You can further limit transit holds so items outside of your location's primary location group are not used to fill a request under specific conditions. If your library has an item currently circulating that could fill the request, that item is requested when it is checked in rather than using an outside item. This feature can be used when transit times or cost of transits between groups make it preferable to wait for a local item to fill the hold.
Your library may occasionally use short non-standard item barcodes (those that are shorter than your system administrator has defined in the location view). If you modify and save any item barcodes on in-transit items, Horizon automatically pads or adds digits to equal the defined barcode length. When the items get to the new location, users or staff cannot search for them because the barcodes are invalid.
If you do not modify and save a barcode as you work with in-transit items, Horizon leaves short, non-standard barcodes as they are.
This section explains these topics:
• | Enabling the Transit Holds Override |
• | Minimizing Transit Holds |
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