Option to prevent same-day renewals
Optionally prevent renewals from going through the same day an item is checked out (applied to items with loan periods of more than 1 day).
Idea Value
Increasingly libraries are using self-checkouts and RFID circulation stations. Both patrons and staff members can unintentionally rescan items that have just been checked out, using up one or more renewal, just by having the items too near the scanner pad. This would prevent accidents that use up available renewals and lead to confused patrons and staff!
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Lynton Frost-Foster commented
Could we also expand this idea to prevent accidental staff renewals being done twice on same date
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Matt Hammermeister commented
I know this idea is a bit older, but I would argue that it has become more important with 7.4's renewal option that calculates renewal length based on due date. When enabled, that would cause patrons facing this issue to not just use up their renewals - they would be getting 2x/3x the loan period. We've also discovered a handful of patrons who have figured this out and intentionally renew their items immediately after checking them out to get extended loan lengths.
I've been told a different ILS platform has a setting that says patrons can't renew until they are "x" days away from their due date. A setting like that would solve both of these issues.