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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:
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).
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.
Template: Circulation Plus comes with a system-supplied template: the
Standard Ready Hold Notice. You can duplicate and customize the wording