[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Upcoming Documentation Interest Group Meeting: Thursday, September 3, 2015 (CORRECTED DATE)

Hello everyone, The Evergreen Documentation Interest Group has its next meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 2:00 PM EST on the #Evergreen IRC channel (http://evergreen-ils.org/irc). Anyone interested in documentation is welcome to attend. An agenda has been posted at

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Expiration of Holds Shelf Holds

In our old ILS you could set an expiration period for holds on the Holds Shelf, but it was just a flag on which to hang a report. The holds themselves remained intact. In Evergreen holds still on the Holds Shelf at the time of expiration are obliterated. This would not be bad except, if a staff

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Expiration of Holds Shelf Holds

Thanks Ben! I had forgotten that method. My preference is to use the Clear Holds Shelf checkin modifier because staff can be sure that the title really has been removed from the holds shelf before the system clears it. Kathy On 09/01/2015 02:31 PM, Ben Shum wrote: And a third way, from

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Expiration of Holds Shelf Holds

Some of our libraries had issues with people accidentally clicking the "Clear Holds Shelf" option on the Circulation drop-down menu, so we disabled that option. Now, when they want to clear the holds shelf, they take one of the two approaches that Kathy mentioned. Terran McCanna PINES

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Expiration of Holds Shelf Holds

Hi Scott, The titles on the holds shelf will remain there until staff explicitly removes it from the hold shelf. There are two ways staff can do so: Retrieve the Browse Holds Shelf interface -> select the checkbox to View Clearable Holds -> Click the Clear these Holds button. You then need

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Expiration of Holds Shelf Holds

I am under the impression that staff have to "Clear" the hold shelf to get the items to switch status, it does not happen automatically as you describe. Quoting Scott Thomas : In our old ILS you could set an expiration period for holds on the Holds Shelf, but it was

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Expiration of Holds Shelf Holds

And a third way, from menu Circulation -> Clear Hold Shelf (which does the clear shelf action directly). In our consortium, we disable that menu option via customization to prevent staff from inadvertently using it when they don't intend to (since the menu option is close by the other ones you

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Expiration of Holds Shelf Holds

The staff I talked to insisted that it happens "by itself," but now I am more certain that someone is messing with Clear Holds Shelf so it looks like this is a training and not a configuration issue (though disabling Clear Holds Shelf sounds like a nice option). Thank you, everyone. Scott

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Hold Slip: Source of Notify By

Yes, that is my understanding of it. The only thing I might add to your list (if you're training others) is that User Settings changes don't change pre-existing holds. Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Patron Self Registration

A few of our libraries have started using Patron Self Registration. It’s primarily used as a kiosk with the self registration page as the home page. Libraries send patrons to the registration station or hand them an iPad set to the registration page to fill out their information. We have come

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Upcoming Documentation Interest Group Meeting: Thursday, September 6, 2015

Hello everyone, The Evergreen Documentation Interest Group has its next meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 6, 2015 at 2:00 PM EST on the #Evergreen IRC channel (http://evergreen-ils.org/irc). Anyone interested in documentation is welcome to attend. An agenda has been posted at