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Hi Lucy

We've tested issuing Short Loans with bookings on our 3M self-issue 
machines and, as Lesha says, the machines will not issue them at all even 
if there's only 1 booking away in the future.  So to make Self-Issue Short 
Loan work you would have to abandon the bookings system or wait for 
Innovative to come up with a fix - which doesn't seem imminent.


At 23/11/2005 09:27, you wrote:
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>Hello,
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>We are considering reserving one of our 3M selfcheck machines for use in
>the short loan collection, but are concerned about  how to deal with
>items which have bookings. Currently, if a user checks out an item which
>is booked for a future time, we will let them have the item with a
>shortened loan period. If the user with the booking is very late
>collecting the item, (more than an hour), we will override the booking
>and let another user take the item.
>
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>We are reluctant to let the machines issue booked items with a truncated
>due time, as students are unlikely to pay attention to the receipt and
>will expect the usual 7 hour loan. Another option (if it is possible)
>would be to prevent any items with bookings from being issued by the
>machine and send the user to the issue desk. As we do not get a huge
>number of bookings on short loans, this shouldn't cause much extra work
>for the issue desk staff.
>
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>Is anyone using self-check machines in a similar situation, and how do
>you deal with bookings? Any advice would be appreciated,
>
>=20
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>Lucy
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>=20
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>=20
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>Lucy Clifford
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>Systems and Database Support Manager
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>City University Library
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>Email: [log in to unmask]
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>Tel: 020 7040 4130
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>Hello,
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>We are considering reserving one of our 3M selfcheck machines for use in 
>the short loan collection, but are concerned about =  how to deal with 
>items which have bookings. Currently, if a user checks out = an item which 
>is booked for a future time, we will let them have the item with a 
>shortened loan period. If the user with the booking is very late = 
>collecting the item, (more than an hour), we will override the booking and 
>let another = user take the item.
>
>
>
>We are reluctant to let the machines issue booked = items with a truncated 
>due time, as students are unlikely to pay attention to the = receipt and 
>will expect the usual 7 hour loan. Another option (if it is = possible) 
>would be to prevent any items with bookings from being issued by the 
>machine = and send the user to the issue desk. As we do not get a huge 
>number of bookings = on short loans, this shouldn't cause much extra work 
>for the issue desk = staff.
>
>
>
>Is anyone using self-check machines in a similar = situation, and how do 
>you deal with bookings? Any advice would be = appreciated,
>
>
>
>Lucy
>
>
>
>
>
>Lucy Clifford
>
>Systems and Database Support = Manager
>
>City = University Library
>
>
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>Email: [log in to unmask]
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>Tel: 020 7040 4130
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Regards


Sheila Smart
Library Systems Co-ordinator
University of St Andrews Library
North Street
ST ANDREWS
Fife  KY16 9TR

Tel: 01334 462316