[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Making loan rules clear to staff and patrons

[Benjamin Kalish]

When patrons view an item in the OPAC they have no way of knowing what the
loan rules are (loan duration, number of renewals, etc.) And too often when
staff view a record in the staff client they also cannot figure out what
the rules are.

I know that circulation rules can be complicated with many exceptions and
conditions, but at least in some libraries they are often quite simple and
it would be so, so helpful for staff and patrons to have access to this
information.

How realistic would it be to create a human readable description of the
circulation rules on an item by item basis? I would love to see this
available from the Record Summary/Item Detail View page, and as something
available optionally via a setting as a mouseover or link from the holdings
list in the OPAC.

Also, for folks more familiar with Launchpad than me, is it appropriate to
submit this as a wishlist item? Or is it important to have a more flesh out
idea of how it would work first?

Thanks!

Benjamin Kalish
Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkalish at forbeslibrary.org

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