On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Scott Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am wonder if this type of functionality has ever been discussed for > Evergreen: an item would be renewed automatically at the end of a loan > period assuming there are no holds on the item or anything other issues > with the patron or the item. The renewal would generate a circulation > statistic. Patrons would be able to keep an item longer without having to > take any action. We understand that fine revenues would take a hit. Does > anyone know if something like this being worked on? > I tried to convince my library to adopt that policy, but they wouldn't go for it (see: "fine revenues would take a hit"), so I never developed it. But yes, the idea was to send a courtesy notice that included the "BTW, we've renewed this automatically for you to save you from getting fined!"...
