I hit send just as I saw Dan's message landing .... running every 5 minutes seems to be ok with our system. Robert can chime in if I'm wrong but I don't think we've had any troubles. Cynthia Mohawk College Library Hamilton ON
On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Dan Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 12:01:55PM -0500, Gordana Vitez wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I have a question re: hourly loan materials, like reserves, that > > accrue fines at an hourly rate. How are other libraries dealing with > > the grace period for these hourly loans? Ideally, we'd like to see > > fines charged as soon as the item is overdue. I realize this seems > > like a really ogre-ly thing to want, but we need to get reserves back > > in a timely manner for the next person. > > > > Is there a setting I can play with to remove the grace period on > > reserve items only? > > I think you need to look at least two things: > > 1) Admin -> Server Administration -> Circulation Recurring Fine Rules & > edit the "Grace Period" column of the rule(s) that are applied to your > reserve items. > > 2) Run the fine_generator script (via cron) on a much more frequent > basis. I think the default recommended time frame is daily, but ours > runs every 15 minutes. (We might need to look at optimizing the script > if we want it to run every minute... haven't tried going that far!) > > -- *What is socialism? Look no further than your public library! http://my.firedoglake.com/ohiogringo/2012/10/14/what-is-socialism-look-no-further-than-your-public-library/ *
