Evegreen does inform the patron when the hold limit is reached and no further holds are allowed until you drop below the limit. I have been placing a lot of holds lately to fix records or assign parts so I've hit the 50 limit often. As soon as even one hold is checked out to me I can place anothe. It even stops recall -- if I recall multiple items at once, it only places holds for those slots left. So if I have 5 holds left, and try to recall seven, 5 are held and I'm informed 2 could not. Works well
Elaine On Jun 22, 2016 12:23 PM, "Aubrey Area Library" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Amy, > > > > I have never set one consortium wide but I imagine it is no different that > setting one for an individual library. > > > > What you are looking for is located in Admin-->Local Admin-->Hold > Policies. You can limit the total number of requests placed. I looked over > the settings and I believe it treats all requests (title/copy/volume) the > same. As for you patrons who already have items requested that exceed your > proposed limit I believe that it will still requesting those 30 items but > they will not be able to request additional items until their number of > requests get below 5 or whatever your new limit is. > > > > I hope this helps and anyone correct me if I am wrong. > > > > Thanks, > > Jordan > > Aubrey Area Library > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Amy Terlaga <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all-- >> >> We here at Bibliomation *think* there is a way in Evergreen to set >> consortially a limit on the total number of hold requests that can be >> placed for patrons. For instance, we're thinking of restricting it to 5 >> total at one time for all patrons. >> >> Has anyone on the list limited the number of total requests? Can it be >> done for just title requests? What happens to those patrons that already >> have, say, 30 requests, and we put this into place? Do they have to wait >> until their requests get down to 4 before another one will go through? >> >> Any information provided on this feature would be greatly appreciated. >> Since we're not even sure if this feature exists, we have no idea how to >> set it. >> >> Thanks! >> Amy >> >> -- >> +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ >> Amy Terlaga >> Director of Member Services >> Bibliomation, Inc. >> 24 Wooster Avenue >> Waterbury, CT 06708 >> (203)577-4070 x101 >> [email protected] >> > > > > -- > > If you need further assistance, please contact the library at 940-365-9162 > or send a reply email. > Thank You, The Library Staff > > 226 Countryside Dr., Aubrey, TX 76227 > > >
