Holds: Number of holds before purchase alert

A purchase alert is generated by the system when the number of outstanding holds for an individual item equals the threshold level specified here. An alert is also generated when the number of bibliographic level holds equals the product of the number of items attached to the record times the threshold level. The system stores purchase alerts in the Purchase Alerts system-generated review file.

Bibliographic Records Must Have Attached Items

The system uses attached item records to calculate purchase alerts. Bibliographic records without attached items do not count toward purchase alert thresholds, even if they have attached orders.