Re: Consecutive checkouts

[Allison Gallaher <Allison.Gallaher@xxxxxxxxxx>]

David -- we use a patron called DO NOT RENEW and we place a hold for that "borrower" when an item is in high demand.  We have to cancel the hold right afterward, so that real borrowers are able to check-out the item, but it's worth that work to control the behavior you describe.  I'll be
interested in hearing how others deal with this.

Allison

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Allison Gallaher
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Oberlin College Library
Oberlin OH  44074
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David Brennan wrote:

> Here's a good one:
>
> Our circulation supervisor has reported a problem this term with repetitive checkouts of reserve items (i.e. a person checks out a reserve item, brings back to desk when reserve period is over and immediately checks it out again. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. :-) preventing others from getting it.
>
> Of course the solution is to have the workstudies not do it in the first place, but...
>
> Any way of rigging the system to prevent this? I doubt it, but toss it out to the group just in case. It would involve a restrict list either on the item or the patron, and some time-sensitive system function, no? How about the material booking module? We don't use this at present.
>
> Always something weird going on that stems from human behavior that we need to find a technical fix for, eh?
>
> David
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