Chapter 55. Server Administration

Table of Contents

Age Hold Protect Rules
Call Number Prefix and Suffix
Circulation Modifiers
Floating Group
Hard Due Date
Item Statuses
Organizational Units

Most options under the Server Administration menu are global Sitka settings that cannot be changed locally. The exception includes the call number prefix/suffix, and the Organizational Units submenu, which allows Local System Administrators to edit library contact information, hours of operation, and addresses.

There is some view-only information that is useful under Server Administration, in particular the list of Item Statuses.

Age Hold Protect Rules

Age based hold protection enables libraries to block holds from being filled for patrons from other libraries or branches until the item has been active for a specified amount of time.

The following age based hold protection rules can be used when applying age based hold protection item attributes.

Item Age Rule Name Description

1 month

1_month_among_multi_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning library/system for 1 month from the item’s active date.

3 months

3_month_among_multi_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning library/system for 3 month from the item’s active date.

6 months

6_month_among_multi_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning library/system for 6 month from the item’s active date.

9 months

9_month_among_multi_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning library/system for 9 month from the item’s active date.

1 year

12_month_among_multi_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning library/system for 1 year from the item’s active date.

1 month

1_month_within_single_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning branch for 1 month from the item’s active date.

3 months

3_month_within_single_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning branch for 3 month from the item’s active date.

6 months

6_month_within_single_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning branch for 6 month from the item’s active date.

9 months

9_month_within_single_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning branch for 9 month from the item’s active date.

1 year

12_month_within_single_branch

Block holds from being filled where the pickup library is not the owning branch for 1 year from the item’s active date.

The age based hold protection rules will remain an attribute on the item record after the protection period has passed unless manually removed by library staff via the Holdings Editor.

To see a list of items with the age based hold protection item attribute applied use the report template Age Based Hold Protection: Items with Age Based Hold Protection found under in the reporter under Shared Folders → Templates → Sitka_templates → Collection → Copy List by Item Attributes.

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