[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Circulation Limit Sets

[scott.thomas at sparkpa.org]

Hi Jason,
   This is very helpful. Our Circ Policies tend to have Copy Circ Library and Copy Owning Library unset. The Org Unit tends to be the library system. Within systems, the circulation polices of the checkout library and not the Owning Library are applied. Given this, can we assume that Circulation Limit sets configured for a local library building would only be in effect for checkouts conducted at that local library (regardless of who owns the item)?

Thank you,
Scott 


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From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Jason Stephenson
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 1:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Circulation Limit Sets

Scott,

The answer to your question mostly comes down to what circulation matchpoints apply to the circulation and what limit sets apply to those matchpoints. (It can be, and likely is, more complicated, but let us forget that for a moment.)

If the matchpoint comes from the library doing the circulating, then that's the limit that applies. So, in your first example, library X sends DVDs to library Y, then library Y's limit applies. In your second example, if library Y sends DVDs to library X, then library X's limits apply.

If your matchpoints are based around the library that owns the item, and not the library where the circulation happens, then the limit sets of the library that owns the item will normally apply.

You can set the limit sets up so that they fall into groups, and different things can count as the same thing. For instance, you can group CDs and DVDs together, or VHS and Cassettes, and so on. You can also limit people to 5 DVDs, and only 1 DVD with a certain circ modifier, and that 1 DVD counts against the two limits.

I'll stop there with the simplified answer. I'm not sure that I could explain it all very well in an email.

On 12/22/2016 12:43 PM, scott.thomas at sparkpa.org wrote:
> I have a question about Circulation Limit Sets. I know the policy is 
> applied to the Owning Library, but I was wondering how it would work 
> in a resource sharing situation. Say Library X has a Circulation Limit 
> of 5 DVDs and Library Y has no circulation limits at all. A patron at 
> Library Y places a hold on seven DVDs that are fulfilled by Library X 
> and sent to Library Y for pickup. Is the patron at Library Y prevented 
> from checking out DVD's 6 and 7 or are Library X's limits not in force 
> at Library Y even though Library X owns the items? Conversely, if a 
> patron at Library X tries to check out twelve of Library Y's DVDs, 
> will they be able to? Let's assume, for the sake of simplicity, that 
> the Circulation Library and the Owning Library are the same in all of these items.
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> Thank you in advance for helping me with this.
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