Question

In Voyager Short Loan, if there is an existing 2-hour item short loan from 2:00 to 4:00, the next available time is 5:00, when it should be 4:00. Why is this?

Answer

Double-check the setting in SysAdmin>Circulation>Miscellaneous for the Short Loan Time Buffer value and ensure it is set to 0.

The documentation (Table 5-6 in the System Administration User's Guide) states:

"Short Loan Time Buffer: The length in time used to separate the end of one short loan booking and the beginning of the next. This makes the item unavailable for short loan requests during this time."

Additional Information

This functionality was added in Voyager 8.

• Article last edited: 01-Sep-2021