Circulation Committee

May 8, 2014

Melanie’s Report

1) New Location code = Classics

2) Charge History rule when setting up patrons. Use either “NOHISTORY” or “ALLCHARGES”, Please do not use the “CIRCRULE” option as this will not work

3) Melanie asked if there was any interest in making Wiis hold-able, some interest but not too many libraries have these

4) Question about whether J-Board books should be hold-able, most libraries use these so, yes

5) Does anyone use special institution cards? Very few appear to, it seems that most libraries give a card to a specific person for their school etc. Otherwise no one takes responsibility

6) eMail receipts: “all” Vs “Current” All= Everything the patron has checked out. Current= Only those items from the current transaction

7) Inactive ID: Now moves a lost card to inactive rather than keeping it as an active card. Staff no longer needs to go through card maintenance to make a card inactive

8) Cash Management: Can be used to sell event tickets, create and pay bills, charge rental fees etc

9) We have received 7 RFPs to date for the migration. Approximately 300 pages each and have to be read by committee members. 2 Have been eliminated so far 1 open source and 1 large vendor
General Comments / questions

1) Some libraries have turned off the barcode scanner “Beep” this makes it more helpful for the staff to view the screen as they are not automatically registering the beep

2) Question about not being able to delete items that have a fine, Melanie asked to be emailed an example

3) Holds: you can right click to pass on an item and select an alternative. (Only if they are the same catalog entry)

4) Report station may be coming out by the end of the year with new version??

5) Mamaroneck asked if anyone was having a problem with CDs and DVDs being placed under heavy books during the delivery cycle. It appears that there are some intermittent problems,. Please report any problems to wlsdelivery@wlsmail.org so they can be tracked and dealt with

6) Please NO SCOTCH TAPE on items!

7) South Salem (Lewisboro) renovation moving along and they are managing nicely in their temporary quarters. New Phone number 914-875-9004