Pickup areas in Vega Discover
Please enhance the functionality of pickup areas in Leap/PAC according to this idea: https://ideas.iii.com/forums/951742-ils-polaris/suggestions/47671613-allow-enabling-disabling-of-pickup-areas-per-libra
Then add the functionality to Vega Discover!

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Adam commented
Please consider adding this functionality to Vega Discover to improve the experience of our community.
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AdminKatie LeBlanc (Admin, Innovative) commented
We were excited to have Polaris add this functionality and then bummed when realizing with us having Vega Discover this functionality won't work. This needs to be added to allow the usage of the feature in the ILS.
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AdminWes Osborn (Admin, Innovative) commented
We are evaluating discovery layers and having this in Vega would help put it on par with competitors (coming in Bibliocommons).
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Taunya Pappenfus commented
Critical for a positive customer service experience for our Holds Lockers customers!
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Julie Haase commented
This is so necessary for us to move forward with our planned locker pickup sites and implementing Vega discover.
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Carl Ratz commented
So important to have for our customers
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Danielle Stanley commented
This is important to have for our system! Glad it is planned!
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Eric Young commented
Yes, thanks! I wanted to make sure this idea entry also had added details. The product board is one of those hidden comments that only iii can see.
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Eric Lozauskas commented
Eric Young - make sure you mention this on the Vega Discover Product Portal (linked above next to "Planned".... This helps them prioritize.
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Eric Young commented
This is a critical need that is preventing us from moving forward with the launch of Vega Discover.
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Katie commented
I realized I added a comment before, but also, I wanted to add that I am also hoping for this feature because we would like to use a special pick-up location for our hold pick-up lockers for ADA related needs/ accessibility access (allowing people to specifically book lower-level lockers).
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Emily Laws commented
Several of our library system libraries use lockers as a pickup location. It is advantageous for patrons and staff to have a unified system for managing this service.
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Linda Eastwood commented
This is very important to libraries that have lockers. This is becoming a popular service and more libraries may add lockers in the future as it has become something the public is starting to expect.
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Katie commented
It's great that Polaris 7.5 allows pick-up locations, but it's made that feature useless for my library until Vega "catches" up. And we would very much be able to use pick-up locations!
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Eric Young commented
We are live with v7.5 and gearing up to determine our settings for Pickup Area and we will be reviewing all hold related services, such as looking at Vega LX (Starter, Discover, etc.), Innovative Mobile, and Polaris API. We have been working with our locker vendor to honor the new SIP2 extension, which is going well. The new pickup area functionality needs to be supported in all hold related features, functions, and services.
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Alison Hoffman commented
Please include this or at least connect to the pickup area functionality available in Polaris 7.5 - such as is included on the roadmap for LX Starter: https://portal.productboard.com/iii/15-vega-product-portal/c/719-support-pickup-area-in-hold-pickup-alerts-and-final-hold-pickup-notices-for-polaris
Polaris 7.5 includes new Pickup Area functionality that will allow a user to select first a library and then a designated pickup area.
Providing an option for pickup locations is crucial as more libraries start to offer smart locker pickup and other, separate pickup area scenarios.
The current work-around of creating new "branches" just for a pickup location for a locker or other area creates multiple data and maintenance challenges both for administrators and library staff. This challenge is further multiplied in a multi-library consortia setting.
Including the new Polaris pickup area functionality in Discover or at least allowing for multiple pickup locations per branch would allow libraries to provide options without the need to create new "branches" - all of which would help streamline, simplify, and improve the experience of both staff and users.