CAT ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 8. CATALOGING FUNCTIONS
Editing an Item
You can edit an existing item record for a selected bibliographic record. You can access the Edit Item screen from a Brief Record Display or Full Record Display, or from an Item Management screen.
To edit an item:
- To access the Edit Item screen from a Brief Record Display or Full Record
Display:
- Perform a search for the title for which you wish to edit an item record (see the Search User Guide for details).
- Click the Edit Item link for the desired item in the Location
information section of a Brief Record Display or Full Record Display for the
desired title.
- The Edit Item screen displays. Proceed to step 3.
- To access the Edit Item screen from an Item Management screen:
- Access the Item Management screen for the title containing the item record you wish to edit (see Managing Items for details).
- Click the Edit Item button
for the desired item.
- The Edit Item screen displays. Proceed to step 3.
- The Edit Item screen provides the following information:
- A “book jacket” and brief bibliographic information for the title are
shown at the top of the screen. Brief bibliographic information includes the
Title, Author, and Publisher. If the item record is
associated with the library under which you logged in, an Owned by my
Library icon
is shown at the top of the screen. - The Edit Item screen is pre-filled with the current item information, and Enumeration and Chronology for the item.
- If desired, you may:
- Click the Menu icon
and select Go to Full Record to view the Full Record Display for
the associated title (see
Viewing a Full Record Display
for details). - Click the Menu icon
and select Edit Bib Record to edit the associated bibliographic
record (see
Editing a Bib Record for
details).
- Click the Menu icon
- A “book jacket” and brief bibliographic information for the title are
shown at the top of the screen. Brief bibliographic information includes the
Title, Author, and Publisher. If the item record is
associated with the library under which you logged in, an Owned by my
Library icon
Edit Item Screen
- Enter, edit or delete item information, Enumeration and Chronology as
desired (see
Adding an Item for details).
NOTE: If the Current Location and/or Permanent Location for the item is inactive, the message “Location inactive” displays below the Current Location and/or Permanent Location menu(s), as appropriate.
NOTE: If the item status is currently Checked Out, In Transit, Global Item Transfer, Reserve for Checkout, Reserve In Transit, Cancel Reserve In Transit or Reserve Expired, the Current Location, Permanent Location and Status fields are "read only" and cannot be edited.
- When all desired information has been edited, click the Submit button
to submit your changes to the item record.
- The Edit Item screen closes and system returns to the Manage Items screen.