[Evergreen-general] Book lockers?

[Terran McCanna]

Thank you, Lindsay, this helps a lot!


On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM Lindsay Stratton via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Hi Terran,
>
> We have a library that uses Bibliotheca lockers.
>
> We created a "branch" OU that appears as a pickup up library,
> has circulation policies (we don't really use inherited circ rules, so
> ymmv), open hours, etc. It is not otherwise OPAC visible. Staff have
> accounts with working locations and workstations for the locker branch in
> order to process incoming materials. Otherwise, transactions are processed
> via SIP so there is not a lot of Evergreen configuration. Most of the work
> is done in a Bibliotheca interface, which I don't have any clue about. The
> lockers are configured to check the item out to the patron as soon as the
> locker is unlocked.
>
> We have experienced all sorts of weird issues, which generally seem to be
> related to patrons who have items in multiple lockers, multiple items in
> one locker, and patrons who cancel holds once they have been put into the
> locker (this is an Evergreen setting, and behavior we generally allow, so
> also, ymmv. Personally, I don't recommend it!) That said, it's been a while
> since issues were reported, so maybe things have been resolved on
> Bibliotheca's end.
>
> I can put you in touch with someone from that library, if that would be
> helpful.
>
> Lindsay
>
>
> *Lindsay Stratton*
> *Integrated Library System Administrator / Systems Librarian*
> Westchester Library System
> 570 Taxter Rd., 4th Floor
> Elmsford, NY 10523
> lstratton at wlsmail.org
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 1:28 PM Terran McCanna via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> Have any of you implemented book lockers with Evergreen? Several of our
>> libraries are planning to order them, but we don't have any that have
>> actually implemented them so I'm curious about the technical process.
>>
>> It looks like most of the vendors require a separate pickup location,
>> which makes sense (although it would be nice if we could designate org
>> units only as pickup locations but otherwise be opac-invisible), but I'm
>> not sure how the actual checkout process works. Are things automatically
>> checked out to the patrons as soon as the locker is opened? Or is there
>> another staff action that needs to be taken?
>>
>> If you wouldn't mind indicating the vendor that you have used
>> successfully, that would also be most helpful.
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Terran
>>
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