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 ===== Step 1 - Selecting files ===== ===== Step 1 - Selecting files =====
    
-Use the **[Add]** toolbar button or drag-and-drop files into the file list to the left of this help file. Ensure that you ONLY add files that contain item information,​ or are a recognised bibligographic format such as UKMARC or MARC21.+{{:​pergamonmu:​bison:​items_01.png?​direct&​200 |}}Use the **[Add]** toolbar button or drag-and-drop files into the file list to the left of this help file. Ensure that you ONLY add files that contain item information,​ or are a recognised bibligographic format such as UKMARC or MARC21.
 Select the file and use the **[Remove]** toolbar button to remove files added in error. Select the file and use the **[Remove]** toolbar button to remove files added in error.
    
 ===== Step 2 - Reviewing Options ===== ===== Step 2 - Reviewing Options =====
    
-Switch to the [Options] tab and review the settings currently in effect for importing the files.+{{ :​pergamonmu:​bison:​items_02.png?​direct&​200|}}Switch to the [Options] tab and review the settings currently in effect for importing the files.
  
   * **Remove Existing Import Data** - removes any data that is currently in the database import buffer. It is advised that is switched on (default).   * **Remove Existing Import Data** - removes any data that is currently in the database import buffer. It is advised that is switched on (default).
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 ==== Creating New Items ==== ==== Creating New Items ====
  
-You can view the list of records to be imported on the **[Review]** page, but this is now just a formality - at this stage you are not able to edit the records any more.+You can view the list of records to be imported on the **[Review]** page, but unlike importing reader, here it is just a formality - at this stage you are not able to edit the records any more.
  
 To create the new items in the database, click the **[Create]** toobar icon. This will move through each record creating the new records in the database. To create the new items in the database, click the **[Create]** toobar icon. This will move through each record creating the new records in the database.
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 ==== Returning Items ==== ==== Returning Items ====
  
-If any items in the import already possess an HID (Accession or Barcode number) present in the database, BISON will alert you to this fact. If the import is a batch of books from a known source (such as books on inter-library loan from your SLS or another similar provider), you will be given the opportunity to '​re-active'​ the existing record rather than create a new one.+While we stated that we do not provide item '​update'​ facilities here, it is true to say that the record may well still be in the Pergamon database. ​If any items in the import already possess an HID (Accession or Barcode number) present in the database, BISON will alert you to this fact. 
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 +If the import is a batch of books from a known source (such as books on inter-library loan from your SLS or another similar provider), you will be given the opportunity to '​re-active'​ the existing record rather than create a new one - it may well be an item that you have had before, and it is returning for a second loan.
  
  
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