We've just been through this problem with III. What solved it was their solution of 'Do not assign the staff circulation logins to any locations served'. And it works!
Catherine O'Sullivan
Systems & Bibliographic Services Manager
St Mary's College
Waldegrave Road
Strawberry Hill
TWICKENHAM TW1 4SX
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From: This list is for current and potential users of the Innopac system on behalf of Clifford, Lucy
Sent: Mon 03/10/2005 16:53
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Subject: In-transit message on short loan items
I wondered if anyone else has come across this problem, and if you have found any solution to it?
We have set up the WebOPAC to allow users to place holds unless they are physically in the library, and there are available items on-shelf (denyiflocalavail). However, we do not want short loan items to be counted as available items (ie an on-shelf short loan item should not block a user from placing a hold), so to prevent this we have removed our short loan location from the list of 'locations served' for the library.
This works as far as placing holds is concerned, however a consequence is that each time a short loan item is returned to the library an 'in-transit' message pops up asking if you want to put the item in-transit. It is annoying for library staff to keep having to say 'no' to this message- and of course sometimes they hit 'yes' by mistake so we need to clear up items that have incorrectly gone in-transit each day.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Lucy
Lucy Clifford
Systems and Database Support Manager
City University Library
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 020 7040 4130
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