Holds for Book Clubs

Holds for Book Clubs

 

When copies of a book are needed for a reading club the simplest solution is to place a hold for each member of the club. 
 
To have all of the copies available at the same time, this option may be used: 
 
1.    Create a user-record for the book club. Use the profile of LIBRARYUSE.
 
2.    Place multiple title holds for the number of copies that will be needed by the club. An override will be necessary after the first hold.
 
3.    As the copies come in, check them out on the book club card.
 
4.    When all of the copies come in and the club is ready for the titles, check them out to the individual members. An override will be necessary because the item wasn’t discharged. This will prevent the copy from going on hold for another user or transiting back to the owning library.
 
Since the book club titles will be out of the owning library for a longer period of time, titles should selected that have enough copies and are don’t have more than a few holds. 
 
Submitted by boehning on November 17, 2009 - 3:45pm