[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds for ILLs on Template bib records

[Tara Robertson]

Hmmm...I have no idea. Hopefully someone else can help.

When I worked at SITKA we had log files for holds. I don't think this came
out of the box, and I'm not sure how it was set up. I do know that they were
useful in trying to puzzle through what happened with some holds. Perhaps
someone from SITKA can explain or expand on this. I don't think there's
anything in the client that shows when an item was first targeted.

Cheers,
Tara


On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Coleman, Marlene <mcoleman at bcgov.net>wrote:

> Hi Tara,
>
> We are trying to place Title holds, and they are for the same org unit
> owning the item (we do have branches).  We were aware that the "targeter"
> was on a 15 minute delay, but the delay in finding the item is much more
> than that, sometimes a day or two days.  My current test is a title hold
> placed 2009-08-17T13:16:30-0400, which didn't show up on the pull holds list
> until this morning 8-19-09.  It currently has a "previous check time" of
> 2009-08-19T14:15:14-0400. I'm not sure what that means (if that's really
> when the targeter checked for it last)....but I don't know how to determine
> when the targeter FIRST found the item for the hold. Is there a field for
> that that's visible by the client?
>
> Holds on template records just aren't responding as a normal bib record
> would for holds.
>
> Thanks for your response!
>
> Marlene
>
>
>
> Marlene F. Coleman, BA, MLS, CIM
> ILS Database Manager, Branch Manager
> Beaufort County Library, Beaufort Branch
> 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
> 843-470-6544    mcoleman at bcgov.net
> www.beaufortcountylibrary.org
> For Learning ♦ For Leisure ♦ For Life
>
>
> I remember that for holds that are not opportunistic holds (i.e. holds
> captured on checkin) that it sometimes it takes the hold targeter 15
> minutes
> to match up the hold with the item that can fill the hold. Have you checked
> a few times and the holds are still not targeting?
>
> I doubt that this is relevant, but I'm curious as to what type of hold are
> you placing on the brief records? Is it the same type of hold that you
> generally use for holds?
>
> Cheers,
> Tara
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Coleman, Marlene <mcoleman at bcgov.net
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We're part of the newly developed SC LENDS consortium, up about 2.5
> months.
> >  We've been trying to sort through this problem since early on.
> >
> > When we create a short record for an item with a template (similar to
> > creating an order record), instead of using a precat record for ILL, the
> > hold targeter doesn't seem to find the item, or the hold we've attached
> to
> > the item.
> >
> > We suspect it is a template problem, but don't know why.  I've downloaded
> > OCLC records (as temp records) and placed holds on them for ILLs and
> they've
> > captured instantaneously.  Even copy holds don't always find the item
> > immediately.
> >
> > Is there something about a temp/short record that the targeter doesn't
> like
> > or can't find an item attached to it?
> >
> > Anyone tried this out with or without success??
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Marlene
> >
> > Marlene F. Coleman, BA, MLS, CIM
> > ILS Database Manager, Branch Manager
> > Beaufort County Library, Beaufort Branch
> > 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC 29902
> > 843-470-6544    mcoleman at bcgov.net
> > www.beaufortcountylibrary.org
> > For Learning ? For Leisure ? For Life
> > *************
> >
>
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