Study Group Session 82: General Question and Answer

Owned by Diana Borges
Last updated: Jun 19, 2024
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Session Notes

Discussion forum posts since last meeting

Choosing a resource sharing library:

https://clo-collaboration-spaces.atlassian.net/wiki/display/DFT/customcontent/1375666183

https://clo-collaboration-spaces.atlassian.net/wiki/x/IAB5Ug

Reloan Limits

Aimee Jeffrey, Conestoga:

  • set TOU to item policy and material type but reloan limit only applying to the same item: when a patron checks out 1 item, returns it, and checks out the same item with the same item policy and material type, it let’s them check it out

  • behaviour is also happening for items that are within the same bib

Rebecca Pearson, Lambton:

  • same bibs - what’s your override rules?

  • AJ: pop up override; can manually prevent reloans but not for the laptop kiosk

  • will never choose the same item in a row, different item

  • don’t want patrons to continually take out laptops

  • Rebecca: policy question: if there are laptops available in the case, why should they not be taking one?

Aimee:

  • we only have 24 in the kiosk and it has just opened, something we need to test

  • previously, we would run out of laptops

Rebecca:

  • test by loaning out 24 to fake people and have 24th one return a laptop, so the only one available is the one they returned and have them try to take it out again

Aimee:

  • pretty sure that would be blocked for a different reason - the device itself blocks loans until the laptop is charged to 100%

  • previously tested with just barcodes, it won’t let you take out the same one again - so that is working correctly, but not sure why it is limiting to the item itself when i chose item policy and material type

Rebecca:

  • working as expected, applying TOU to items with that item policy and material type when the certain user groups are using it but the TOU can’t extend beyond that record

  • TOU doesn’t check every item with that TOU, checks only items in the bib or items in the item

  • don’t think it is possible to configure this

Aimee:

  • works for other things, e.g. if we don’t want students to have 2 different kinds of cables

Rebecca:

  • reloan: no reloan for 2 hours or no parallel reloan limit

  • if there is a way to connect bib together, that’s probably what you would have to do so they are considered parallel

Aimee:

  • can choose none, parallel or other

  • we have chosen other and added 30 minutes in the description

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Materials/050Alma_FAQs/Fulfillment/Circulation_Policies%2C_Configuration#:~:text=Can%20a%20re%2Dloan%20limit,single%20item%20for%20this%20policy.

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Product_Documentation/010Alma_Online_Help_(English)/030Fulfillment/080Configuring_Fulfillment/Configuring_Loans#Short_Term_Loan_Blocking_Policy

Letters

Rebecca Pearson, Lambton:

  • letters with broken barcodes now consistently showing the barcode

  • did not do anything to change it

  • will not put a ticket in for now, unless the broken barcode comes back

Alyssa Kuehner, Fanshawe:

  • issue with barcodes in their reserves report has also been resolved

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Release_Notes/2024/Alma_2024_Release_Notes?mon=202406BASE

  • June 2024 Fulfillment and Resource Sharing SF: 06935776 06724455
    Previously, bar codes were missing from printouts when printing from the Printouts Queue. This was fixed.

Recording