Fast Add Cataloging
Within the Cataloging module, an option to utilize the Fast Add option appears. Fast Add cataloging is useful in a few ways. Many libraries use Fast Add for their ILL process. Academic Libraries may use Fast Add when adding in faculty-owned material for course reserves. Sometimes a book will come to the circulation desk to be checked out, and it doesn't exist in the system - Fast Add is the way to go with quickly getting a record into the system and checking it out to the patron in just a few steps.
When using the Fast Add cataloging feature, the cataloging record will probably be limited in the fields necessary to save the record into the system. The fields that appear in Fast Add are driven by the Fast Add Framework built into Koha.
Editing Frameworks
To customize the MARC fields, MARC subfields, and the structure of the Fast Add Framework, edits can be made in Administration > MARC bibliographic frameworks.
- MARC frameworks can be found in the Administration module, under the Cataloging heading.
- Find the Framework to edit, and choose the "MARC structure" option under Actions.
- To alter the visibility of a MARC field or even a MARC subfield, choose "edit subfield" under actions.
- Each subfield will have its tab, and settings can be edited here for visibility.
Fast Add Options
A Fast Add option can be found within the Cataloging module and the Circulation module.
Fast Add from Circulation
A Fast Add record can be created during a circulation transaction. If an item is scanned to be checked out to a patron, but it is not found in the system by the barcode, Koha will give staff an option to create a Fast Add record at that moment in time. This streamlines the process to allow staff to easily create the title and continue with the checkout.
To create a Fast Add record, the staff member does need Fast Add cataloging permissions found in the Cataloging section of their staff permissions.
Fast Add Process
- Choose the Fast Cataloging option.
- The bibliographic form will have the fields that can be filled out as well as fields marked as mandatory based on the Fast Add framework.
- Fill out fields to create the record.
- Save the record.
- Next, the item record will need to be filled out. If the creation of the Fast Add record started by scanning a barcode that isn't in the system to check it out, this form will have the barcode already filled out.
- Save the item.
- The Fast Add record is complete.
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