[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Standing Hold Requests for Patrons

[Chauncey Montgomery]

> Were you thinking more narrowly by author?
Yes, and I hadn't thought of the series that Andrea proposed, which I 
could also see as being popular.

CM

On 04/29/2014 01:29 PM, Rogan Hamby wrote:
> We actually discussed that during the Loblolly event a few years ago as
> something that would be nice for home bound / TBS support and I think
> would be nice for many patrons.  Somewhere the notes from that
> discussion are still floating around.  That was to satisfy some pretty
> broad needs by qualifier and genre.  Were you thinking more narrowly by
> author?
>
> Excuse my brevity, sent from my iPhone
>
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>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
> “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
> suit me.”
> ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Chauncey Montgomery <montgoc1 at oplin.org
> <mailto:montgoc1 at oplin.org>> wrote:
>
>> Our patrons would like us to maintain standing hold requests, similar
>> to standing order plans we use with vendors, where they could be
>> placed on hold for every book published by certain authors.  We
>> offered this service for years, but stopped because it was extremely
>> laborious.
>>
>> I was wondering how other libraries approached such requests. If you
>> provide such a service, do you maintain a separate system (database,
>> spreadsheet, paper, etc.)?  Has anyone developed a system that
>> utilizes Evergreen to help automate such a process?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>> CM
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>> Chauncey G. Montgomery, MLIS
>> Director/Fiscal Officer | Community Library
>> 44 Burrer Drive | Sunbury, OH 43074
>> 740-965-3901 | http://community.lib.oh.us