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A new library setting is available to set a barcode regex to be checked during patron registration.
A new global flag option has been added to allow the circulating library of a desk renewal (a.k.a. a renewal using the staff client) to reuse the original circulation library for circ rule behaviors rather than using the workstation. This new setting is similar to existing options to use the originating circulation library in OPAC renewals.
A new library setting is available to disable patron credit payments in the billing interface. When enabled, the setting will:
A new library setting is available to remove a branch from consideration as a hold pickup library. This setting only affects the OPAC pickup library selector and does not otherwise affect the display of the branch in the OPAC. It also has no effect on hold targeting / capturing.
In previous versions of Evergreen, floating group copies could float or not. If they floated, then they floated everywhere with no restrictions.
This enhancement provides an interface to define where a copy will float by assigning it to a floating group.
This is a two-part feature, which covers marking circulations as long overdue via automated processing and check-in of long overdue circulations.
A new Action/Trigger reactor (MarkItemLongOverdue) and sample event definition (6 Month Overdue Mark Long-Overdue) are included for marking circulations and their associated copies as long overdue. New Library Settings (Org Unit Settings) determine whether the item price and/or a processing fee is applied.
A secondary Action/Trigger hook (longoverdue.auto) and sample event definition (6 Month Long Overdue Notice) are added so that (email, etc.) notifications can be sent when a circulation is marked long overdue via this new automated process.
Also included is a new Action/Trigger validator PatronNotInCollections, which can be used to prevent long overdue processing (or any circ-based event definition) for patrons that are in collections processing at (or above) the circulating library.
Check-in of long overdue items may result in any of the following actions, depending on configuration.
The process is practically identical to Lost processing. However, one difference between Lost and Long Overdue check-in is that the window of time during which a long overdue item may be returned may be based on the due date (like Lost) or the last billing activity date (last payment, last billing). This is controlled with the "Long-Overdue Check-In Interval Uses Last Activity Date" Library Setting.
A combination of Charge lost on zero and Default Item Price are used to determine the amount to charge for the item price when a circulation is marked as long overdue.
This feature has two main parts, both of which are to improve the staff’s ability to assist patrons in regards to lost items.
This is the long-overdue version of the existing PATRON_EXCEEDS_LOST_COUNT standing penalty. When a patron exceeds the configured threshold for open long-overdue (i.e. non-zero balance) circulations, the penalty is applied. When the number once again goes below the threshold, the penalty is removed.
The penalty name is PATRON_EXCEEDS_LONGOVERDUE_COUNT / "Patron Exceeds Max Long-Overdue Threshold"
The value for behind-the-desk pickup is now stored directly on each hold request. This allows the system to better track the true location of captured hold items in cases where the patron setting has changed since hold capture.
For these features to be accessible, the "Behind Desk Pickup Supported" (circ.holds.behind_desk_pickup_supported) Library Setting must be set to true.
In addition to the counts of ready for pickup and available holds, the staff client now also displays the number of behind-the-desk-holds ready for pickup at the staff’s working location. If no items are held behind the desk, this information does not display, in particular, because this information is useless if behind the desk holds are not supported at the staff’s working location.
The system also allows patrons to set their own behind-the-desk pickup preferences in the TPAC settings interface. To activate this feature, admins need to set the Opac Visible flag to "true" for the "Hold is behind Circ Desk" (circ.holds_behind_desk) user setting and "Behind Desk Pickup Supported" must be set to true for the patron’s home library.
This feature adds the ability to print a receipt for just a single selected item from the patron interface for Items Out or Lost, Claims Returned, Long Overdue, Has Unpaid Billings. This can be used via right-click or using the Actions for Selected Items button.
More User Name fields are available for display in the simplified hold pull list interface including:
The following improvements were made to the self-check interface:
Lost or Long Overdue circulations that have not yet been returned will appear in the patron’s list of billed transactions styled differently from other not-yet-returned items.
The interface will also display a helpful message to staff indicating what colors map to what types of circulations.
The default colors are maroon for Lost items and orange for Long Overdue items.
To change the colors, modify circ.css. To change the language for the hint, modify lang.dtd.
In checkout, when pasting a barcode into the lookup field, one may accidentally include spaces or tabs in the beginning or end of the barcode string. Trim those away to avoid potential mis-scans.
The following changes were made to the Browse Holds Shelf interface: