Self-Renewal of Loans

You can allow your users to renew or extend their own loans one or more times by checking off "Allow self-renewal of loans" in the Loans section of:

Settings -> Loans & Reservations -> Loans

Your users will then be able to self-renew a loan under the following conditions (see chart below for all criteria/checks):

• The option is enabled by the admin as listed above
• The "Minimum Loan Percentage Complete before Self Renewal" setting has passed (this defaults to 50%, meaning they can only renew after half the loan has passed)
• The item is not overdue (this will change with paid-self renew)
• The item does not have any fees associated with it (e.g. per loan fees)
  • Paid self-renewal with per-day fees is allowed
• They have not reached the maximum number of self-renewals (see below)

This flowchart shows the when a user can/can not self-renew a loan:

Self-Renewing a Loan

Going to "My Account -> Loans" will list all loans. If an item is allowed to be renewed, a "Renew" button will be listed in the Actions column:

The user will then be prompted to enter the new due date. This can be up until the item is needed for an upcoming reservation or a maximum of the "default loan length" for the item:

Number of self-renewals

You can set the "Maximum number of renewals" for a particular item by editing the item. You can also set a default for All Items or particular Item Types by setting the option in:

Settings -> Inventory -> Set Item Default Values

Please note that the option currently limits self-renewals only, admins can always renew a loan.