Karen, If the patron has subscribed to enhanced messages they do get an email when a hold is ready to be picked up at the library. However you need to have a cron job running to grab and send these holds.
More here: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/opacmyaccount.html#opacmymsgs and here: http://manual.koha-community.org/3.8/en/cronjobsch.html#noticescron Hope that helps, Nicole On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Kohn, Karen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > I just got a note from a student worker who oversees circulation with a > question about holds. She said, "Question: in Koha we are able to place > books on hold so the patron should get an email when the book is checked in > and placed on the hold shelf, but this system doesn't actually work." > > I didn't think Koha was supposed to email the patron automatically that > their hold was available. I checked the manual at koha-community.org, and > it also didn't sound like there were automatic emails being generated. Can > someone confirm this? > > Thanks. > > -- > *Karen Kohn* > Collection Development Manager > Education and Sociology Librarian > Landman Library > Arcadia University > 450 S. Easton Road > Glenside, PA 19038 > ph: 215-572-8528 > fax: 215-572-0240 > _______________________________________________ > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > [email protected] > http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
