I see Homebound, not only containing wish lists and longer circulation
times, but also containing a history of the items a patron has read,
notes containing the type of materials a patron likes to read
(Mystery, Romance, etc), notes for special needs (Large type, audio),
preferred delivery days
I completely agree, we have a pop up now that tells us what item we have given
our homebound patrons, with lists of their likes and dislikes, etc. Not
having this is a big draw back, we are looking at Evergreen as a potential new
ILS within the next year or so and this is something I would
Hi Jason,
In Australia, the definition of Homebound¹ in Libraries, is Patron¹s who
are unable to come into the physical Library for one reason or another.
Usually, in our cases, elderly who are unable to travel, or people whom are
disabled. Therefore, there items they borrow from the Library are
