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 General to display the General view.
3. Clear the Maintain reading list checkbox.

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 checkbox 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.