TIND Location exceptions

The TIND ILS uses Location exceptions in two ways:

• To indicate an item's current location if it has been temporarily moved from its normal location (e.g., an Open Stacks book moved to Seminar reserves for the duration of a seminar).
• As the first step for batch updating an item's regular TIND Location (this is a temporary work around: it's not currently possible to scan barcodes directly to a new location in Global lists, but it is possible to use Global lists to batch change the Location of items based on their current Location exception.

To scan items to a Location exception:

1. Make sure a valid Location exception exists (new ones need to first be created in the Locations screen, then added in the Location exceptions screen under "Add new location exception")
2. Follow the link for the Location exception you want (this will open the "Manage items" screen)
3. Click inside the box under "Add new barcode" and begin scanning barcodes.
4. If you get the Error message "error: barcode not found" it probably means that the barcode isn't linked to a record (the barcode can be linked by finding the record, clicking the "Item details" button, then picking "Update" for the relevant items)