Item Types and circulation rules

Eagle eyed staff at South Coastal brought this to our attention, and we think it is well worth making sure your circ staff are familiar with the following: the specific circ rules that apply to certain item types apply across all libraries, and will over-ride local rules for generic types of library material. That is, if you are used to having audio books circulate for two weeks, and a patron hold arrives in your library that has one of the more specific item type circ rules, when it is checked out to the patron they may get it for three weeks, two weeks, or less, depending on what item type has been assigned.
A lot of the types of item that this rule applies to in the most restrictive manner do not circulate outside of the academic libraries and cannot be held by non-academic patrons, so in most cases, patrons may end up getting items for longer than they are used to.