The reserve note is not a free text field that is editable. Due to the nature of reserve materials the use of Holds does not work well. Holds are only activated when the item is checked in. Limits are placed so an individual student cannot book items for consecutive loan periods and a limit is set on the number of bookings a patron can make. The booking module allows patrons to see when an item will be available and when it is already booked.
Items can only be self-booked during available periods.
Staff have worked around this problem by printing a list of bookings each hour. The Materials Booking Module shortens the loan period making the item due 10 minutes before the next booking period. Thus a two-hour loan is not fully two hours. Staff cannot easily determine if an item has a booking in the near future without attempting to checkout the item. If the item has a booking the checkout is denied.