Thanks Kathy, I think I might need more help. I don't see how to include whether an item is available as a criteria in a hold policy.
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Adam, > > Sure, you can prevent holds in a number of ways in Evergreen. If you're > preventing holds for just a few items, you could set the copy's holdable > flag to false or you could put them in a copy location that doesn't allow > holds. You could also configure specific holds policies via Admin > Local > Admin > Hold Policies to control which library's items can fill holds for > which library's patrons. > > You might want to take a look at the holds chapter in the Evergreen in > Action book. It was written for 2.3, but most of the information should be > relevant. It looks like this chapter didn't make it into the official docs. > > > http://en.flossmanuals.net/evergreen-in-action/defining-how-materials-are-requested-and-requests-are-fulfilled-hold-policies/ > > Kathy > > Kathy Lussier > Project Coordinator > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative(508) [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > > On 4/9/2014 3:13 PM, Adam Shire wrote: > > Is it possible to configure Evergreen to prevent patrons from placing > holds on volumes owned by their home library that have available copies? If > so, any instruction would be appreciated. We are running evergreen 2.5.2. > > > Thanks, > Adam > > -- > > Adam Shire > Member Services Librarian > Fenway Libraries Online <http://flo.org> > 617-442-2384 > > > -- Adam Shire Member Services Librarian Fenway Libraries Online <http://flo.org> 617-442-2384
