[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Duration Rules/Circulation Policies

[Holly Brennan]

This isn't an answer related to Evergreen, but our ILL staff check the item out to the requesting patron (and set the due date) when the items arrives. Then the patron is notified. The clock starts ticking when we receive the item, not when the patron decides to pick it up. This is because the due date is really for our library to return to the lending library. 

If the patron picks the item up right away, great. If they don't, they get less time with the item. If they never pick it up, the item is checked in and returned. This works out well for us because only a few staff need to keep track of due dates, and front end staff simply need to grab the item and hand it over to the patron.

Again, not Evergreen specific, but a simple alternative.

-Holly

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Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:04 PM
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Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Duration Rules/Circulation Policies

Hello All--

I am wondering if there is a way to trigger Evergreen 2.4.4 to prompt staff to enter the due date for a specific item type. The situation is with InterLibrary Loan items (we already have a circ type for them), when the due date is set by the library we are borrowing from (usually not the same as ours, and rarely the same from case to case). We are currently relying on our staff to use the Specific Due Date check box before scanning the item for check out, and it works most of the time. I would really like it if when the item is scanned for check out, Evergreen would prompt us for the due date (which we determine while processing the item). Is this possible? If so, how? (I'm assuming it has something to do with circulation policy [we have a 30-day-0-renewal policy set], but I'm not finding any documentation on it.)

Thanks in advance!
George

George Rodgers-Clark
Library Technician
La Conner Regional Library
La Conner, WA
grodgers-clark at lclib.lib.wa.us