Allow patrons to renew the due date of their item, if a request on title level exists, but their copy is not the recalled one
Please offer the option to configure physical item requests in a way that ONLY the recalled copy is blocked from being renewed.
All other patrons who have loaned a copy should be able to renew their due dates according to the maximum renew period.
Our institution offers patrons to place requests on borrowed media on title level. ALMA sets the copy with the earliest loan date to the renew status "recalled". Until this - or any other copy - has been returned, ALL other copies of the title cannot be renewed and therefore have to be returned to the library.
Since we offer titles with multiple copies for large university courses that are needed for several months, it is a great problem for our students, if they are ALL blocked from renewing their copies, although only ONE copy is needed elsewhere.
In the Fulfillment Configuration, the Block Preferences menu allows setting how the ‘Not Renewable – Item has Request(s)’ block will work. If set to ‘Handle Automatically’ then only the recalled loan will not be allowed for renew.
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Manu Schwendener commented
> If set to ‘Handle Automatically’ then only the recalled loan will not be allowed
> for renew.Is there a reason that this is not the default?
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Manu Schwendener commented
+1