I use this feature all the time. I like it because it makes everything more
fair to the patrons by being randomized :)
Misty Morse [She/Her]
Librarian Assistant/Cataloger/Notary Public
Clinton Public Library
765-832-8349
313 S. 4th St. Clinton, In.,47842
“Reading one book is like eating one
Hold Groups are specialized User Buckets that allow you to save a group of
users that you want to be able to place holds for all at once. For example,
you could have a book club hold group that allows you to place each month's
selection on hold for all members at once instead of one patron at a
Hi,
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 9:50 AM Brandi Sanders via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general@list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
> Ok, someone explain, what are hold groups and what are they used for?
>
Hold Groups are a feature that lets you put together a list of patrons for
which you can then
Brandie,
You can watch a little bit about hold groups in the New Features webinar we did
in December for Evergreen 3.7. https://youtu.be/BRNIE1LYbFY?t=1710. There’s
also pretty extensive information here.
https://docs.evergreen-ils.org/eg/docs/latest/circulation/basic_holds.html#hold_groups
Ok, someone explain, what are hold groups and what are they used for?
-Original Message-
From: "Diane Disbro via Evergreen-general"
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2022 9:13am
To: "Evergreen Discussion Group"
Cc: "Diane Disbro"
Subject: [Evergreen-general] Are you using Hold Groups?
We have had them available since January, but not many of our libraries are
taking advantage of them.
We did a lot of internal testing before we rolled them out though, and I
thought they were really useful. There's a slight learning curve, but it's
not too bad.
Terran McCanna, PINES Program
Good morning -
My library will begin offering Hold Groups to patrons in October. Are those
of you who already use Hold Groups happy with how it works?
Thank you.
Diane Disbro
Pronouns: she/her
Circulation Coordinator
Scenic Regional Library
251 Union Plaza Drive
Union, MO 63084
(636) 583-0652
