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Return Renewal Operations
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Configure the settings relating to return and/or renewal operations, such as allowing return at other location, in-transit processing, etc.
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Convert claimed never had to missing
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Select this option to convert the status to MISSING for Items patrons claimed Never Had.
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Convert claimed returned to missing
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Select this option to convert the status to MISSING for Items patrons claimed returned.
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Allow return at other location
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Enables accepting return of items belonging to other libraries (organizations).
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Set In-Transit status for return at other locations
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If enabled, items returned at other locations will have their status set to In-Transit and send to the owning organization.
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Hold/reserve send to patron's home location
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For items returned at other locations, if there are holds/reserves send the items in-transit to the patrons home locations
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Convert reserve to hold for In-Transit items
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For items returned at other locations, conver reserves to holds before sending the items in-transit to the patrons home locations
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Allow return of damaged items at other locations
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Allow return of Claimed Never Had items at other locations.
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Allow return of Claimed Never Had items at other locations
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Check this option to accept return of Claimed Never Had items at other locations
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Allow return of Claimed Returned items at other locations
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Check this option to accept return of Claimed Returned items at other locations.
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Allow return of Lost/Missing items at other locations
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Check this option to accept return of Lost/Missing items at other locations.
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Transfer holdings to returned location
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Items returned at other locations will be transaferred to the returned locations. Returned location will be the home/owning location.
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Generate fines for overdue returned items
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Turns on/off generation of fines for returned overdue items.
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Exclude closed days from fine calculation
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Exclude from the fine calculation the days the libary is closed during the given loan period.
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Default overdue returned item transaction fee
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This late fee is added to all overdue returned items on top of any calculated overdue fine amount.
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Enable suspend transaction
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Enable suspend transaction if patron fines amount or overdue transaction count exceed the preset amount.
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Fines total more than
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Suspend transaction if the patron fines amount exceeds this amount.
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Overdues more than
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Suspend transaction if the patron overdue transaction count exceeds this amount.
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Barcode Pre-Processing
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These settings instruct Circulation how to massage the raw barcode string into the desire form before submitting the query to the server.
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Enable barcode pre-processing
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Enable the pre-processing of the raw entered barcodes before querying the server. Often used to add/remove characters due to scanners pecularities.
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Enable removal of leading zeroes
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Enable removing leading zeroes from the entered raw barcodes.
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Number of leading zeroes to remove
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Maximun number of leading zeroes to remove from the raw entered barcode. Enter 0(zero) to remove all leading zeroes.
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Remove leading zeroes task priority
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The task priority (1-6) is the order in which removal of the leading zeroes will take place.
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Enable removal of trailing characters
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Enable removing trailing characters from the entered raw barcodes.
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Number of trailing characters to remove
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The number of trailing characters to remove from the entered barcode.
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Remove Trailing Characters Priority
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The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the removing of trailings characters will take place.
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Enable remove prefix
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Enable removing prefixes from the entered raw barcodes.
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The prefix(es) to Remove
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Enter one or more prefix separated with semicolon(;) to be removed from the entered barcodes
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Remove prefix task priority
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The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the remove prefix will take place.
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Add specified prefix
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Add the specified prefix to all entered barcode.
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The prefix to add
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Enter here the prfix to add to the barcodes.
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Add prefix task priority
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The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the add prefix will take place.
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Conditional add prefix
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Add a prefix to the barcode based on the current user or workstation organization symbol. In addtion, a substitution list can also be provided.
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Add prefix condition
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Use either the user or workstation organization symbol as the prefix or as the condition for substitution.
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Use substitution list
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Enables getting the prefix text from the substitution list. For any symbol matching the condition, add the conrresponding prefix text.
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Add prefix substitution list
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The list of organization symbols and the corresponding prefixes. Select an Organization, enter prefix text and click on ADD.
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(EMPTY)
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To force a prefix for user or workstation with empty organization symbol, select [EMPTY] and specify the prefix.
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(ADD) (REMOVE)
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To exclude an organization from adding a prefix, select the organization and set the prefix to one or more blank spaces.
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Use retry without adding prefix list
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Re-try without adding prefix for those organizations in the list if fetching barcode fails.
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Exclude organization list
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The list of organizations to retry without adding the prefix if fetching the barcode fails.
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Conditional add prefix task priority
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The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the conditional add prefix will take place.
