Suppress Availability and Requests Dialog Box

To open this dialog box:
In Polaris Administration, select Profiles, PAC, Suppress availability and requests.

Use this dialog box to suppress request and availability options in PowerPAC and Mobile PAC search results for all records with a specific primary type of material (TOM), or only those with specific primary TOMs that have at least one 856$u in the bib record. By default, Electronic resources (elr) and Digital collection (dmc) are selected for suppressing request and availability options. The option Records with an 856 is selected by default except dmc, where All records is selected.

The ability to place requests and view availability information in PAC is suppressed under these conditions:

• The primary TOM is selected in this PAC profile. That is, either Records with an 856 or All records is selected for the TOM. Note that the option Records with an 856 affects only records with an 856$u tag.

• At least one 856$u is present in the bib record (if you have selected Records with an 856 for that TOM)

• The system availability count = 0 ; that is, there are no linked item records, or the linked item records all have Display in PAC set to No, or the linked item records all have circulation statuses that are set for suppression from the display in the PAC profile Suppress item display.

Note:
If a bibliographic record has linked issue records (via the serial holdings record) but no linked item records, the issue records are factored into the availability count, so availability information is not suppressed in this case.

You can make these settings at the the system, library, or branch level. The setting of the PAC connection organization determines the effect on Polaris PowerPAC and Mobile PAC.

For details regarding setup and how these settings may work with your cataloging practices, see Suppressing Request and Availability Options.