[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] grace period and reserve materials

[Mike Rylander]

The frequency at which you can run the fine generator will ultimately
depend on the amount of overdue circs you generally have, exactly as
Dan mentions, but also note that fines are assessed at check-in for
any overdue circ to catch the cases where the fine generator hasn't
run yet for that circ.  If nearly-immediate update of the "my account"
section of the OPAC isn't a strong concern, the rule change you made
should be enough.

--miker

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Gordana Vitez <gvitez at niagaracollege.ca> wrote:
> Thanks! I found it and have changed the rule.
>
> Thanks for all your help!
> Gordana
>
>
>>>> On 11/14/2012 at 2:59 PM, in message
>>>> <CADaiW9KvDQ-wL4za-U4cGQWxgquEeBnXgTWedsA5rnxR+1YVPg at mail.gmail.com>,
>>>> Cynthia Williamson <crwbookgirl at gmail.com> wrote:
> I hit send just as I saw Dan's message landing .... running every 5 minutes
> seems to be ok with our system. Robert can chime in if I'm wrong but I don't
> think we've had any troubles.
> Cynthia
> Mohawk College Library
> Hamilton ON
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:01:55PM -0500, Gordana Vitez wrote:
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > I have a question re: hourly loan materials, like reserves, that
>> > accrue fines at an hourly rate. How are other libraries dealing with
>> > the grace period for these hourly loans? Ideally, we'd like to see
>> > fines charged as soon as the item is overdue. I realize this seems
>> > like a really ogre-ly thing to want, but we need to get reserves back
>> > in a timely manner for the next person.
>> >
>> > Is there a setting I can play with to remove the grace period on
>> > reserve items only?
>>
>> I think you need to look at least two things:
>>
>> 1) Admin -> Server Administration -> Circulation Recurring Fine Rules &
>> edit the "Grace Period" column of the rule(s) that are applied to your
>> reserve items.
>>
>> 2) Run the fine_generator script (via cron) on a much more frequent
>> basis. I think the default recommended time frame is daily, but ours
>> runs every 15 minutes. (We might need to look at optimizing the script
>> if we want it to run every minute... haven't tried going that far!)
>>
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