Entering the time limits – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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System Setup

A reserve has a reserve period equal to its loan period. For example, if a patron

reserves an item for March 18th, and the loan period is 10 days (2 weeks) for that

circulation type, the reserve period is March 18-April 1. A reserve automatically

expires a day after the end of the reserve period. For more information about

reserves, see A brief introduction to reserves" on page 166.

Entering the time limits

To set up the time limits for items on hold and the number of processing days

needed for preparing reserves, follow these steps:
1. From the Circulation tabs in System Setup, select the Holds tab:

The number of days a hold

remains ready before expiring

To activate automatic deletion

of expired holds and reserves

The number of days the

expired holds and reserves

remain in the queue before

being deleted

The number of days a hold

remains pending before expiring

To cancel

changes before

saving

The number of processing days

you need to prepare a reserve

2. In the Holds tab, set up your time limits for pending and ready holds, and

decide if and when you want Circulation Desk to delete expired holds and

reserves automatically.

3. Select the number of preĆreserve processing days that you need to make a

reserve ready for retrieval by the patron. On that day, the Daily Holds

Processing changes the copy status to On Hold and the exception report lists

the upcoming reserve.

4. When you're finished, choose Save.