Enabling INN-Reach Patrons to Specify a Not-Needed-After Date

To enable patrons in your INN-Reach System to specify a not-needed-after date during requesting, all Local Servers in the INN-Reach System must enable the feature at the same time, and the INN-Reach Central Server and Local Servers must be operating on the appropriate release. For more information on enabling this feature, ask your Central System Administrator to contact Innovative.

To enable patrons to specify a not-needed-after date in the WebPAC, your Central System Administrator must:

  1. Set the [NNA Date] element of the REQUEST Web option to "TRUE".
  2. Verify that the <!--{ifneedNNA}--> token block is present in the Request Verification customizable Web form.

The not-needed-after date specified by the patron is retained throughout the INN-Reach circulation process and is used as follows:

  • Staff can view the date; for example, when viewing outstanding holds or when viewing the Holds tab in the patron record.
  • Patrons can view the date in the View Your Patron Record feature in the WebPAC.
  • If your INN-Reach System has enabled the "Automatic Cancelling of Expired INN-Reach Holds" feature, patron sites can automatically cancel INN-Reach holds not filled by the not-needed-after date.
  • If your Local Server has acquired the Pass2ILL for INN-Reach product, the not-needed-after date is included in the information forwarded to your ILL department when the owning site cancels the hold without re-request, or cancels it with re-request but the system cannot identify another item for paging.
See also:
Requesting INN-Reach Items