[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Open-ils-general Digest, Vol 169, Issue 2

[Christine]

Hi Jennifer

We have a couple of libraries that setup an additional org unit to 
handle the alternate pickup location.  We came up with a workaround so 
they didn't have to  switch locations to capture holds.

One of the libraries is offering home delivery as a pickup option.

1. Setup org unit = Home Delivery

2. Hold is placed on Item with pickup location = Home Delivery
3. Item appears on Pull List at it's circulating branch
4. Item is captured -> Item is sent In Transit
5. On the capture screen click the item Barcode link takes you to item 
status -> Click Holds / Transit to see the holds tab
6. Click on the Patron Name to open the patron account -> Checkout Item 
to Patron ->
- a popup appears to warn the item is in transit -> Click Cancel Transit 
then Checkout -> Click Force this action? -> Yes
7. Item is delivered to Patron

Thank you
Christine

On 2020-07-02 9:00 a.m., 
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>     1. Re: [Evergreen-circ] Lockers to Pick Up Items (Galen Charlton)
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> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 16:57:58 -0400
> From: Galen Charlton <gmc at equinoxinitiative.org>
> To: Discussion of circulation in Evergreen
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> Hi,
>
> I could imagine (ab)using the curbside pickup feature to do this, along the
> lines of:
>
> - enable the feature for that library
> - turn off letting the patron make changes to curbside appointments (if the
> library is driving when the items get put in a locker)
> - when items become available, create an appointment, and (maybe) put the
> locker number in the appointment note field
> - this will allow the appointment to show up in the My Account page
> - also, an A/T event on the hold.confirm_curbside hook could be used to
> notify the patron, including locker number
> - possibly tweak the OPAC templates for that library so that the My Account
> page replaces "curbside" wording with "locker" wording
>
> Now, if you mark the items delivered right away when placing the items in
> the locker, that would hide the appointment from My Account. However, maybe
> that's OK; the A/T notification could suffice.  Alternatively, you could
> put the items in the locker without marking the appointment as delivered
> and wait until you observe that the locker has been emptied.
>
> Regards,
>
> Galen
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 4:40 PM Jennifer Bruch <jbruch at sparkpa.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have a library that is interested in setting up lockers outside their
>> library for patrons to pick up items. They were wondering if there was a
>> workflow in Evergreen to support this practice.
>>
>> Some thoughts were to set up an another org_unit as a pick up location but
>> it would result in staff having to switch locations to capture holds etc.
>>
>> They need someway for the staff to be able to see what should be routed to
>> the lockers and then they are thinking they will check out the items before
>> putting them into a locker.
>>
>> Any thoughts on some other workflow ideas?
>>
>> Jennifer Bruch
>>
>> ILS Application Specialist
>>
>> Pennsylvania Integrated Library System
>>
>> 717-818-2703
>>
>> support at sparkpa.org
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