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Complete Utilities List
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Not sure what a certain utility does? Trying to find the most helpful utility for your situation? You're in the right place! Here you can see what a particular utility does, when you might use it, what certain Options do, and more! Find a utility by simply clicking on its category or by using the search bar below.
Patrons Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Add Patron Notes | Adds or appends a Contact, General, Alert, or Category note to selected patrons |
| Advance Patron Grade | Moves specified patrons to the next grade (i.e. level) |
| Change Patron Grade | Changes the grade (i.e. level) of selected patrons to the specified grade |
| Change Patron 2nd Location | Changes or adds a 2nd location for specified patrons |
| Change Patron Location | Changes the location of selected patrons to the specified location |
| Change Patron Policy | Changes the policy of selected patrons to the specified policy |
| Change Patron Security Group | Changes the security group of selected patrons to the specified security group |
| Change Patron Status | Changes the status of selected patrons to the specified status |
| Forgive Charges | Forgives selected charges, fees, or fines created during the specified transaction date range |
| Move Patrons to Site (Centralized Catalog only) | Moves selected patrons from their current site to the specified site |
| Reassign Union Site Patrons | Changes selected patrons' assigned site from the Union Site to the specified site |
| Remove Patron History | Removes everything but Lexile history from selected patrons' histories |
| Remove Patron Notes | Removes all Contact, General, Alert, or Category notes from selected patrons |
| Remove Patron Pictures | Removes pictures for all selected patrons |
| Remove Patrons | Removes selected patron records from your database |
| Renew Patron Accounts | Renews the accounts of all selected patrons |
| Resets patron usernames and/or passwords to the chosen formats | |
| Lexile | |
| Remove Patron Lexiles | Removes the current Lexile score and clears the Lexile table for selected patrons |
| Reviews | |
| Change Review Status | Changes the status of selected reviews |
| Remove Reviews | Removes a group of reviews at once |
Titles Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Change Medium | Changes the medium (245_h MARC tag) of selected titles to the specified medium |
| Change Title Call Numbers | Changes various components of selected title call numbers (prefixes, case, slashes, and matching to copy call numbers) |
| Change Title Policy | Changes the policy of selected titles to the specified policy |
| Hide Titles in Search | Hides selected titles in all Researcher modules |
| Remove Cover Art | Removes the cover art of selected titles |
| Remove Holds | Removes queue, in-stock/on-shelf, or all holds on selected titles and their copies |
| Remove Titles | Removes all selected title records and their copies |
| Remove Titles without Copies | Removes selected title records that don't have any copies |
| Show Titles in Search | Makes selected titles visible in all Researcher modules |
| Catalog | |
| Add a MARC Tag | Adds a specific MARC tag to selected titles |
| Change a MARC Tag | Changes a specific MARC tag for selected titles |
| Change Series Volume | Makes series volumes uniform and easy to sort by converting the volume number to a padded three digit number and adding a prefix |
| Create Genre MARC Tag | Creates a 655_a tag using information in any existing 650_v tag for selected titles |
| Fix Series | Looks at the series title and volume in 490_a and 490_v and copies those values to 830_a and 830_v for records without an existing 830 tag |
| Mitinet AnalyzeMARC | Sends your MARC data to Mitinet for analyzing and returns a diagnostics report |
| Mitinet BestMARC | Sends selected records to your BestMARC account for analysis, enhancement, and editing |
| Sends selected records to your BestMARC account for analysis, enhancement, and editing | |
| Mitinet EnhanceMARC | Enhances and updates your library's MARC records |
| Remove a MARC Tag | Removes a specific MARC tag from selected titles |
| Remove Duplicate MARC Tags | Remove exact duplicate MARC tags |
| Switch a MARC Tag | Changes a specified MARC tag number to another MARC tag number for selected titles |
| Lexile | |
| Update Title Lexiles (Lexile registration only) | Updates title lexiles automatically using the lexile server |
Copies Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Add Copy Notes | Adds a Copy or Alert note to selected copies |
| Change Copy Call Numbers | Changes various components of selected copy call numbers (prefixes, case, slashes, and matching to title call numbers) |
| Change Copy Condition | Changes the condition of selected copies |
| Change Copy Location | Changes the location (852_b MARC tag) of selected copies |
| Change Copy Policy | Changes the policy of selected copies |
| Change Copy Shelving | Changes the shelving (852_c MARC tag) of selected copies |
| Change Copy Site | Changes the site (852_a MARC tag) of selected copies |
| Change Funding Source | Changes the funding source of selected copies |
| Change Purchase Cost | Changes the purchase cost of selected copies |
| Change Replacement Cost | Changes the replacement cost of selected copies |
| Change Vendor | Changes the vendor of selected copies |
| Check Out | Checks out selected copies to the specified patron or system patron |
| Declare Checked Out Copies Lost | Declares as lost (checked out to System Patron 1) selected copies that are currently checked out to patrons |
| Declare Missing Copies Discarded | Declares as discarded (checked out to System Patron 2) all selected copies with an Available status that have not been inventoried since the specified Inventory Start Date |
| Declare Missing Copies Lost | Declares as lost (checked out to System Patron 1) all selected copies with an Available status that have not been inventoried since the specified Inventory Start Date |
| Reassign Union Site Copies (Centralized Catalog only) | Moves selected copies from the Union Site to the specified site |
| Remove Archived Copies | Removes selected copies that have been archived (checked out to System Patron 6) |
| Remove Copies | Removes selected copy records |
| Remove Copy History | Removes the check out history of selected copies |
| Remove Copy Notes | Removes all notes of the specified type for selected copies |
| Remove Discarded Copies | Removes selected copies that have been discarded (checked out to System Patron 2) |
| Remove Lost Copies | Removes selected copies that have been declared lost (checked out to System Patron 1) |
Circulation Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Change Due Date | Changes the due date of checked out items to the specified date |
| Check In | Checks in all selected copies at the specified site |
| Check In Archived Copies | Checks in all selected copies that are currently archived (checked out to System Patron 6) |
| Check In Discarded Copies | Checks in all selected copies that are currently discarded (checked out to System Patron 2) |
| Check In Lost Copies | Checks in all selected copies that are currently lost (checked out to System Patron 1) |
| Check In Processing Copies | Checks in all selected copies that are currently in processing (checked out to System Patron 7) |
| Recompute Due Dates | Recomputes check out periods and fines for items that are already checked out |
| Remove Circulation Statistics | Removes all circulation statistics older than the specified date |
| Renew Items | Initiate a renewal (with respect to policy and preference settings) |
Periodicals Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Remove Routes | Removes selected routes This utility is being removed soon. |
| Remove Subscriptions | Removes selected subscriptions |
Database Utilities
| Utility Name | What does it do? |
|---|---|
| Database Archive | Creates a copy of your data in the location specified in Administration |
