Re: self-check out from OPAC?

Posted by Verus Open Source Support on Aug 27, 2011; 3:12am
URL: http://ngl.70.s1.nabble.com/self-check-out-from-OPAC-tp6723761p6731223.html

1. The user "Requests for hold" for an item that is currently available in the library.
2. The system allows the librarian to define a "Validity period" in the "Circulation privilege matrix". Validity period will be allowed in days/hours
3. If a user other than the one who blocked it, tries to check out the book. The system warns the person at the circulation about the hold. It also gives details about the person who has requested the hold. However this can be overridden. If overridden, the user who has "Requested for hold" will be intimated about its unavailability.

This facility is especially useful for libraries whose users access OPAC from their desktops. For those libraries which access OPAC only on "OPAC Systems" in the library itself, this facility will more be a overhead than convenience.

On 08/27/2011 06:24 AM, pedroparkero [via NewGenLib] wrote:

Good points. My take on this is that if the patron doesn't verify his check out, then it will cancel automatically by the end of the day or after a certain amount of time (say after one hour). Should another student wish to borrow the book that is pending verification and it is in his hands already, the librarian still has the power to cancel the prior check out transaction of the previous student. Because remember, a patron should only self-check out an item if it is already in his hands (so he knows the exact accession number).
But this is different from the "reserve the available book" that is my second suggestion. If someone reserves the available book thru OPAC, then the reservation will be until that library day ends (4pm or before the library closes). Other patrons cannot check it out (unless it's for a quick 1 hour loan for class use or before 4pm). And to be fair for others, those who did not get their reserve books that day will be marked 'delinquent'.

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