Please contribute any ideas/features you would like to see in a new reserves system.

• Expiration dates for reserves. ( From Chris )

• The ability to reserve an item for a future date. ( From Chris )

• Ranks that are automatically renumbered. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )
  • With the current system, if Bob ⇒ 1, Sue ⇒ 2, and Joe ⇒ 3 for an item, and Bob picks up his reserve, the new state should be Sue ⇒ 1, Joe ⇒ 2, the current system has Sue ⇒ 2 and Joe ⇒ 3 still.

• There needs to be a way to rank a patron at the bottom of the list, for example, for patrons that request they get the reserve last because they have a long checkout period ( ex., home delivery with a 3-month checkout period ) ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• There needs to be a way to re-rank patrons. For example, if a patron knows that they are going to be away ahead of time and don't want the reserve to be hold for them while they are gone, but would rather be bumped back 1 or 2 places in line so they can get the reserve at a later date. With the ranking done statically as it is now, all the ranks after them would have to be bumped down. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• Can a reserve be suspended until a certain date ( ex. hold from 6/6/07 thru 7/1/07 ) and then automatically lift the suspend order and continue in the same place as before or at the top if patrons previously ahead have had the item. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )
  • Example: Reserves 1,2,3,4,5,6 - Patron #3 wants to suspend from 6/6/07 thru 7/1/07. Meanwhile patron 1 takes the item and returns it, so does Patrons 2. The book would then go to patron 4 if before 7/1/07 or it would go to patron 4 if after 7/1/07. It would continue on to the next patron ( 5, 6, … ) until patron 3 returns on 7/1/07. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• There is a place to enter a note about the reserve when it's being requested, but the note doesn't show up in the list of reserves. This would be a good place to add a note about the patron being unavailable between certain dates, etc. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• Slip with patrons name, address, and name of material on reserve automatically generated when item has a reserve placed on it. Slip whould be able to be mailed to patron. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )
  • May a postcard format? Any privacy issues? ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• Email automatically generated to those with email letting them know their book is waiting for them. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

* send text message to the bororower if a cell number is entered on their membership record. (Jo/HLT)

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• Need to be able to put a reserve on a book just on order with a message such as “On Order” or something to that effect. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• From catalog screen be able to tell if a book has a reserve on it or not. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• Give patrons the ability to place a reserve on a book from home or the internet. We must be informed of the reserve as soon a possbile so if a book is on the shelf we can pull it immediately and place it on the reserve shelf for the patron. ( From Kyle/CCFLS )
  • RSS Feed maybe? Perhaps a custom system tray program with pop up alerts? ( From Kyle/CCFLS )

• Ability to mark certain itemtypes as not reservable. For example, we don't allow reserves on videos or DVDs. (From Cindy/CCFLS)