[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds settings in Evergreen

[Kathy Lussier]

Hi all,

I'm also interested in hearing how other systems are using holds settings. I
was looking closely at stalling last week. I can see the appeal of using
stalling as a way to reduce delivery. However, I also would be concerned
about the delay that arises from stalling a hold, particularly in situations
where the pickup library does not own a title and is unlikely to check in a
copy of that title over the next few days. Are there many systems using
stalling? 

Thank you,
Kathy Lussier

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org 
> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] 
> On Behalf Of Rayner, June
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:59 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds settings in Evergreen
> 
> We understand that Evergreen holds is designed to minimize 
> items in transit.    In our consortium, items are shared 
> among all the participating libraries.   In our current 
> non-Evergreen system, preference is given to holds that are  
> picked up at the owning library to reduce shipping.
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> We're trying to decide how we want to set up the Evergreen 
> holds parameters for our consortium for the most efficient 
> hold fulfillment process, balancing minimized transit and 
> customer satisfaction.  We're interested in understanding how 
> other libraries have used the holds settings like stalling 
> and soft boundaries.
> 
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> 
> June Rayner
> 
> ILS Application Team
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> eiNetwork
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> raynerj at einetwork.net
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> 412-622-1941
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