[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds Aging

[Jason Etheridge]

> In our consortium of 72 libraries (live), libraries can place 6-month age
> protection on their new items.  Some choose to use it just for the popular
> materials, but not things like nonfiction.  That’s up to library.  Both
> library staff and patrons are happy with this arrangement, since the
> materials stay with the home library’s patrons for that timeframe.

Incidentally, you can have settings here other than 3-month and
6-month (and also control how far-reaching they are--system, branch,
etc), but these options are global across all libraries.

-- 
Jason Etheridge
 | VP, Tactical Development
 | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
 | phone:  1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
 | email:  jason at esilibrary.com
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