We did some pretty extensive research on holds in 2013. While it is PINES policy centric, it might answer other questions you may have. It is available at http://pines.georgialibraries.org/holds-white-paper
Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235.7128 404.235.7201, fax eha...@georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org www.georgialibraries.org/pines From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Joan Kranich Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 2:03 PM To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' <open-ils-general@list.georgialibraries.org> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Soft Stalling Hi Elaine, Thank you for the response. I did not realize that stalling does not take into consideration whether or not the pickup library owns a copy or not. I appreciate the answers to my question. Joan Joan Kranich C/W MARS Member Services jkran...@cwmars.org <mailto:jkran...@cwmars.org> 508-755-3323 ext. 21 From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Hardy, Elaine Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 12:38 PM To: Evergreen Discussion Group Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Soft Stalling Unless things have changed in the last versions, stalling is only for opportunistic capture. Stalling does not apply to the holds targeter. During the stall, the targeter process can identify a copy outside the pickup library and it can be captured by the owning library and transited for the hold. Also, stalling does not take into consideration whether or not the pickup library owns a copy or not. Opportunistic capture is stalled regardless. Elaine J. Elaine Hardy PINES & Collaborative Projects Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Ste 150 Atlanta, Ga. 30345-4304 404.235.7128 404.235.7201, fax eha...@georgialibraries.org <mailto:eha...@georgialibraries.org> www.georgialibraries.org <http://www.georgialibraries.org> www.georgialibraries.org/pines <http://www.georgialibraries.org/pines> From: Open-ils-general [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Joan Kranich Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2015 12:16 PM To: 'Evergreen Discussion Group' Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Soft Stalling Hi, I have a question about the Library Setting Soft Stalling. If we retarget Holds every 24 hours and set the soft stalling for 2 days will the Hold that has targeted the pickup location's copy target another available/eligible copy in 24 hours or will the Hold continue to target the pickup location's copy until after the 2 days stalling period? I have found the soft stalling is more effective if set system wide than if it set for an individual library. Thanks for any information you can share. Joan Joan Kranich C/W MARS Member Services jkran...@cwmars.org <mailto:jkran...@cwmars.org> 508-755-3323 ext. 21
