[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Long overdue items

[Hardy, Elaine]

Kathy,

PINES does make a distinction between overdue, longoverdue and lost and
has just contracted with ESI for development of a Longoverdue process. In
PINES, overdue is anything under 180 days, lost are items patrons report
they have lost and Longoverdue is a set by the system when an item is 181
days overdue. The Longoverdue process we are developing with ESI is
similar to the current lost process. Basically, the system will set the
item to Longoverdue, void the overdue fines and add processing fees and
replacement costs to the patron record.  While containing some
customizations for  PINES policies, it will be developed as an option in
Evergreen. If you would like to see our requirements doc, I can send it
along

Elaine

________________________________


J. Elaine Hardy
PINES Bibliographic Projects & Metadata Manager
Georgia Public Library Service
1800 Century Place, Ste 150
Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304

404.235-7128
404.235-7201, fax
ehardy at georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org
www.georgialibraries.org/pines





-----Original Message-----
From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org
[mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
Kathy Lussier
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 12:07 PM
To: Evergreen General Discussion List
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Long overdue items

Hi all,

We've been having some local discussions on issues related to billing,
overdue items, etc. in the hopes of sponsoring some enhancements for
billing in Evergreen. As part of these discussions, we've been talking
about identifying copies that are long overdue (not lost).

I've noticed in the staff client there are several places that refer to
"long overdue" items. It's referenced in the patron summary and in the
bottom pane of the patron's "Items Out" screen. However, as far as I can
tell, there is no built-in way to identify items that are "long overdue."
Since there are references to it in the staff client, I have to assume
that somebody out there is making a distinction among overdue, long
overdue and lost items.  If you're using "long overdue," can you send
along some information on how you're using it on your system and what you
needed to configure?

Thanks!
Kathy

-- 
Kathy Lussier
Project Coordinator
Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
(508) 343-0128
klussier at masslnc.org
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier