[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question regarding circulation policies

[Rogan Hamby]

That is correct.  The circulation record is what the system refers to when
it needs to determine recurring fines, max fines, duration and renewals.
 Those values are written into the circulation record when the circ
matchpoint (policy basically) is selected.  Since there's no link back to
the circulation policy changing it does nothing to effect the existing
circulations.




On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Buzzy Nielsen
<buzzy at hoodriverlibrary.org>wrote:

>  Hi Deanna,
>
> Regarding changing circ policies on-the-fly, my understanding is that
> changing the policies *is not* retroactive; as you said, an item will
> circulate using whatever rule was in place the day it checked it. This has
> been our experience when we've changed policies.
>
> Cheers!
> Buzzy Nielsen
>
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>
>  On 12/16/2013 10:53 AM, Deana Cunningham wrote:
>
> am also in a bit of a conundrum about how to change circ policies with
> items currently circulating. We are getting a test server set up so I can
> try some things, but I'm not ever sure how I would tell what the
> ramifications are unless I set up fake checkouts on the test server for
> every type of item/patron combination, then change the circ policies and
> see what impact that has on current checkouts. Other areas of Evergreen
> seem to hold with the information available at the time of the transaction
> (i.e. if a book is checked out today with a circ policy that says it
> charges .15/day late fees, then tomorrow the policy is changed to .10/day
> late fees, the item will still be charged .15/day as that was the rule in
> place when it was checked out). Am I right about this?
>
>
>


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Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
York County Library System

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