Generating hold notices – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Chapter 38 Circulation reports

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Generating Hold Notices

Use Hold Notices to notify your patrons when copies are ready for pickup.
Notices print for both ready holds and ready reserves. When a copy that satisfies

a hold is checked in, Circulation Desk changes the hold status on the copy from

Pending to Ready. When a pre-reserve processing date arrives, the hold status of

the reserve becomes Ready if the copy is available (Pending if it is not). When a

hold status changes to Ready, Circulation Desk flags the hold for notice printing.
Reports generates a specific hold notice only once. If you need another copy of a

notice, you can reprint it if it was generated earlier that day. If you need another

copy on a later date, use Options | Set Report Date (from the menu) to print the

notice as of the original date. For more information about changing the report

date, see page 494.

Select the wording template.

Select the range of patrons

for the notices.

Select the format.

After selecting your options,

click Print.

The Hold Notices have these options:

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Patrons: Select the method for searching the library database. Then select the

range of patrons for the report. For instructions on selecting the starting and

ending records, see page 489.

Note:

Location and User Fields are customizable patron record prompts. For

additional information on changing these prompts, see page 72.

To limit the report to patrons belonging to specific patron types, click Patron

Types (see page 493).

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Format: Choose the internal or the mailing format. Using the internal

distribution style, two notices print on a single page. If you use the mailing

style, each notice requires a whole page.

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Template: Circulation Plus comes with a system-supplied template: the

Standard Ready Hold Notice. You can duplicate and customize the wording

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