[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds Aging

[Joan Kranich]

Hi,

I have another question about Age Holds Protection (Holds Aging). During the period of Age Holds Protection, if the item is checked in at another location and there are holds, does it follow the rule of filling for only the owning library's holds?

Example:
A Worcester item is within the Age Holds Protection period.
It is checked in at Leominster and Leominster has a patron with a hold with a Leominster pickup location.
Does the Worcester item fill the Leominster hold, where it is being checked in, or go back to Worcester because the pickup location is not Worcester?

Thanks.
Joan

Joan Kranich
C/W MARS Member Services
jkranich at cwmars.org

-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jason Etheridge
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:04 PM
To: Evergreen Discussion Group
Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds Aging

> 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.

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