{"id":3845,"date":"2022-11-25T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T20:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2024-01-11T14:04:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T21:04:45","slug":"book-club-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/2022\/11\/25\/book-club-selections\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Club Selections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A few tips for selecting book club books<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Create a patron record set with all your members. That way you can bulk-place a hold for each member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Choose older titles with more linked items than your need.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Place holds far in advance, and change the hold activation date to 3-4 weeks before you need it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    For example, if your book club meeting is on May 1, place the activation date on April 1-7. This will ensure your patron is at the top of the holds queue but does not get the book too soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    For groups of 10 or fewer, utilize the Parkland Book Club Kits<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A few tips for selecting book club books For example, if your book club meeting is on May 1, place the activation date on April 1-7. This will ensure your patron is at the top of the holds queue but does not get the book too soon. For groups of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collection-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3893,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions\/3893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}