[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Auto-Renewal Functionality

[Dan Scott]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Scott Thomas <scott at albright.org> wrote:

> I am wonder if this type of functionality has ever been discussed for
> Evergreen: an item would be renewed automatically at the end of a loan
> period assuming there are no holds on the item or anything other issues
> with the patron or the item. The renewal would generate a circulation
> statistic. Patrons would be able to keep an item longer without having to
> take any action. We understand that fine revenues would take a hit. Does
> anyone know if something like this being worked on?
>

I tried to convince my library to adopt that policy, but they wouldn't go
for it (see: "fine revenues would take a hit"), so I never developed it.
But yes, the idea was to send a courtesy notice that included the "BTW,
we've renewed this automatically for you to save you from getting fined!"...
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