1familyresourcecentre
After an item has been renewed, it is technically checked-out again for another borrowing period. Is there a way to be able to tell in the item's lending history when an item was actually checked out the first time, and which follow-up checkouts were renews?
I know that this can be deducted reasonably by looking at the dates, but it would be great if the renewals have some kind of differentiation from a check-out. To me a renewal is not a check-out, because the book never returned.
I know that this can be deducted reasonably by looking at the dates, but it would be great if the renewals have some kind of differentiation from a check-out. To me a renewal is not a check-out, because the book never returned.
2kristilabrie
Interesting point. I'm curious: what's the end-goal here for you, knowing what renewals you have versus original checkouts?
3kristilabrie
I'm going to add this as something for developers to consider, we'll let you know if or when anything changes on this front! Thanks for your feedback.
4familyresourcecentre
Hi Kristi, thanks for the reply!
We allow our borrowers to renew their loans for up to 2 months of borrowing time. So when we look at Lending History, we need to identify the original Checkout from the Renews, to track the total borrowing time.
Example scenario:
Steve checks out book Jan 15 x 2 weeks.
Renews Jan 31 x 2 weeks
Renews Feb 15 x 2 weeks
Renews Feb 28 x 2 weeks
And we would know here that the Feb 28 renewal has to be the last one, because after 2 weeks he'd be at the 2 month mark (March 15).
Right now if we look at the lending history, it looks more like below
Checked out Jan 15 x 2 weeks
Checked out Jan 31 x 2 weeks
Checked out Feb 15 x 2 weeks
Checked out Feb 28 x 2 weeks
So at a glance it's hard to distinguish these as the same loan renewed 3x, which began Jan 15.
We allow our borrowers to renew their loans for up to 2 months of borrowing time. So when we look at Lending History, we need to identify the original Checkout from the Renews, to track the total borrowing time.
Example scenario:
Steve checks out book Jan 15 x 2 weeks.
Renews Jan 31 x 2 weeks
Renews Feb 15 x 2 weeks
Renews Feb 28 x 2 weeks
And we would know here that the Feb 28 renewal has to be the last one, because after 2 weeks he'd be at the 2 month mark (March 15).
Right now if we look at the lending history, it looks more like below
Checked out Jan 15 x 2 weeks
Checked out Jan 31 x 2 weeks
Checked out Feb 15 x 2 weeks
Checked out Feb 28 x 2 weeks
So at a glance it's hard to distinguish these as the same loan renewed 3x, which began Jan 15.
5kristilabrie
That makes sense, thanks!
6kristilabrie
We have now updated Transactions tracking to note when items have been Renewed versus Checked out! I hope this helps. :)
7CtrSacredSciences
>6 kristilabrie: This is exciting. We're not using circulation, yet, but we have a similar renewal policy and needs. Looks great.