[Evergreen-general] [External] Discussion/Heat request for Bug 1721053

[Ruth Frasur]

Benjamin,

I'm capturing your comments (with a little scrubbing) to add to the LP
ticket.

On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:58 AM Murphy, Benjamin via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> This is something that we also run into regularly and is an annoyance for
> staff.
>
> I think the ideal behavior for us would be:
>
> If there's a limit on a circmod, a patron hits the max holds on that
> circmod and can't place more holds for that circmod, but they're not
> restricted in the number of holds they can place for other circmods until
> they hit any limits in place for those circmods.
>
> So the ability to set:
> org unit -> permission group -> circmod -> hold limit
>
> But with an inheritance structure where these could also be set if values
> not provided for one of the fields, with more specificity winning (do we
> then get into weighting?):
> org unit -> permission group  -> hold limit
> org unit -> circmod  -> hold limit
>
>
> This brings to mind some of what we've learned about circ limit sets, in
> that they are ORs rather than ANDs. So, as we understand it, Evergreen will
> consider either the circulation modifier or shelving location found in the
> limit set, not both. That's not the behavior I'm describing above.
>
> Interested in this conversation!
>
>
>
> *Benjamin Murphy*
>
> NC Cardinal Program Manager
>
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> *Cc:* Elizabeth Davis <elizabeth.davis at sparkpa.org>
> *Subject:* [External] [Evergreen-general] Discussion/Heat request for Bug
> 1721053
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> Hello Everyone,
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>
> PaILS is interested in pursuing future development for bug 1721053
> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1721053> and we’d like to see
> how other consortia feel about it. Currently there is max hold option in
> the hold policies, but it doesn’t limit to just the hold policy scenario
> but rather all holds.  For example, if you have a hold policy that says
> that patrons can have a max hold of 2 on the kit circulation modifier it
> will block patrons from placing holds on kits if they have more than 2
> holds on any other circulation modifiers.   We have a few libraries that
> want to limit the number of holds patrons can have on higher ticket items
> like hotspots and library of things items.  They might have a higher limit
> on other circulation modifiers like 10 dvds and 25 on books.
>
>
>
> We are interested in seeing how folks would prefer this to function.
> Would a hold limit set, similar to how the circulation limit sets,  as
> suggested in the comments work?  Would you prefer the max hold value work
> on the individual hold scenario and leave it in the policy as it is now?
> Does anyone have an alternative idea?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> *Elizabeth Davis* (she/her), *Support & Project Management Specialist*
>
> *Pennsylvania Integrated Library System **(PaILS) | SPARK*
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