secondary location in the Copies window.

When you click the Secondary Location button in the Copies window, all holdings from your secondary locations will display in the order you specified in the Sort Order field.

 


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