How to setup Holds in Koha
Hello, We have Koha installed in our server for education purposes, everything looks fine, but there are a few issues: 1. We decided to use Hold function to reserve a book for patron. But, i.e., if there is only one book, many patrons are able to reserve a book using Hold function. Is it possible to make a book reservation only for one patron (one book -> one patron reservation; two books -> two patrons reservations; etc.)? 2. Is it possible to create automatic term for holds? I.e. reservation for the book could be made only for three days (and if you won't come to take your holding from library, it returns to library without Hold tag)? How to do it? Thanks for the help
Hi, 1. To my knowledge it's currently not possible to limit the number of holds on a record or an item like that. The limits available usually apply 'per patron'. So you can limit how many holds a patron may place in total, on certain item types, in a day, or on a single record etc. 2. There is a new feature in 21.05 that might be helpful:* BugĀ 26498* <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=26498> - Add option to set a default expire date for holds at reservation time Hope this helps, Katrin On 25.05.21 10:27, Tadas G wrote:
Hello,
We have Koha installed in our server for education purposes, everything looks fine, but there are a few issues:
1. We decided to use Hold function to reserve a book for patron. But, i.e., if there is only one book, many patrons are able to reserve a book using Hold function. Is it possible to make a book reservation only for one patron (one book -> one patron reservation; two books -> two patrons reservations; etc.)?
2. Is it possible to create automatic term for holds? I.e. reservation for the book could be made only for three days (and if you won't come to take your holding from library, it returns to library without Hold tag)? How to do it?
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