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Our library makes considerable use of the Manual Block field in Sierra. Beyond the Collection block, which patrons are more than made aware of through our initial notification process & then later, by our materials recovery partner, Unique Management, we have Manual Blocks for things like lost cards, bad addresses, etc.
Manual Blocks are designed to flag accounts & prevent circulation activity for any number of reasons. But since their introduction, service has evolved, where much of it is remote &/or relies on third party vendors, many of which may not be configured to recognize that a Manual Block is in place.
We might have one patron who only uses us for digital content & another who visits their branch exclusively for PC access. They may never know that their account is blocked for whatever the reason.
Sending them a Block Notice would remedy this & (hopefully) prompt whatever action on their part is necessary for the removal of the block. The notice would be queued when the block is applied to the record.
And if & when made available in LX Starter, ideally we'd also like to see the equivalent notification introduced for Vega Interact Voice & SMS.
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We would very much like to see some indication in our ILS (Sierra) that a patron has opted in to receive SMS messages.
Even if SMS Alerts cannot be their own, unique notice type & not just supplement the patron's chosen notice preference of email or phone, the simple activation of a new field would be useful for frontline staff trying to troubleshoot during interactions with the patron.
Even a date/time stamped Note field entry that is applied when Vega Interact SMS first authenticates against the patron's record during the opt-in process would be incredibly helpful, even more so if that field could then be searched on.
05-01-2026 SMS alert opt-in.
Ideally, a similar note would be applied if the patron stops the service on their device.
05-10-2026 SMS alert opt out.
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I think this idea belongs in the Vega Mobile forum, not the Vega Mobile Worklists forum?
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Just a quick correction to something mentioned in the first paragraph above. Courtesy/autorenewal texts ARE available to Sierra libraries. The documentation we received uses the Polaris notification type table & the codes identifying the different notice types were not as aligned as was thought.
That being said, including an item identifier in the reporting would be incredibly useful for tracking & troubleshooting texts (and for that matter, calls made via Vega Interact Voice).