Hi Eva, Several of our libraries are using pickup lockers now. We created a new Organization Type for them underneath the Branch type mainly to make it easier to run statistics on them, but you could create them as "Branch" level orgs as well. The level can be set up either way depending on what works best for you. To make it easy for ourselves, we refer to it in the short name as well (example ARL-ATH-BL is the Athens Regional Library System, the Athens Branch, and their Book Locker).
The main thing to think about is that as far as the system knows, the locker is a separate location entirely (even if it's under the branch in the org tree). So, there is always going to be a transit from the owning library to the book locker and it will need to be checked in at the book locker's org unit in order to be available on the book locker's hold shelf. If you are using the locker software to do the checkin, you just need to make sure the SIP connection is set up for the locker's org unit and not the library's normal org unit. There are at least 3 different book locker manufacturers that our libraries are using and their process is a little different for each. Some use the locker's software for checkin, and some use an Evergreen workstation set up for the book locker's org unit for checkin. One other thing to consider is whether or not you want to prioritize holds as if they are at the same location as the branch they are located at or if they should be treated as if they are at a remote location. Most of ours should get treated as if they are at the same branch for the purposes of hold priority and age protection, so we had to set up Org Unit Proximity Adjustments for each one. We use 3 month and 6 month age protection, so we have two entries for each locker that look like this: Branch-level (adjusts to same level as parent branch for 3 month age protection reasons): - Absolute Adjustment: Yes - Item Owning Library: ARL-ATH - Hold Pickup Library: ARL-ATH-BL - Position: 0 - Proximity Adjustment: 0 System-level (adjusts to one level away from system branch for 6 month age protection reasons): - Absolute Adjustment: Yes - Item Owning Library: ARL - Hold Pickup Library: ARL-ATH-BL - Position: 0 - Proximity Adjustment: 1 For your second question about notices - I'm not able to answer that since we use the Evergreen action triggers to send the notices. All of the book lockers our libraries are using just have the patron scan their library card rather than enter a code. I hope that is helpful, Terran On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM Cerninakova Eva via Evergreen-general < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > We are currently working on launching pickup lockers using the SIP2 > protocol together with the vendor. As we are the first library with > Evergreen ILS using this type of locker, this brings us some questions. > > 1) To know where the patron wants to pick up the item on hold, we have > created a virtual library organizational unit called "Pickup Lockers." > However, I am not sure whether placing the "Pickup lockers" org unit in the > OU tree can have some consequences. Does it matter if the "locker's" > organizational unit is placed in the tree as a child of the home/owning > library branch or on the same level? Do you have any experience with this? > > 2) I would also like to ask how your lockers use SIP2 to obtain the email > address or phone number of the patron who has placed the hold so that the > lockers can, for example, send them a message with a code for picking up > their reservation. > > We tried to solve this using a SIP Checkin request (09), but the problem > is that the request is made in a "different" organizational unit than the > "normal" library branch, and thus the status of the unit "on hold shelf" > switches to "In transit". H How could this be resolved? > > Thank you in advance for any hint. > > Eva > > > > > > > > Mgr. Eva Cerniňáková, Ph.D. > > vedoucí Knihovny Jabok > > Jabok - Vyšší odborná škola sociálně pedagogická a teologická > > > > > +420 211 222 409 <+420+211+222+413> > > [email protected] > > knihovna.jabok.cz <https://www.jabok.cz> > > Salmovská 8, Praha 2, 120 00 > > > [image: facebook] <https://www.instagram.com/vosjabok/?hl=cs> [image: > instagram] <https://www.facebook.com/vosjabok/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] >
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