Alma to support Hold Information in SIP2 checkin reponse
We have a sort assistant (RFID equipment) that displays the next step/destination of an item on screen. It also generates a hold slip (with the hold patron name if there's a request for that item) or a transit slip (if it needs to be sent to another library).
However the hold information is not provided in the SIP2 checkin response which means having to scan in the item again in Alma to get this information.
Could the following SIP2 extension fields be added to resolve this issue:
CY - Hold Patron Id
DA - Hold Patron Name
Caroline Serrano
shared this idea
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Sophie Demange commented
for information, there is a request for full support of the SIP2 protocol
https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/308173-alma/suggestions/45725089-support-full-sip2-protocol -
Gymnase Yverdon
commented
Agree
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Clermonde Jaccaz
commented
Agree
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Verity Allison
commented
We are now affected by this issue following an upgrade of our return's chute due to our existing reutrn's chute being end of life. We were not alerted to the loss of functionality we would experience due to this issue. As major academic library suppliers we would have hoped that ExLibris and the supplier of our book returns chute would be using, and supporting, standards that enable efficient interoperability.
It is disappointing to see that this idea has been open for over 2 years and there is still no plan to address it. -
Diane Green
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Agree - a very helpful idea. Would add efficiency to workflow.
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Anonymous
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This is a major area of functionality across 7 library sites and very important to our operations.
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Antonia Mocatta
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This is an excellent idea and would save a great deal of manual processing time. The RFID sort assistants we use have the capability to print transit and hold slips, but due to Alma not sending hold information in its SIP 2 communication (DA and CY fields), we are not able to make use of the hold slip printing functionality. This is needlessly adding hundreds of hours per year in labor costs, which could otherwise be saved.