Hello again,
We have a mishmash of circulation policies due primarily to my ignorance when
we suddenly went live without a circ policy in sight! I ended up creating them
"on the fly" as they were needed, and now I have a problem with items not
charging the correct fines. The only place I've noticed it so far is with staff
accounts, and we are all aware that Evergreen is charging staff fines when it
shouldn't be, so we correct them as we go. What I am more concerned about is
the patrons, who haven't got a clue whether we are over- or undercharging them.
Anyway, my question is in regards to the hierarchy of policies. If there is a
policy set at the "Users" level, does that policy supersede the "Patron" level
policy? Common sense tells me that the lower level ("Patron", in this example)
should supersede "Users", but I am just not sure.
I am also in a bit of a conundrum about how to change circ policies with items
currently circulating. We are getting a test server set up so I can try some
things, but I'm not ever sure how I would tell what the ramifications are
unless I set up fake checkouts on the test server for every type of item/patron
combination, then change the circ policies and see what impact that has on
current checkouts. Other areas of Evergreen seem to hold with the information
available at the time of the transaction (i.e. if a book is checked out today
with a circ policy that says it charges .15/day late fees, then tomorrow the
policy is changed to .10/day late fees, the item will still be charged .15/day
as that was the rule in place when it was checked out). Am I right about this?
Thanks!
Deana
Deana Cunningham
Branch Manager, South Branch Library
1550 S. Campus Dr.
Creedmoor, NC 27522
Phone: (919) 528-1752
Fax: (919) 528-1376
[email protected]
