We do almost the opposite. We have circ mods tied to durations such as 7DAY 14DAY 21DAY and when the item comes in we do a quick calculation of how long we're allowed to have it and subtract a week. We age out holds after a week. So, we put the hold on the item, fill it and it goes on the shelf for pickup. If they pick it up after a week, and it checks out, then it's out for the appropriate amount of time for us to return it.
On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Holly Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > This isn't an answer related to Evergreen, but our ILL staff check the > item out to the requesting patron (and set the due date) when the items > arrives. Then the patron is notified. The clock starts ticking when we > receive the item, not when the patron decides to pick it up. This is > because the due date is really for our library to return to the lending > library. > > If the patron picks the item up right away, great. If they don't, they get > less time with the item. If they never pick it up, the item is checked in > and returned. This works out well for us because only a few staff need to > keep track of due dates, and front end staff simply need to grab the item > and hand it over to the patron. > > Again, not Evergreen specific, but a simple alternative. > > -Holly > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of George > Rodgers-Clark > Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Duration Rules/Circulation Policies > > Hello All-- > > I am wondering if there is a way to trigger Evergreen 2.4.4 to prompt > staff to enter the due date for a specific item type. The situation is with > InterLibrary Loan items (we already have a circ type for them), when the > due date is set by the library we are borrowing from (usually not the same > as ours, and rarely the same from case to case). We are currently relying > on our staff to use the Specific Due Date check box before scanning the > item for check out, and it works most of the time. I would really like it > if when the item is scanned for check out, Evergreen would prompt us for > the due date (which we determine while processing the item). Is this > possible? If so, how? (I'm assuming it has something to do with circulation > policy [we have a 30-day-0-renewal policy set], but I'm not finding any > documentation on it.) > > Thanks in advance! > George > > George Rodgers-Clark > Library Technician > La Conner Regional Library > La Conner, WA > [email protected] > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
