Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Notification is library is last owning on a held item? OCLC Last Copy/Withdraws

2015-12-18 Thread Josh Stompro
I've been looking into how to handle OCLC last copies for our consortium this week and I just wanted to run in by the group. Please let me know if there is a better/easier way to handle this that you have found. Or if there are any gotchas that you know of. I searched the general list to

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen for Academics group: December 18 meeting minutes

2015-12-18 Thread Yamil Suarez
Hello, Here are the links to access the Meetbot formatted minutes and the meeting log, for those that did not make the meeting. (Meetbot) Minutes: http://evergreen-ils.org/meetings/evergreen/2015/evergreen.2015-12-18-14.01.html IRC Log:

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminders for expiring cards

2015-12-18 Thread Elisabeth Keppler
We are SO looking forward to 2.9! On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 5:43 PM, Angela Kilsdonk wrote: > Hi Vince, > > In version 2.9 there is a new Action Trigger called "30 Day Account > Expiration Courtesy Notice" that can be used to send patrons a reminder > that their accounts

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminders for expiring cards

2015-12-18 Thread Elisabeth Keppler
Forsyth NC runs a report on the 15th of every month identifying the email addresses of those patrons whose cards expire the next month. We use vendor Constant Contact to send a mass email to all those addresses letting the patrons know that their cards are due to expire. Included in the text of

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminders for expiring cards

2015-12-18 Thread Angela Kilsdonk
Hi Vince, In version 2.9 there is a new Action Trigger called "30 Day Account Expiration Courtesy Notice" that can be used to send patrons a reminder that their accounts will expire in the near future. The Action Trigger can be modified for a time period other than 30 days. Hope this helps,

[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Reminders for expiring cards

2015-12-18 Thread Vince Giordano
Does anyone use a method for reminding patrons that their library card is soon expiring? We are having patrons who primarily use Overdrive contact us and say there is an error or block on their account (due to their card expiring). I didn't know if there was a feature to send out a courtesy email