Comments on: Automatic renewing at libraries using the aleph software (tested with Vienna University of Technology and University of Vienna) http://ra.fnord.at/2008/09/automatic-renewing-at-libraries-using-the-aleph-software-tested-with-vienna-university-of-technology-and-university-of-vienna/ blog Fri, 13 Jul 2012 16:58:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ra http://ra.fnord.at/2008/09/automatic-renewing-at-libraries-using-the-aleph-software-tested-with-vienna-university-of-technology-and-university-of-vienna/comment-page-1/#comment-20452 ra Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:00:56 +0000 http://ra.fnord.at/?p=108#comment-20452 Unfortunately I can not find the string "These items were renewed" you are referring to. Can you please send me the exact strings both in the script and within your ALEPH setup? Implementing some logic decision wether to renew or not sounds reasonable in your case. If you send me a patch, I would be happy to apply it. Thanks for the feedback. (: Unfortunately I can not find the string “These items were renewed” you are referring to. Can you please send me the exact strings both in the script and within your ALEPH setup?

Implementing some logic decision wether to renew or not sounds reasonable in your case. If you send me a patch, I would be happy to apply it.

Thanks for the feedback. (:

]]> By: BorrowerBe http://ra.fnord.at/2008/09/automatic-renewing-at-libraries-using-the-aleph-software-tested-with-vienna-university-of-technology-and-university-of-vienna/comment-page-1/#comment-10720 BorrowerBe Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:19:09 +0000 http://ra.fnord.at/?p=108#comment-10720 Thanks for sharing this script - just came across it as the only Google hit for "func=bor-renew-all". You know you've encountered a like-minded geek when you get just one hit and it's a Perl script :) Not tried the script yet but think I might need to tweak it slightly to run here. Ours responds with "Items which were renewed" rather than "These items were renewed". Perhaps just different customisation! We get a limited number of renewals before we have to return the book (even if there's no demand) so renewing every night would mean we'd use the renewal quota up faster than necessary. Perhaps I'll tweak it to check on the "Loans & Renewals" (aka "func=bor-loan") page whether a renewal would be premature. Our ALEPH seems to allow us to reserve an specific copy of a book. This means you have to trade off using up your renewal quota against having the least desirable copy (I think a rational borrower would reserve the copy that's due back first). If I get around to making the tweaks I'll post them here. Thanks for sharing this script – just came across it as the only Google hit for “func=bor-renew-all”. You know you’ve encountered a like-minded geek when you get just one hit and it’s a Perl script :) Not tried the script yet but think I might need to tweak it slightly to run here.

Ours responds with “Items which were renewed” rather than “These items were renewed”. Perhaps just different customisation!

We get a limited number of renewals before we have to return the book (even if there’s no demand) so renewing every night would mean we’d use the renewal quota up faster than necessary. Perhaps I’ll tweak it to check on the “Loans & Renewals” (aka “func=bor-loan”) page whether a renewal would be premature.

Our ALEPH seems to allow us to reserve an specific copy of a book. This means you have to trade off using up your renewal quota against having the least desirable copy (I think a rational borrower would reserve the copy that’s due back first).

If I get around to making the tweaks I’ll post them here.

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