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Chapter 7 - Reservations and Recalls
7.10
Step 8
Select the Commit reservation option and press <Return> to place the hold. If the
hold is successfully placed, you will be taken back to the Holds Processing screen.
Press <Return> twice to go back to a circulation menu.
NB: When placing a reservation with a system-wide scope, you will be alerted not just
if a copy of the title is available in your library, but in any OLIS circulation library at
which the reader has borrowing permissions. A warning similar to the following will
display:
There IS an item available at Corpus Chr.
Continue (Y/N) ?
It will still be possible to place a reservation on this item if desired by typing y and
pressing <Return> (this option may be useful if the reader is not present as you are
placing the hold). However, please note that if you place a reservation on an item
which has a copy or copies available, other readers will still be able to borrow these
copies - the hold will not be filled until a copy of the item is checked back in.
If copies are available and you do not wish to place the hold, press <Return> or type
n and press <Return> and inform the reader where that the item is available. The
following prompt will then appear:
No copies of this title may be held
Continue (Y/N) ? n
Press <Return> once more, or type n and press <Return>. Then select Exit and
press <Return> to go back to the Holds Processing screen. Then press <Return>
twice to go back to a circulation menu.
3) Changing the dates between which a hold will apply
By default each hold will apply from the date and time at which it is placed and will
expire (if not filled in the intervening period) on a date which is determined by your
library's set up. It is however possible to change these defaults in the Hold Detail
screen
a) Changing the expiry date
If you know that an item will only be useful to a reader before a certain date, it may
be beneficial to change the default expiry date for the hold to a date closer to the
current date. In rarer circumstances, it may be desired to move this date further into
the future.
Follow steps 1 to 5 from the above guidelines (7.3-6) for placing a title reservation,
then proceed as follows:
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OLIS Circulation User Manual
1999