Re: [IUG] patron can renew own items

[Leigh French <leigh dot french at wright dot edu>]

Hi Tom,

We have selected Option 3 (Patron can renew own items, YES, even if 
overdue).  If I understand the manual correctly (that's always 
questionable!), the second page you reference (101254) is talking about 
basic self-renewal abilities in the webopac when they login to their 
record.  If you allow renewals there (via the webopac wwwoptions and 
customizable forms), you have to then go to 101912 and select which 
option you want.  If you stick with Option 2, it will let them renew 
books that aren't overdue; it will also allow them to renew books that 
are overdue as long as the system doesn't see it as overdue yet (no 
notice has been sent and no fines assessed).  So, if you have a 2 day 
grace period built into your loan rules, then patrons could renew 
overdue items within those two days, even if you have Option 2.

If you select Option 3, then they can renew overdue books even if there 
have been fines and notices--the fines are added to their patron records.

We finally made the switch to Option 3 just over a year ago and our 
patrons were thrilled.

Hope this helps--
Leigh French
Wright State University

Dillie, Thomas wrote:

> 	Quick question that I hope someone has direct experience with.  Right now at GCPL we allow patrons to renew their own items through the OPAC as long as those items are not overdue.  (As described on page #101912 of the manual, we have selected option 2.) Page 101254 says "Note that the system will allow a patron to use this function to renew an overdue item, providing no fine or demerit points would be assessed, and no overdue or recall notice has been sent to the patron for this item."  Does that mean that since we charge fines on items as soon as they are one day overdue, i.e., no grace period, that even if we were to change our procedure and allow patrons to renew their own overdue items(option 3 on page 101912), then Millennium still won't let them renew, because to do so will also generate a fine? And to continue, we send the first notice at 3 days overdue; the sentence quoted above seems to say that sending the notice also will block a patron from self-renewing an ove!
> rdue item.  Do I understand that correctly? 
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Dillie, Head Librarian
> Cedarville Community Library
> Greene County Public Library
> P.O. Box 26
> 20 S. Miller St.
> Cedarville OH 45314
> 937-766-4511
> tdillie at gcpl dot lib dot oh dot us
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