Re: Patron book list

[Carol Gyger <gyger at julip dot fcgov dot com>]

Elizabeth,

I was looking through the Release 2005 priliminary enhancement list and
there is some mention of holds.

# It will be possible to display the approximate time before a hold
request will be filled.
# It will be possible to allow patrons to "freeze" a request, allowing
other holds to be filled while it is frozen without losing the patron's
place in line when it is unfrozen.

These two features might help customers do a better job of managing their
holds.

-carol

Carol Gyger
Systems Administrator
Fort Collins Public Library
201 Peterson St.
Fort Collins CO  80524
(970)221-6716
gyger at julip dot fcgov dot com

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005, Elizabeth Thomsen wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 12:10:30 -0700 (MST) Carol Gyger wrote:
> > Yes, we use Preferred Searches but it isn't as straight forward as I would
> > like for producing a list of titles.  For example, if you drill down to a
> > full bib record level and click the Preferred Searches button, your
> > original search is saved not the title itself.  It would be great if it
> > saved the title.  One can work around this by starting with a title search
> > for each title you want to add to your list.  I think our customers would
> > like something like Amazon.com's Wish List.  You click an item and it adds
> > it to your wish list.
> >
> > Sounds like an enhancement idea.
>
> It does sound like an enhancement request, and an interesting one.
>
> Do you see this interacting with holds at all?  One of the biggest
> problem with holds, in any system that I know, is that our most active
> patrons have no means of flow control.  They place holds on everything
> they want to read, and it's totally random when each hold becomes
> available for them.  Some weeks they may end up with far too much to read
> (or watch or listen to), and some weeks they get nothing.  I'd love to
> see kind of a list feature that would somehow interact with the holds
> process to give people a steady stream of material.  Something like the
> way the NetFlix queue works would be wonderful.
>
> --
> Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> Danvers MA 01923
> et at noblenet dot org
>
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