Dan,
In The Library Corporation's Library.Solution we have an option to set
"Long Overdue" as a limiting factor.
We can designate a number (we have it set to 21 days overdue) when the
account enters "Long Overdue"
status and then all future use is blocked until the items are
returned/paid for/somehow cleared from the
account. This also works with our PC Reservation/Management system
(CASSIE, by Librarica) to deny
internet use until the account is unblocked.
It would be an option we would consider important in choosing our next ILS.
Lynne,
sorry to be muddying the waters even more, especially since she doesn't
know *how* it works, just
that it does and that it's very effective for us
Lynne Welch
Herrick Memorial Library
Wellington OH USA
Dan Scott wrote:
2009/7/13 <[email protected]>:
Is there a setting somewhere in Evergreen that will stop patrons from
borrowing materials beyond the patron expiry date expiry date?
This certainly isn't the best way long-term way of dealing with the
problem, and it might not even be the best short-term workaround, but
we wrote a script that automatically sets the due date of all items to
the expiry date of the user's account when the due date would
otherwise be beyond the expiry date. See circ_date_to_expire_date.pl
at http://svn.open-ils.org/trac/ILS-Contrib/browser/conifer/trunk/tools
Is there also a setting that stops patrons from borrowing if they have an item
that
is x days overdue? Thanks!
Hmm, I don't think exactly that option exists. You can prevent patrons
from borrowing once they've reached a fine threshold or a # of overdue
items threshold. But I still feel like I've only dipped my toe in the
script-based circulation waters, so maybe something like that is
easily possible.
