RE: Course Reserves and Self Renew/Holds

["Gowing, Cheryl A." <cgowing at miami dot edu>]

You can prohibit patron requesting for specific locations, item types,
etc. by entering 'request rules'.   You can either have III do this for
you [via a Service Commitment - see Circulation/ Holds] or you can do
this locally if you have someone on staff who has taken III's
specialized Advanced System Administration Training.  

See the manual #101211 and #101221 for more information on the request
rules.  You can view your current settings in the telnet interface as
additional system options in the Management information about the system
menu.

Cheryl Gowing
Director, Technical & Access Services
University of Miami Richter Library
Coral Gables, FL
 
(305) 284-6018                 (305) 505-2898 (cell)
(305) 284-4721 (fax)          cgowing at miami dot edu
 
 
 

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From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Mieko Yamaguchi
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:00 PM
To: IUG INNOPAC List
Subject: Re: Course Reserves and Self Renew/Holds

You can set the maximum number of renewals in the loan rule for course
reserve items to "0" if you don't want patrons to be able to self-renew
these items.  You can also make these items unholdable.  Staff can
override renewal and hold blocks if they are passworded to do so.

If you set the "Check loanrule at time of renewal" option to "Yes" make
sure to set the other renewal variables elements to handle staff
override
situations.  See the user manual #101940 for more information.

Mieko

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, Kara R. Stroschein wrote:

> Hi all, please excuse the cross posting.
> Here at Wellesley College we would like to implement patron self
renewals
> and holds online.  We are reluctant as it seems Innovative can only
turn
> it on or off as a whole, i.e. we cannot exclude certain locations.
> We do not want patrons renewing or placing holds on course reserve
items
> online. The only way it seems to stop them is to put in the loan rule
that
> it is not renewable or holdable.  Yet we need to have the loan rules
allow
> holds and renewals so staff may make these transactions.
> How do other institutes deal with this problem?  Are your reserves
either
> non-renewable and holdable or is there something we are missing all
> together??
> Any of your experiences would be appreciated,
> Kara Stroschein

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Mieko Yamaguchi                                m dot yamaguchi at bangor dot ac dot uk
Technical Services Manager/System Coordinator        +44 (0)1248 382970
Main Library, University of Wales Bangor, UK   +44 (0)1248 382979 (Fax)

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