[Koha-devel] Placing multiple record-level holds on a record

[Lamancusa, Emily]

Hi David,

Just want to weigh in that our library system does use the ability to place multiple record-level holds for staff-run book discussion programming. (We don't use the Clubs module because for us they are open programs, not clubs with a specific membership list.) We have the circulation rules set to allow multiple record-level holds for staff cards only, so that staff can easily place multiple holds for programming purposes, but customers are still limited to 1 hold per record unless a staff member makes the judgment call to override that limit.

I'm not sure that there's a strong reason to use record-level holds instead of item-level holds for that situation, except that, as far as I can tell, Koha does not yet have any multi-select feature (e.g. checkboxes instead of radio buttons) for placing holds on multiple items in a single form submission, correct? Which means that staff can place 20 record-level holds with a few clicks, but need to place 20 item-level holds individually. (I'd love to be told I'm wrong about this, though!)

Emily Lamancusa (she/her)
IT Specialist III
Montgomery County Public Libraries
(240) 777-0052

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From: David Cook <dcook at prosentient.com.au>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2023 7:29 PM
To: 'Katrin Fischer' <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>; koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org <koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org>
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Placing multiple record-level holds on a record


Hi Katrin,



But I think the intention of "Holds per record (count)" was to enable multiple item-level holds rather than multiple record-level holds? https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14695



I suppose one could argue though that record-level holds are ultimately still for items... but (depending on your rules) you can place 1+ record-level holds on a record with only 1 item (e.g. I have 10 holds on 1 record that has 1 item). If you have item-level holds, you can only ever place 1 item-level hold on that 1 item. It looks like a loophole/flaw to me.



You can also place holds on items you already have checked out which seems weird. (I think it's probably due to the syspref AllowHoldsOnPatronsPossessions although I think the intention there was probably to allow holds on other items belonging to that record.)



I haven't thoroughly tested it, but I think in theory you could monopolize an item for longer than a library intends if the circ rules were loose.



I suppose I was just wondering if these are intentional or accidental behaviours. Holds are tricky though. What I might see as a bug might be a feature to someone else...



David Cook

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From: Koha-devel <koha-devel-bounces at lists.koha-community.org> On Behalf Of Katrin Fischer
Sent: Monday, 22 May 2023 3:19 PM
To: koha-devel at lists.koha-community.org
Subject: Re: [Koha-devel] Placing multiple record-level holds on a record



hi David,

it depends, there is definitely a feature to do that. If you can place multiple per record is defined in the circulation rules. If holds per record is 1, you should of course not be able to. It's been there for multiple versions now.

Hope that helps,

Katrin

On 22.05.23 06:46, David Cook wrote:

Hi all,



I'm noticing in 22.11 that it's possible to place multiple record-level holds on a record.



Do you think that's intentional? While I can understand having multiple item-level holds, having multiple record-level holds seems like a way to game the system...



David Cook

Senior Software Engineer

Prosentient Systems

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6a Glen St

Milsons Point NSW 2061

Australia



Office: 02 9212 0899

Online: 02 8005 0595





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