[Koha-devel] availability of a reserved item

Susan Bennett susan.bennett at geaugalibrary.info
Wed Oct 29 14:07:29 CET 2008


Good point- "On hold" would be less confusing for patrons.

Susan Bennett
ILS System Administrator
Geauga County Public Library
440 286-6811 x 125
440 286-7419 FAX


On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Owen Leonard <oleonard at myacpl.org> wrote:

> > I know our patrons are confused by "available". We've had more then one
> > patron come in to pick up an item that the OPAC said was available only
> to
> > discover that the book was on the hold shelf for another patron an they
> > could not take it out. How about something like "not currently on shelf".
>
> Susan, do you suggest "not currently on shelf" because you don't want
> to show that the item is on hold? We used "not on shelf" at one time
> and found that it too was confusing for patrons, being so ambiguous.
>
>  -- Owen
>
> --
> Web Developer
> Athens County Public Libraries
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>
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