[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Best-Hold Selection Sort Order

[Thomas Berezansky]

MVLC has currently implemented a "Holds Go Home First" configuration  
there. End result based on our org tree is that holds are looked for  
in the following order:

Holds at copy circ lib
Holds at sibling branches of copy circ lib
Holds at checkin lib
Holds at sibling branches of checkin lib
Oldest hold elsewhere

I believe this results in more library to library transits, but also  
faster service to the patrons of libraries that own items. I believe  
there are supposed to be ways to make items go home after a period of  
time not being home but we haven't implemented that.

Quoting Ben Shum <bshum at biblio.org>:

> Hi Johnnie,
>
> Bibliomation implemented Best-Hold Selection Sort Order changes for at
> least one member library that required a specific approach to holds that
> differed from the rest of our consortium.  I described that use case in
> more detail in this post to the dev list a few years ago (
> http://markmail.org/message/pdksulwazgwzlro4) and that led to the feature's
> development too.  Since implementation, we have had no complaints about
> hold prioritization for the use case, so I consider that a "Pro" of "it
> works for us" with no speakable "Cons" for now.
>
> Can you give us a little more information about what potential use case are
> you hoping to achieve with the feature?  Are you trying to raise or
> prioritize holds for a given subset of libraries?  Is it based on
> geography, distance, political alliances?  There are lots of options and
> not all may result in optimal or expected outcomes...
>
> -- Ben
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Pippin, Johnnie <johnnie.pippin at ncdcr.gov>
> wrote:
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>>  Good morning,
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>> NC Cardinal is reviewing the Best-Hold Selection Sort Order for holds
>> placed in our consortium and wanted to gather some information from the
>> community before we move forward.
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>> Has anyone implemented this process? If currently using, what are the pros
>> and cons of the Best-Hold Selecting Sort Order?
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>> Are there any major problems to be made aware of when using Best-Hold
>> Selecting Sort Order?
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>> Thanks!
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>> -  Johnnie
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