[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-18 Thread Dawn Fritz
Hi, We will be moving from Sierra to Evergreen this October. Presently, when a patron asks us to put an item which is on the shelf aside for them, we change the item status to "Main Lib hold", "Branch 1 hold" or "Branch 2 hold". These statuses reflect our 3 branches and help in searches for the it

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-19 Thread Joan Kranich
Hi Dawn, Our libraries do not change the status of the item when a patron asks for the item to be set aside for them. Most of our libraries place a Hold for the patron, check in the item, and place it on the Holds Shelf. Joan On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Dawn Fritz wrote: > Hi, > > We wil

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-19 Thread Kathy Lussier
Hi Dawn, I also wanted to provide some explanation on the use for the reserves statuses you mentioned. The reserves status is something that is used for academic course reserves. On reservation shelf is something that's used in conjunction with the booking module. It's basically the 'on the

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-19 Thread Dawn Fritz
Thank you all for the insight and definitions! Dawn On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 8:01 AM, Kathy Lussier wrote: > Hi Dawn, > > I also wanted to provide some explanation on the use for the reserves > statuses you mentioned. > > The reserves status is something that is used for academic course reserve

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-19 Thread Martha Driscoll
Dawn, In case it hasn't already been mentioned, you can create those 3 statuses in Evergreen and use them like you were doing in Sierra. Martha Driscoll Systems Manager North of Boston Library Exchange Danvers, Massachusetts www.noblenet.org On 5/19/2017 8:38 AM, Dawn Fritz wrote: Thank you

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-19 Thread Morgan, Michele
Hi Dawn, One more thing worth mentioning. Evergreen allows you to create additional statuses, so you could consider creating the statuses you mentioned above for that purpose. I would echo what Joan said, though, that it's preferable to place a hold for the patron. That way the system does the wo

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-19 Thread Joan Kranich
Hi, I've also been told that when adding a local/custom Copy Status it should be added with a high number ID. As development occurs it may include a new Copy Status and may assign an ID number used for a local Copy Status. Others with more experience can provide guidance on that. Joan On Fri, M

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Items not on Reserve being held for a patron

2017-05-19 Thread Diane Disbro
Good morning, Dawn- Yes, the best way to handle this is to place a copy hold and fill it. The branch where the hold is available for pick-up shows in the patron account and in the item record, Diane Disbro Circulation Coordinator/Branch Manager Union Branch Scenic Regional Library 308 Hawthorne D