Benjamin, I'm capturing your comments (with a little scrubbing) to add to the LP ticket.
On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 10:58 AM Murphy, Benjamin via Evergreen-general < [email protected]> wrote: > This is something that we also run into regularly and is an annoyance for > staff. > > I think the ideal behavior for us would be: > > If there's a limit on a circmod, a patron hits the max holds on that > circmod and can't place more holds for that circmod, but they're not > restricted in the number of holds they can place for other circmods until > they hit any limits in place for those circmods. > > So the ability to set: > org unit -> permission group -> circmod -> hold limit > > But with an inheritance structure where these could also be set if values > not provided for one of the fields, with more specificity winning (do we > then get into weighting?): > org unit -> permission group -> hold limit > org unit -> circmod -> hold limit > > > This brings to mind some of what we've learned about circ limit sets, in > that they are ORs rather than ANDs. So, as we understand it, Evergreen will > consider either the circulation modifier or shelving location found in the > limit set, not both. That's not the behavior I'm describing above. > > Interested in this conversation! > > > > *Benjamin Murphy* > > NC Cardinal Program Manager > > State Library of North Carolina > > *[email protected] <[email protected]> * | > https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/services-libraries/nc-cardinal > > 109 East Jones Street | 4640 Mail Service Center > > Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-4600 > > The State Library is part of the NC Department of Natural & Cultural > Resources. > > *Email correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North > Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.* > > Please note new email address > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Evergreen-general < > [email protected]> on behalf of Elizabeth > Davis via Evergreen-general <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2024 9:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* Elizabeth Davis <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [External] [Evergreen-general] Discussion/Heat request for Bug > 1721053 > > CAUTION: External email. Do not click links or open attachments unless > verified. Report suspicious emails with the Report Message button located > on your Outlook menu bar on the Home tab. > > Hello Everyone, > > > > PaILS is interested in pursuing future development for bug 1721053 > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1721053> and we’d like to see > how other consortia feel about it. Currently there is max hold option in > the hold policies, but it doesn’t limit to just the hold policy scenario > but rather all holds. For example, if you have a hold policy that says > that patrons can have a max hold of 2 on the kit circulation modifier it > will block patrons from placing holds on kits if they have more than 2 > holds on any other circulation modifiers. We have a few libraries that > want to limit the number of holds patrons can have on higher ticket items > like hotspots and library of things items. They might have a higher limit > on other circulation modifiers like 10 dvds and 25 on books. > > > > We are interested in seeing how folks would prefer this to function. > Would a hold limit set, similar to how the circulation limit sets, as > suggested in the comments work? Would you prefer the max hold value work > on the individual hold scenario and leave it in the policy as it is now? > Does anyone have an alternative idea? > > > > Thanks, > > *Elizabeth Davis* (she/her), *Support & Project Management Specialist* > > *Pennsylvania Integrated Library System **(PaILS) | SPARK* > > (717) 256-1627 | [email protected] > <[email protected]> > support.sparkpa.org | [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North > Carolina Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties by an > authorized state official. > _______________________________________________ > Evergreen-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.evergreen-ils.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/evergreen-general > -- Ruth Frasur (765) 580-1137
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