Patron Settings
Patron Account Management
This setting turns on patron approval. If you turn on patron approval, you will need to manually approve patrons in the system in order for them to place interlibrary loans. Borrowing requests from patrons who are placing interlibrary loan requests for the first time will be routed to the New for Review queue for approval. For details on approving patrons, see Approve patrons.
To select your Patron Account Management setting:
- Select the On check box next to Require approval for new ILL patron accounts.
- This will require newly created patron accounts to be manually approved. Borrowing requests from patrons with new accounts will be routed to the New for Review queue.
- Optionally, deselect the On check box to turn off patron approval.
- Click Save.
Patron Request Management
Use these settings to determine what actions patrons can take in My Account and whether their due date should occur sooner than the lender's due date. For details on how these settings display, see My Account for Resource Sharing for Groups.
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Display patron due date |
This setting determines whether the patron due date is visible in My Account. It is enabled by default.
To hide the patron due date in My Account:
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Allow patrons to renew ILL requests online |
This setting turns on interlibrary loan renewals. When turned on, patrons can renew their interlibrary loan requests through My Account. The Renew button displays in My Account when the My Account status is Due [date] where the request has not yet reached the Patron Due Date. When the patron places a renewal request, the request goes directly to the lending library for review. Once the request has surpassed the Patron Due Date, the renew button will no longer be available. Staff will still be able to renew material for the user in the staff interface. For more information on statuses, see ILL statuses. To allow patrons to renew requests:
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Allow patrons to cancel ILL requests online |
This setting turns on interlibrary loan cancelations. When turned on, patrons can cancel their interlibrary loan requests through My Account. If enabled, the CANCEL REQUESTS button displays in My Account. Requests in the status of Submitted can be cancelled. If disabled, the CANCEL REQUESTS button will not display to library users in My Account. For more information on statuses, see ILL statuses. To allow patrons to cancel requests:
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Number of days to offset patron's due date |
This setting allows you to determine whether the patron's due date should occur before the lender's due date. For example, if you select 2 days and the lender wants their item back on the 3rd of the month, the patron's due date will be on the 1st. The default is 0 days. To offset the patron's due date:
The offset date will appear to patrons in My Account and their notifications. |
Number of active requests allowed per patron |
This setting allows you to limit patrons' active requests to a number from 1-500. Active requests include items in the borrowing, document delivery, and purchasing queues. Active requests apply to any requests that are currently in process. Requests with the status of Complete in My Account do not count against request limits. See ILL statuses for more information about status view in My Account.
For example, if you enter the number 5, each of your patrons will be limited to 5 active requests. If they have 5 active requests, they will be unable to create or submit new requests. They will have to wait until one of their active requests has been completed or canceled in order to submit new requests. To limit patrons' active requests:
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Patron Data Retention
Determine how long to retain patron data after a request is closed. The default period for retaining patron data on closed requests is one month. You can specify between 1 and 84 months to retain this information.
Note: Patron data present on requests is encrypted in the database.
After a request has been closed for the specified retention period:
- Patron data is purged from the request.
- Staff will no longer be able to search by Patron Name or Patron ID when retrieving closed requests.
- Patrons will not see their closed requests in My Account.
The patron data will be retained in the request for the amount of time specified at the time the request closes. Altering this setting after the request has already closed will not change the amount of time the data is retained for that request.