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...or just include the date the item was returned. This is a common question our libraries hear from their homebound patrons.
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We like the 24-hour idea. We'd also like to see the system use the Trapping Preferences to favor local patrons' holds when items are receiving final steps in the cataloging process and are scanned (check-in). At this point a year into our Polaris journey, we're only just discovering that the Trapping Preference does not always favor the hold for the local patron, but only does so when an eligible item is being checked in from the Out status, or if the item was scanned into the check-in workform without already having been linked to a Pending request.
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If that ability is controlled by permission, those without the permission just won't be able to add a volume, which has a similar negative impact in a consortium setting, where some items might have a volume indication, correctly formatted or not, and others have no volume indicated.
Another idea might be the ability to create a drop-down selection populated with correctly and suitably formatted volume indication. -
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Yes, Please! We need something better, because the process of updating these to missing is too cumbersome. For each item, there's a series of steps:
they need to be checked in;
if there's a hold, refuse that;
but then reactivate the hold;
then it might want to transit to its home branch, so refuse that;
then there might be a block of some sort, so continue through that;
And this is all just to get the one item checked in.
You still need to mark it missing, which is a few more steps.
Imagine if have a list of 20 of these.Christy Sayre
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An error occurred while saving the comment Christy Sayre
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Thank you for keeping this under review! Our circulation staff would like to see a better indication that the display items should be handled differently when being checked in. It's not enough to put them in their own Shelf Location, because when items are checked in, the shelf location isn't announced, nor is the Temporary Location, if used.
Ideally, there would be some indication to set them aside to be returned to that display.
Some of the circulation statuses have special properties, for example Bindery items cannot be checked out. If there was a Circulation status of Display which had a special property, such as a popup of some sort, staff could return them to the special display to be rediscovered by the patron. Even a column in the Checked in items list that could show the Display circulation status or shelf location (or both--see screenshot) would be an improvement and could help staff determine at a glance what items should be shelved differently.
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In our consortium, we provide library staff with SimplyReports logins and train them to find their way around creating reports. So all of the different format options Daniel suggested would be all the different ways, potentially, that the many folks aside from admins could want to format their reports. So please, we hope you're planning to improve this.
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Glad to hear that! We'd love to see a smoother procedure for self-registration in Vega--let me know if we can do any testing or help otherwise.
An error occurred while saving the comment Christy Sayre
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Appreciate that pointer, Gabrielle. Happy to report that it's working with a requirement to include date of birth.
In examining the options at this level, we discovered the option to include a warning that users must be 13 or older to complete the registration form. However, this can only be configured for users who choose "If you are not registered for library services, click or tap here to register now" from within PowerPAC's login link. Our patron registration begins with a link in Vega Discover, which takes them to the page that comes up *after* the patron clicks the above-mentioned link, so unfortunately our users will not see the warning.We'd love a way to be able to deploy this COPPA warning in our Vega Discover setting.
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Hi Gabrielle, thanks for pointing that out--we hadn't seen that option. Just requiring a birthdate may be the answer, and it's not a bad piece to require anyway.
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Please fix this flaw. Because of this, we're actually hindering library service and wasting human resources throughout our system.