[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds for book club sets

[Cynthia Williamson]

HI Michael - the booking feature will definitely do this for you.  If you
have a barcode for a set, you're ready to go.   You need to build in some
"elbow room"-  meaning time between bookings, for example if you want a set
back 2 days before it is going out again, your elbow room would be 2 days.
I think that setting is in the client now.  We use the booking feature to
allow faculty to hold DVDs for specific classes and we built in some elbow
room for shipping time to get them to other campuses.
Lemme know if you need more info.
Cynthia

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Michael Schell <
MSchell at forterie.library.on.ca> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering how other systems are dealing with book club sets,
> specifically if there is a way to allow book club sets to be put on hold
> for the future, say 3-months in advance. I was looking at suspended holds
> but that doesn't seem to ensure the item will be available the week the
> book club wants the set. Ideas? Is this what the booking feature is for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Schell
> Systems Administrator
> Fort Erie Public Library
> 905-871-2546 x301
> mschell at fepl.ca
> http://www.fepl.ca




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