[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Holds Functionality Documentation

Mon Nov 1 16:24:23 EDT 2010

Hi all,

I've attached the worksheet MassLNC used to test holds as well as the
results of our own testing. I hope others find this useful when learning how
Evergreen fills holds.

Robert, if I should be posting this directly to evergreen-ils.org, let me
know. I haven't contributed documentation in the past and am not quite sure
where to put it.

Kathy

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-----Original Message-----

Yes, please send that along to the DIG list. We added a section to the
outline regarding Holds Polices and I suspect that the results of these
tests will be extremely helpful for this section.

Thanks,
Robert

Robert Soulliere, BA (Hons), MLIS
Systems Librarian
Mohawk College Library
robert.soulliere at mohawkcollege.ca
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Holds Functionality Documentation

I don't know if this would help with the holds documentation, but our
group met this morning to do some testing to see how the system fills
hold when using a soft boundary versus using no boundaries at all. We
documemented how the system responded to different holds scenarios
using each of those configurations. I thought it might be useful for
others who are interested in learning how Evergreen fills hold
requests. If it's of interest to DIG, let me know and I'll be happy to
send it along. We used 2.0 for the testing, but I imagine the
scenarios could also be useful to any new users who may be doing their
own testing no matter what version they are using.

Kathy Lussier

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Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 756-0172 
(508) 755-3721 (fax)
klussier at masslnc.org
IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo)
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier

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> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Holds Functionality Documentation
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> Hi Robert,
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> In the IRC today, there was a big discussion about hold functionality
> with regards to boundaries setup, etc.  Someone asked if the current DIG
> documentation covered it.  I checked with the outline for 1.6 but only
> found hold functionality being expressed as a portion of the "Key
> Concepts" that I volunteered to write for.
>
> This got me thinking, the Key Concepts chapter is going to end up being
> pretty huge.  I'm suggesting to break up the portions of the Key
> Concepts into various sections to spread out the load.  Or we set up
> more in-depth explanation of hold functionality as a part of the Hold
> Policy Configuration section of Local Administration (which I also note
> is missing from the Documentation outline and draft).
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> Will do my best with what I can see once I get cron jobs documentation
> under control.  Following your suggestions there.
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> Regards,
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> Ben Shum
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