[Evergreen-circ] permission to exceed checkout limit

[Diane Disbro]

Thank you SO much !!

Diane Disbro
Pronouns: she/her
Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
Union Branch
Scenic Regional Library
251 Union Plaza Drive
Union, MO     63084
(636) 583-3224
ddisbro at scenicregional.org





On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 2:01 PM Jason Boyer <jboyer at equinoxinitiative.org>
wrote:

> There are 2 Library Settings related to in-house use: “Record In-House
> Use: # of uses threshold for Are You Sure? dialog” and “Record In-House
> Use: Maximum # of uses allowed per entry” They can be raised to allow you
> to enter whatever values you need. They’re intended to prevent situations
> where staff may accidentally scan a barcode into the # of uses box. It
> would be helpful to not raise the warning limit too high to make sure that
> doesn’t happen in this case.
>
> Jason
>
> --
> Jason Boyer
> Senior System Administrator
> Equinox Open Library Initiative
> phone:  +1 (877) Open-ILS (673-6457)
> email:  JBoyer at EquinoxInitiative.org <JBoyer at EquinoxInitiative.org>
> web:  https://EquinoxInitiative.org/
>
> On Jul 16, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Diane Disbro <ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
> wrote:
>
> Hi, Jason -
>
> How do you mark something as "used?"
>
> I did create an uncataloged in-house use item of Door Count.
> <image.png>
> But when I try to check out a number over 99 (which is also puzzling since
> our limit is 100, not 99), I am blocked. I want to be able to run a report
> for our nine branches each month to find door count rather than the
> branches reporting the number individually.
>
> Thank you for your time.
> Diane Disbro
> Pronouns: she/her
> Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
> Union Branch
> Scenic Regional Library
> 251 Union Plaza Drive
> Union, MO     63084
> (636) 583-3224
> ddisbro at scenicregional.org
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:38 AM Jason Boyer <jboyer at equinoxinitiative.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Diane, I’m not sure there’s any really good way to track door count in
>> an ILS, but a better way than checkouts would be using the Record In House
>> Use feature. You can define a non-cataloged in house use type named Door
>> Count, then mark it “used” to count. As a bonus, there is a “# of uses” box
>> so you can enter that it was used 5 times rather than marking it used 5
>> separate times in a row.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> --
>> Jason Boyer
>> Senior System Administrator
>> Equinox Open Library Initiative
>> phone:  +1 (877) Open-ILS (673-6457)
>> email:  JBoyer at EquinoxInitiative.org <JBoyer at EquinoxInitiative.org>
>> web:  https://EquinoxInitiative.org/ <https://equinoxinitiative.org/>
>>
>> On Jul 16, 2020, at 12:04 PM, Diane Disbro <ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Good morning -
>>
>> Is there a permission group that will allow the patron to exceed checkout
>> limits? We want to use uncataloged item checkout to record our door count.
>> I want to give branch accounts permission to exceed our 100 item checkout
>> limit. I tried to checkout 111 items in uncataloged checkout and wasn't
>> even given the option to override the block.
>>
>> What can I do so that staff doesn't need to break up the door count in
>> order to "checkout?"
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Diane Disbro
>> Pronouns: she/her
>> Branch Manager/Circulation Coordinator
>> Union Branch
>> Scenic Regional Library
>> 251 Union Plaza Drive
>> Union, MO     63084
>> (636) 583-3224
>> ddisbro at scenicregional.org
>>
>>
>>
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