[Evergreen-general] hold shelf delay

[Morgan, Michele]

We experimented with this setting when items were being quarantined.

The idea was to prevent patrons viewing their accounts from seeing that a
hold was ready when the item was in quarantine.

We never actually put it in practice, but did realize that the hold shelf
delay library setting did not delay the ready for pickup notices.

--
Michele M. Morgan, Technical Support Analyst
North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts
mmorgan at noblenet.org



On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:10 AM Gina Monti via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> There is a Library Setting in Local Admin that determines the delay.
> Search for 'Hold Shelf Delay' and it'll pop up.
>
> We have this in place at Bibliomation but it's not as common to see the
> status.
>
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 9:51 AM Elaine Hardy via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> I haven't seen it either. According to
>> https://docs.evergreen-ils.org/3.1/_settings_overview.html
>>
>> The purpose is to provide an interval of time after an item goes into the
>> on-holds-shelf status before it appears to patrons that it is actually on
>> the holds shelf. This gives staff time to process the item before it shows
>> as ready-for-pick-up.
>>
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>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 9:41 AM Diane Disbro via Evergreen-general <
>> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning -
>>>
>>> One of our Missouri Evergreen libraries saw this Status in a patron's
>>> list of holds - Hold Shelf Delay. What does that mean ?! We have never seen
>>> it before.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> Diane Disbro
>>> Pronouns: she/her
>>> Circulation Coordinator
>>> Scenic Regional Library
>>> 251 Union Plaza Drive
>>> Union, MO 63084
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