I would like to suggest a feature beyond ticket 11126, where holds are prioritized first for owning libraries, then regional libraries, and then finally all libraries, with each instance adhering to the transport cost matrix. In other words: If Item X does not fill holds for all libraries until A) all holds for patrons from the owning library are satisfied, and then B) holds from all libraries from that library's defined region are satisfied. Christopher Brannon
I wonder if we need this to be a separate thing or something that you could calculate into your cost matrix - libraries in the same region get lower 'cost values' than those outside the region. Adding another dimension might make it even harder to track why something happened in a certain way.
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #1) > I wonder if we need this to be a separate thing or something that you could > calculate into your cost matrix - libraries in the same region get lower > 'cost values' than those outside the region. > So the cost values work for holds to pull lists but not for items that are checked out and then have holds when they are returned. It makes it take longer for patrons to receive holds and a lot of items spend more time in the courier than if the patron waited a couple extra days for their copies to come in. Lisette