[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Overdue to lost conversion

[Richard Deuschle]

George,
I believe that this is done through the triggered events code.  We are using
it on our system in Indiana to do the long overdue to lost and billing
notices along with a few other things.  It is there and it is not so very
painful.  Email me directly if you want to talk about it.
rickd at zionsville.lib.in.us   

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[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
George Tuttle
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 11:44 AM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Overdue to lost conversion

Since I have not heard from anybody about the Evergreen feature that will
auto-mark items as lost after specific overdue period, I am assuming that it
has never been deployed or it has been deployed but the emotional scars were
so deep that those involved would rather not talk about it.

 

If it is extremely traumatic, we can talk about it off-list.

 

George the Librarian

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From: George Tuttle [mailto:gtuttle at prlib.org]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:15 PM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: RE: Overdue to lost conversion

 

I have found the feature, converting overdue items to lost, listed on
open-ils.org under New Back-End/Admin Features in 1.6.0.0. It is called:
Auto-marking items as lost after specific overdue period. What are the
characteristics of this feature or where can I find this information?

 

George Tuttle

Computer Services Librarian

Piedmont Regional Library System

770-867-2762 x103

770-891-0654 (cell)

770-867-7483 (fax)

gtuttle at prlib.org

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From: George Tuttle [mailto:gtuttle at prlib.org]
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 9:38 AM
To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group'
Subject: Overdue to lost conversion

 

My understanding is that Evergreen 1.6 has a feature for converting long
overdue items to the Lost status so that the patron is charged for the price
of the item. This is a standard ILS feature. How does it function in
Evergreen? Does it follow the following design:
http://www.prlib.org/Blog/OverdueToLost.JPG 

 

Does it have alternative ways of handling the Lost item charge? Has the
feature been deployed by any consortiums? Problems? Issues?

 

Thanks for any info 

 

George Tuttle

Computer Services Librarian

Piedmont Regional Library System

770-867-2762 x103

770-891-0654 (cell)

770-867-7483 (fax)

gtuttle at prlib.org