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

[Rogan Hamby]

I think it's fine to submit a fairly abstract wishlist  (we certainly have
plenty of them).  Though the more put into the wishlist item either
initially or later the more attention you're likely to get from others.  I
can see the public service value in this.  I think at a bare minimum there
would need to be org unit level option to display it or not.  Some
information like the circulating library you might have to assume from a
loc, some like user group you might need them logged in to get.  I don't
think we'll have trouble coming up with problematic scenarios but if you
want to champion it I say go for it.  Worst case scenario is discovering
through discussion that it's not something as a community we want to
pursue.



On Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 10:29 AM Benjamin Kalish <bkalish at forbeslibrary.org>
wrote:

> 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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