[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] prevent holds on available items

[Michele Morgan]

Hi Adam,

There are also a couple of true/false Library Settings that apply to holds when 
items are available:

Holds - Has Local Copy Alert:

If there is an available copy at the requesting library that could fulfill a 
hold during hold placement time, alert the patron

Holds - Has Local Copy Block:

If there is an available copy at the requesting library that could fulfill a 
hold during hold placement time, do not allow the hold to be placed

These may help also.

Michele

On 4/9/2014 3:24 PM, Kathy Lussier wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Sure, you can prevent holds in a number of ways in Evergreen. If you're
> preventing holds for just a few items, you could set the copy's holdable flag to
> false  or you could put them in a copy location that doesn't allow holds. You
> could also configure specific holds policies via Admin > Local Admin > Hold
> Policies to control which library's items can fill holds for which library's
> patrons.
>
> You might want to take a look at the holds chapter in the Evergreen in Action
> book. It was written for 2.3, but most of the information should be relevant. It
> looks like this chapter didn't make it into the official docs.
>
> http://en.flossmanuals.net/evergreen-in-action/defining-how-materials-are-requested-and-requests-are-fulfilled-hold-policies/
>
> Kathy
>
> Kathy Lussier
> Project Coordinator
> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
> (508) 343-0128
> klussier at masslnc.org
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>
> On 4/9/2014 3:13 PM, Adam Shire wrote:
>> Is it possible to configure Evergreen to prevent patrons from placing holds on
>> volumes owned by their home library that have available copies? If so, any
>> instruction would be appreciated. We are running evergreen 2.5.2.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Adam
>>
>> --
>>
>> Adam Shire
>> Member Services Librarian
>> Fenway Libraries Online <http://flo.org>
>> 617-442-2384
>

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Michele Morgan, Technical Assistant
North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts
mmorgan at noblenet.org