[OPEN-ILS-DEV] possible staff client changes--holds pull lists, patron summary sidebar , checkout due date entry, and billing interface (with screenshots)

[Thomas Jones]

Lively discussion in the same direction : )

Basically, I agree with Jeremy also as long as there is the possibility of
printing the holds list based upon the columns selected. I like the
one-click approach where you go from column view to printing without having
to reformat the data.

When I mentioned barcode I probably should have started patron barcode. 

I was lobbying for the possibility of printing the columns selected in a
format similar to Pull List 3. Adding the patron name would allow the
librarian to fill the hold without looking up additional information. The
item barcode would be scanned from the item in hand - not keyed from
information on the slip.  where you go from column view to printing without
having to reformat the data.where you go from column view to printing
without having to reformat the data.

Librarians would tend to ignore the item barcode unless a specific copy is
needed although in some instances we are looking for a specific copy.

TMJ

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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] possible staff client changes--holds pull
lists,patron summary sidebar , checkout due date entry,and billing interface
(with screenshots)

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Thomas Jones <jonest at bibblib.org> wrote:
> Jason,
>
> From the standpoint of locating the books on the shelves Pull List 3 is
the
> most practical. With the addition of the patron name along with the
barcode
> one could even cut the list apart and place the information in the book
when
> retrieved.
>

Unfortunately, this isn't true.  The hold that is filled by a copy is
not necessarily the hold that targeted the copy, because the holds are
filled (nominally, with proximity adjustment) in request order.  In
other words, the pull list is just for getting copies from the shelf
to the hold capture (or checkin) interface.  The hold slip that is
printed at actual capture time is an authoritative record of which
hold a copy is filling.

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