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2 <chapter xml:id="hold-search" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0"
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7 <title>Hold/Search Policy (Interim)</title>
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11 <para><emphasis role="bold">Approved by the Interim Board of Directors, BC Libraries Cooperative <?linebreak?>Wednesday, April 15, 2009</emphasis></para>
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14 <para>In the Interim - while Federation based policy is in development, patron opac searches
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15 will scope only to their home library/library system by default, unless member libraries
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16 specify otherwise. Patron-initiated holds will be filled first by the home library/library
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17 system and then by other Sitka libraries, where agreements exist (e.g. Federation,
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18 reciprocal borrowing or service agreements); By default, holds placed on another library's
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19 material will be held at the owning library for pickup unless and until a delivery mechanism
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20 exists under the relevant agreement. Where agreements do not exist between Sitka libraries,
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21 and between Sitka libraries and non-Sitka libraries, traditional ILL should be used
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