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

[Beth Longwell]

Johnnie,

We use it to prioritize hold fulfillment based on the way our courier is
set up, hoping to minimize transit time for the patron.

Beth Longwell
Sage Library System

On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Michele Morgan <mmorgan at noblenet.org>
wrote:

> Hi Johnnie,
>
> NOBLE implemented "Traditional with Holds Always Go Home" Best-Hold
> Selection Sort Order systemwide so that items will always travel home if
> there are any holds for pickup at the owning library.
>
> We actually tweaked it a bit, removing approx and aprox. Since we do not
> adjust proximity, there's no need to include them.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Michele
>
> --
> Michele M. Morgan, Technical Assistant
> North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts
> mmorgan at noblenet.org
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Ben Shum <bshum at biblio.org> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>>>  Good morning,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Has anyone implemented this process? If currently using, what are the
>>> pros and cons of the Best-Hold Selecting Sort Order?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Are there any major problems to be made aware of when using Best-Hold
>>> Selecting Sort Order?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -  Johnnie
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Benjamin Shum
>> Evergreen Systems Manager
>> Bibliomation, Inc.
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