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1.7. Hold Targeting

Standard Targeting, Item Z

Basic Org Structure for our example...

Our Scenario Basics

Patrons Mrs. White Home Library is Branch 1 Miss Scarlett Home Library is Branch 2 Col. Mustard Home Library is Branch 3 Professor Plum Home Library is Branch 7

Items  Z Copy 1, Branch 1, available Copy 2, Branch 4, ckd out, (age prot.) Copy 3, Branch 2, ckd out X Copy 1, Branch 3, ckd out Copy 2, Branch 3, available Copy 3, Branch 6, ckd out Copy 4, Branch 2, ckd out

 

Standard Targeting, Item Z

• Miss Scarlett placed her hold on Monday
• Professor Plum placed his hold on Tuesday
  • Evergreen targets book Z, copy 1 at Branch 1 for a hold and it will print on their holds pull list
    • When pulled and scanned it will be captured for Miss Scarlett and put in transit to Branch 2 for her to pick up.
  • Professor Plum has to wait for copy 3 (or copy 1) to be returned in order to fill his hold – or for Copy 2’s age-protection to expire.

FIFO, Item X

• Mrs. White placed her hold 1st 
• Professor Plum placed his hold 2nd 
• Miss Scarlett placed her hold 3rd
• Col. Mustard placed his hold 4th
• Copy2 is available at Branch 3
• Copy1 gets returned next and goes to Plum
• Copy3 gets returned next and goes to Scarlett
• Copy4 gets returned last and goes to Mustard

…Opportunistic with Stalling Enabled

• Miss Scarlett placed her hold on Monday
• Professor Plum placed his hold on Tuesday
• Evergreen targets Z, copy 1 at Branch 1 for a hold and it will print on their holds pull list

Before Branch 1 runs their pull list, Copy 3 is returned to Branch 2.  It is opportunistically captured for Miss Scarlett because that is her pickup library.  When Branch 1 runs their pull list, Copy 1 will now be captured for Professor Plum

• The copy doesn’t have to belong to the branch it is returned to in order to be picked up for opportunistic hold.  The library just has to be the *pick up* library of an eligible hold. 

Hold Boundaries, Item X

• Mrs. White placed her hold on Monday
• Col. Mustard placed his hold on Tuesday
• Professor Plum placed his hold on Wednesday
  • Mrs. White would be first in queue to receive book X, Copy 4 as soon as it is returned
    • If copy 4 didn’t exist, she wouldn’t be able to place a hold
  • Col. Mustard’s hold would be targeted to Copy 2 (or could get Copy 1 through op capture)
  • Professor Plum is only eligible for Copy 3

 

 

 

 

 

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