Home → Administration Manual for Libraries → Library Settings → Long Overdue Settings
Last Updated 10/19/2023
| Color | Description |
| Optional setting. | |
| Setting has Cardinal default value but systems can choose differently. | |
| There is a Cardinal default value and there should be no other value chosen for this setting. |
| Label | Description | Recommendations / Comments | Acceptable Values | Counts in Cardinal as of January 2022 (value then count) | NC Cardinal |
| Forgive fines when checking out a long-overdue item and copy alert is suppressed? | Controls whether fines are automatically forgiven when checking out an item that has been marked as long-overdue, and the corresponding copy alert has been suppressed. | Long-Overdue settings should mirror your Lost settings, and should be avoided unless you use Long-Overdue. | |||
| Long-Overdue Check-In Interval Uses Last Activity Date | Use the long-overdue last-activity date instead of the due_date to determine whether the item has been checked out too long to perform long-overdue check-in processing. If set, the system will first check the last payment time, followed by the last billing time, followed by the due date. See also circ.max_accept_return_of_longoverdue | ||||
| Long-Overdue Items Usable on Checkin | Long-overdue items are usable on checkin instead of going "home" first | True/False | True (2) | ||
| Long-Overdue Max Return Interval | Long-overdue check-in processing (voiding fees, re-instating overdues, etc.) will not take place for items that have been overdue for (or have last activity older than) this amount of time | null (2) | |||
| Restore Overdues on Long-Overdue Item Return | Restore Overdues on Long-Overdue Item Return | True/False | True (3) | ||
| Void long overdue item billing when claims returned | Void long overdue item billing when claims returned | ||||
| Void long overdue item processing fee when claims returned | Void long overdue item processing fee when claims returned | ||||
| Void Long-Overdue Item Billing When Returned | Void Long-Overdue Item Billing When Returned | True/False | True (2) | ||
| Void Processing Fee on Long-Overdue Item Return | Void Processing Fee on Long-Overdue Item Return | True/False | True (1) | ||
| Leave transaction open when long overdue balance equals zero | Leave transaction open when long-overdue balance equals zero. This leaves the long-overdue copy on the patron record when it is paid | ||||
| Leave transaction open when lost balance equals zero | Leave transaction open when lost balance equals zero. This leaves the lost copy on the patron record when it is paid | True/False | False (16) | FALSE | |
| Long-Overdue Materials Processing Fee | Long-Overdue Materials Processing Fee | ||||
| Void Overdue Fines When Items are Marked Long-Overdue | Void Overdue Fines When Items are Marked Long-Overdue | True/False | False (2) True (1) |