Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds settings in Evergreen
Hi all, I'm also interested in hearing how other systems are using holds settings. I was looking closely at stalling last week. I can see the appeal of using stalling as a way to reduce delivery. However, I also would be concerned about the delay that arises from stalling a hold, particularly in situations where the pickup library does not own a title and is unlikely to check in a copy of that title over the next few days. Are there many systems using stalling? Thank you, Kathy Lussier - Kathy Lussier Project Coordinator Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative (508) 756-0172 (508) 755-3721 (fax) kluss...@masslnc.org IM: kmlussier (AOL & Yahoo) Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > -Original Message- > From: open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org > [mailto:open-ils-general-boun...@list.georgialibraries.org] > On Behalf Of Rayner, June > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 9:59 AM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds settings in Evergreen > > We understand that Evergreen holds is designed to minimize > items in transit.In our consortium, items are shared > among all the participating libraries. In our current > non-Evergreen system, preference is given to holds that are > picked up at the owning library to reduce shipping. > > > > We're trying to decide how we want to set up the Evergreen > holds parameters for our consortium for the most efficient > hold fulfillment process, balancing minimized transit and > customer satisfaction. We're interested in understanding how > other libraries have used the holds settings like stalling > and soft boundaries. > > > > June Rayner > > ILS Application Team > > eiNetwork > > rayn...@einetwork.net > > 412-622-1941 > > > >
Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Holds settings in Evergreen
> I'm also interested in hearing how other systems are using holds settings. I > was looking closely at stalling last week. I can see the appeal of using > stalling as a way to reduce delivery. However, I also would be concerned > about the delay that arises from stalling a hold, particularly in situations > where the pickup library does not own a title and is unlikely to check in a > copy of that title over the next few days. Are there many systems using > stalling? A word on stalling. The setting may be better named stalling of opportunistic hold capture outside the pickup lib. A hold request will still look beyond the pickup lib (if no settings otherwise disallow it) for an available item if needed. Let's call that library the pull lib. One limitation with stalling is that the very specific barcoded item targeted at the pull lib must be pulled for capturing, at least during the stall period. Also, if your retarget period is less than your stall period, the hold may very well move on to a different pull lib at some point during the stall. Opportunistic capture works as normal at the pickup lib even during the stall period. -- Jason Etheridge | VP, Tactical Development | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: ja...@esilibrary.com | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] MarcXimiL and Evergreen
Anyone have any experience with MarcXimiL and Evergreen? >From the front page: "MarcXimiL is a free, flexible, fully standards-compliant and efficient bibliographic similarity analysis framework." ... "Near-duplicates detection" http://Marcximil.sourceforge.net Be handy if someone had already used it to de-duplicate bib records in Evergreen... Kevin Kierans TNRD Library System (part of Sitka)