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Make entered barcode fixed length
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Make all entered barcodes of a fixed length by padding or removing characters as configured.
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Length of the barcode
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The number of characters to make the entered barcodes.
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Pad leading characters
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Make the barcodes a fixed length by padding the leading characters. Otherwise pad trailing characters.
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Padding character
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The character to used to pad the barcodes when the entered barcodes are shorter than the required length.
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Remove leading characters
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Make the barcodes a fixed length by removing the leading characters. Otherwise remove trailing characters.
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Make fixed length task priority
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The task priority (1-6) is the order in which the make fixed length will take place.
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Miscellaneous Settings
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Provides many options to enhance Circulation customization.
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Enable sound
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Enable playing sound file at the end of each operation.
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Delete bibliographic when last holding is deleted
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Delete the bibliographic record when the last attached holding record is deleted.
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Print checkout transaction receipt
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Enables printing receipt for loan transactions.
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Print patron's name in transaction receipt
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Enables printing the patron's name when printing receipts. Otherwise the name is masked.
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Receipt printing header
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The header to print in the receipt. Leave blank if no header is desired.
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Receipt printing footer
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The footer to print in the receipt. Leave blank if no footer is desired.
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Disable history options
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Checking this option will disable the history menu options for both patron and item.
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Skip transaction overrides Self Mode
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Skip transaction overrides in Self Mode. Overrides are NOT waived, instead the transactions are cancelled.
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Self Mode overrides max fine amount
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This is the maximum fine amount the patron may owe before blocking the transactions in Self Mode when the skip override flag is off.
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Self Mode overrides max overdues count
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This is the maximum number of overdue loans the patron may have before blocking the transactions in Self Mode when the skip override flag is off.
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Allow reserve transactions on In-Process items
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Allow reserve transactions on items with In-Process status.
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Display and process entered barcodes in upper case
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Display and process entered barcodes in upper case.
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Display patron current statistics
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Display the patron current statistics (number of items currently on loan, on hold, on reserve, fines, etc.
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Display patron expiration alert days
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The number of days before the patron expiration to display notification alert.
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Display item current statistics
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Display the item current statistics (number reserves, bookings, fines, etc.
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Enable view patron records detail
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Enables the option to view all the patron records (patron, barcode, group, etc.) in Full MARC.
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Enable view item records detail
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Enables the option to view all the item records (holding, bib, barcode, group, etc.) in Full MARC.
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Show related image in Transaction panes
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Show the related image in the transaction panes. Patron pictures for item transactions and book covers for patron transactions pane.
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Enable Circulation display timeout
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Clears the Circulation display after a specified timeout period of inactivity.
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Display timeout period (seconds)
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The number of seconds of inactivity necessary to clear the display.
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Max number of transactions per page
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Maximum number of transactions to display in the transaction pane at once. Paging will occur if exceeded. Default is 10.
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Library transactions show max per page
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Maximum number of transactions to display in the library transaction pane at once. Paging will occur if exceeded. Default is 20.
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Patron phone number source field
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The field in the patron record that Circulation uses to retrieve the patron phone number.
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Patron email address source field
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The field in the patron record that Circulation uses to retrieve the patron email address for email notifications.
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Library display location type
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The library display location type (PUBLIC or SCHOOL library) can be used to restrict displaying sensitive information.
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Suppress 411 messages
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Disable displaying of information (411) messages when a patron loaded.
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Time Zone
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Select the time zone for your location. Enter user defined time zone as: GMT+HH:MM or GMT-HH:MM.
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Email service type for notification
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The type of email service to use for notification. Currently only SMTP service is supported.
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Email server IP address
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The IP address of the email server to used for email notifications.
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Email server port
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The the listening port of the email server. Default value is port 25.
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Sender email address
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The email address of the sender. The email address that will be used in the FROM field of the email notifications.
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Email address to furnish copy to
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The email address to furnish copy of email notifications. The email address that will be used in the CC field of the email notifications.
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Authenticate
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Check this option if your email server requires authentication.
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User:
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Enter the SMTP account user name.
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Password:
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Enter the SMTP account user password.
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Duplicate patron detection fields
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One or more fields separated with slash(/) used in the auto import to detect duplicate patron records. Default field is 852#p.
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Use AND operator in duplicate detection
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For multiple duplicate detection fields use AND to require matching on every field. Otherwise matching on any of the fields.
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