[Wactclc-alma] community patron due dates

[Whittaker, Shellie]

Hi Amy,

I don't know of a way to set a "due in three weeks, but no later than the end of the term" type due date other than by setting the user account expiry to the last day of the term.

The following KB article seems to confirm that account expiry date is the only way, and it also describes how use the Bulk Change Due Date functionality to roll back the due date for existing loans (though I know this isn't what you're really looking for).

https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/Alma/Knowledge_Articles/Set_a_%22fixed_due_date%22_for_loans_other_than_%22End_of_Term%22_functionality

Shellie Whittaker
WACTC Library Consortium
shelliew at bigbend.edu<mailto:shelliew at bigbend.edu> | (360) 452-5264

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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] community patron due dates

Our student accounts all expire on the last day of the quarter and therefore they cannot checkout materials past that date.   However our community patrons are entered as internal patrons and their due date is set manually for 1 year from the day we create their accounts.  Is this why they are able to check out materials past the last day of the quarter?  Is there a way to set a fixed end of quarter due date for them without changing their expiration dates?

My recollection is that the "end of term" date we can set doesn't do what it did in Voyager, which is to make all materials due that day for EVERYONE, but rather is only linked to quarter-long loans.

Amy Herman
Library Faculty | Olympic College
1600 Chester Avenue | Bremerton, WA 98337 aherman at olympic.edu<mailto:aherman at olympic.edu> | 360-475-7256

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