[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Notification is library is last owning on a held item?

[Elisabeth Keppler]

We'd also like to be able to identify when our own library's last copy is
being discarded or deleted so we can remove our OCLC holdings.  We're on
2.4.3, if that makes a difference, and would welcome any suggestions.

I can report holds for which there is no holdable copy (which we call
"hopeless holds") if that would help you, Buzzy.  Using the Hold/Copy Ratio
per Bib report source, here are the filters and displays:

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We use the results to generate emails or postcards to patrons letting them
know that we're unable to fill their hold.  For materials older than a
year, we include instructions on how to request ILL.  The example above
filters on just our holdings rather than the entire consortium's, but
leaving off the Owning Library Name filter would fix that.


Hope that helps,

Lise Keppler

Forsyth County NC



On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Buzzy Nielsen <buzzy at hoodriverlibrary.org>wrote:

>  Hi folks,
>
> Does anyone know, is there a feature in Evergreen, whether currently in
> place or in development, that would notify a library is it's the last
> owning library that carries a particular held item? We have a large
> consortium, 70+ libraries, and patrons can place holds on pretty much any
> member library's items. It would be really helpful if there could be some
> sort of alert if a library's that's the last holding one marks a held item
> missing. That way, the patron's home library could notify him/her that
> they're unable to get the item through the consortium.
>
> I hope that my question makes sense!
>
> Cheers!
> Buzzy
>
> ************************************
> Library Director
> Hood River County Library District
> 502 State Street
> Hood River, Oregon 97031
> 541-387-7062
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>
>


-- 
Lise Keppler
Forsyth County Public Library
660 W 5th St
Winston Salem NC 27101
336-703-3070
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