John,
We do this at the University of Sheffield. If an item is not reserved
it will be issued or renewed for 1, 2 or 4 weeks (depending on the type
of borrower). If it is reserved by someone else, it can only be issued
for 2 or 4 days (depending on the type of borrower) with no renewals.
We use the Talis LMS which allows us to pick a due date based on type of
borrower and whether an item is reserved or not (along with other
criteria that are not relevant here).
This is a relatively new policy implemented last summer to fix the
problem we had with some items being marked 'short loan' and others
'normal loan'. I think it has worked pretty well so far.
Cheers,
Andy Bussey
John Smith said the following on 27/04/2010 15:31:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone operate, or know of a library that operates, a self
> adjusting flexible loan period service? By this I mean a system where
> the loan period applied to an item is changed automatically according
> to how in demand the item is (usually judged by counting the number
> of outstanding reservations). I realise this is often done manually
> but I'm thinking of a fully automated system that is part of the LMS.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> John Smith, The Templeman Library, University of Kent, UK.
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