[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] opposite of force/recall hold

[Cerninakova Eva]

Hi Holly,

when we need to catch particular copy of material that is circulating at a
time and don't want to place a hold, we usually use the "Alert message" in
copy editor. When the copy is being checked in (or out)  the message pops
out and the staff is alerted that an action should be taken with the copy
(I am not sure if there isn´t any settling that could affect the popping
out). The alert message pops out until it has been deleted. It is possible
to apply the alert message to more copies at once.

I think this might solve your problem temporarily (though I understand that
it might be complication to confirm the overriding of alert message every
time the DVD is being checked in/out until the DVD is no more on hold).

Eva






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2016-10-08 16:59 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Kalish <bkalish at forbeslibrary.org>:

> I agree that this would be useful.
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> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Holly Brennan <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>
> wrote:
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>> A staff member needs to put a lot of DVDs on hold to assess the physical
>> condition, but is in no rush. We don’t want to prevent patrons from
>> renewing items they have just because of our staff hold.
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>> In other words, we’re looking for something that’s the opposite of the
>> force/recall hold types. A “timid” hold….a pushover that’s okay with being
>> sent to the back of the line until absolutely no one else cares about the
>> item. It would speak up only after the item is checked in and moves to
>> Available status.
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>> Anyone else feel this would be a useful addition? Or maybe there’s a way
>> to make this process work with the existing ILS functions? Thanks!
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>> -Holly
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>> Holly Brennan
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>> Technology Specialist
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>> Homer Public Library
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>> Homer, Alaska
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>> hbrennan at cityofhomer-ak.gov
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