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

[Morgan, Michele]

Hi Holly,

In terms of existing functionality, you can assign a "Hold Priority" to a
permission group in Admin -> Server Admin -> Permission Groups. By default
it's zero, and you can set it to a positive or negative number. A negative
number would give a user in that permission group a lower priority for
holds.

I haven't tested this out, but it may work for your situation.

Hope this helps,
Michele

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Michele M. Morgan, Technical Support Analyst
North of Boston Library Exchange, Danvers Massachusetts
mmorgan at noblenet.org


On Sun, Oct 9, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Cerninakova Eva <cernin at jabok.cz> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> Benjamin Kalish
>> Forbes Library / 413-587-1012 / bkalish at forbeslibrary.org
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>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Holly Brennan <haderhold at ci.homer.ak.us>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Holly
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Holly Brennan
>>>
>>> Technology Specialist
>>>
>>> Homer Public Library
>>>
>>> Homer, Alaska
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> hbrennan at cityofhomer-ak.gov
>>>
>>> 907-435-3154 (direct)
>>>
>>> 907-235-3180 (main desk)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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