Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Question regarding circulation policies

[Buzzy Nielsen]

Hi Deanna, Regarding changing circ policies on-the-fly, my understanding is that changing the policies is not retroactive; as you said, an item will circulate using whatever rule was in place the day it checked it. This has been our experience when we've changed policies. Cheers! Buzzy Nielsen ************************************ Library Director Hood River County Library District 502 State St Hood River, OR 97031 541-387-7062 http://hoodriverlibrary.org On 12/16/2013 10:53 AM, Deana Cunningham wrote: 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?