Discard items

Discard guidelines

To enable discard functionality in the Wise client, the system option AFSTATU must be set to Yes. Contact OCLC Support for assistance. 

Items from your own branch can be discarded. Items from other branches that are part of the same VSM group as the branch that you are signed in as can also be discarded. See Branch groups for more information. 

The system role AFSCHRIJVEN is required to discard items with a discard block. When an item with a block is discarded at the service desk, it is assigned the status of AFB (block) instead of AFS (discard). If the system role has not been applied to the account discarding an item, items with the following statuses must be checked in before they can be discarded:

Items with the following statuses can be discarded: 

Discard an item

1. Go to Items > Discard. The Discard window opens.
2. Select a Discard reason from the drop-down list:
   • A - Discard
   • B - System use only   Note: This field should not be used by US libraries. 
   • C - Duplicate copy
   • D - System use only   Note: This field should not be used by US libraries. 
   • K - Damaged
   • L - Lost
   • M - Missing
   • O - Outdated
   • R - Replaced
   • S - Superseded
   • T - Other
   • Z - Zero/Low circulation
3. Optional. Check the With confirmation to check for holds on the item and/or Report last item with title to check whether this is the last copy of the title in your collection. Check To Sale if the item will be sold upon discarding, see Sell a discarded item.
4. Scan or enter the item barcode. The title information is populated. If either of the boxes from step 3 are checked, a confirmation message will appear if either condition applies.
5. Click Discard. The item is discarded.
6. Optional. Repeat the process for additional discarded items.
7. Click Quit. A note appears displaying the total number of items discarded.

After a few minutes, the server will update and the status of the item will display as discarded. Discarded items appear in the catalog for 30 days. After that, items remain in the catalog but can only be searched using Items > Search.

 Note: choosing Items > Search will lead to view item.

Discard an item to sell 

If the discarded item will be moved to a library sales shelf, this can be indicated in the discard process.

1. Go to Items > Discard. The Discard screen appears.
2. Select a Discard reason from the drop-down list.
3. Optional. Check With confirmation to see if there are any holds on the item and/or Report last item with title to check whether this is the last copy of the title in your collection.
4. Scan or enter the Item barcode. The title information is populated. If either of the boxes from step 3 are checked, a confirmation message will appear if either condition applies.
5. Check the box To Sale and select a sale amount from the drop-down menu. The Discard button changes to To Sale.
6. Click To Sale. The item is discarded. The status of the item is changed to V - Sale and Location field is updated to say: Item is for sale.
7. Optional. Repeat this process if additional items are discarded.
8. Click Quit. A note appears displaying the total number of items discarded.

Sell a discarded item 

Discarded items that are marked for sale can be sold via the Lending screen.

1. Go to Check-out.
2. Scan or look up the customer account.
3. Scan or enter the discarded item barcode. A confirmation message appears that the item is marked for sale.
4. Click Yes. The item status is updated to Sold and the note field is updated to display Sold.

Cancel a discard

Once an item has been discarded, you have the option to undo the action:

1. In the Item detail screen of the item you want to recover, go to Status > Undo discard action.
2. Click OK to confirm. The item status changes to In; the item cannot be set back to its previous status (i.e., loan or transport).

RFID security disabled

If you use RFID, the Discard screen will include an option to disable RFID security. When you discard items, the security tag can be immediately disabled by checking this box.

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