Stop and Clear a Patron’s Reading History

If you stop recording a patron’s reading history, the patron’s current reading history is cleared as well. You cannot archive a reading history. To stop recording a patron’s reading history and permanently clear the current history:

Note:
The history is also cleared if the patron stops it from PAC.

Tip:
From the Patron Status workform, press F9 to open the Patron Registration workform.

1. Select Patron Services, Patron Records to find and open the patron’s record. See Find patron services and related records. The Patron Registration workform - Addresses view appears.
2. Select View, General to display the General view.
3. Clear the Maintain reading list check box.

Important:
When you save the record, the patron’s reading history is deleted and cannot be recovered.

4. Select File | Save to save the record. The Reading History list is cleared from the Patron Status workform - Reader Services view.

Note:
Reading histories are automatically kept for Outreach Services patrons. If your branch uses Outreach Services but has not enabled reading histories for non-Outreach Services patrons, when you remove a patron from outreach services by clearing the Outreach Services check box on the Patron Status workform - Reader Services view, the patron’s reading history will not be cleared. The history remains unless items are manually removed. See Remove items from a patron’s reading history.

Related Information

Stop all reading histories (non-outreach services patrons) - See Setting Reading History Options.