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Home Delivery Options
There are two main reasons your library may wish to specially designate patrons receiving home delivery services or patrons who are homebound:
- To gather statistics about this group’s library usage, separate from other patrons’ usage
- To help your library carry out services unique to this group
This special designation is achieved by the patron type (PTYPE) code in patron records. Home delivery/homebound patron types are:
- 3 – Homebound w/Ratings
- Can be configured to have a longer loan period
- Associated with Sierra’s Homebound Module
- Prompt for staff to print rating sheets at checkout. These can be delivered along with the library materials so that patrons can indicate their reading/viewing/listening preferences. This can help inform future staff choices for the patron.
- Prompt for staff to enter patron ratings at check-in.
- Staff can access special reports about these patrons’ reading history, including the ability to limit by check-out date and patron rating. For example, the report can be used to find one or more patrons’ highly-rated titles.
- Reading History cannot be saved for patrons with this patron type.
- 30 – EC Home Delivery
- Used by L.E. Phillips (Eau Claire) only
- Default 4-week checkout
- 40 – Home Delivery
- Can be configured to have a longer loan period