[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] copy holds

[Diane Disbro]

Thank you, Ryan and Terran!

Diane Disbro
Pronouns: she/her
Circulation Coordinator
Scenic Regional Library
251 Union Plaza Drive
Union, MO     63084
(636) 583-0652 ext. 110
ddisbro at scenicregional.org





On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 6:02 PM Ryan Eby <ebyr at aadl.org> wrote:

> As Terran says the current_copy isn't populated until the hold is targeted
> (for pull list) or actually filled. It can be useful as a way of seeing
> quickly how many holds for a patron will be filled by things on the shelf
> vs returns.
>
> There are barcode and copy id columns you can add to the patron list to
> get the copy the hold is on though (at least on 3.3.5). Unfortunately, it
> isn't a link so you have to copy and paste to actually pull up the copy. It
> would be nice if more displays that showed unique identifiers were links to
> those bibs/items/patrons.
>
> Ryan Eby
> Ann Arbor District Library
>
> ------------------------------
> *From: *"Terran McCanna" <tmccanna at georgialibraries.org>
> *To: *"Evergreen Discussion Group" <
> open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, August 19, 2020 6:26:20 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] copy holds
>
> It doesn't populate in that column until the copy is actually targeted for
> the hold (which it can't do until the copy is in a status that can be
> targeted).
>
> I agree it would be helpful to be able to tell more easily which copy
> *will* be targeted when there is a copy-level hold, though.
>
>
>
> Terran McCanna, PINES Program Manager
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> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 4:00 PM Diane Disbro <ddisbro at scenicregional.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Good afternoon -
>> Does anyone know the reasoning behind the item barcode of a copy hold not
>> appearing in the patron's list of holds? The item barcode doesn't appear
>> until the item is Available. It seems to me that since the barcode won't
>> change since the hold is a copy hold, the barcode should appear during all
>> phases of the hold.
>>
>> [image: image.png]
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Diane Disbro
>> Pronouns: she/her
>> Circulation Coordinator
>> Scenic Regional Library
>> 251 Union Plaza Drive
>> Union, MO     63084
>> (636) 583-0652 ext. 110
>> ddisbro at scenicregional.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
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