CIRCULATION ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 7. SETTING CIRCULATION PARAMETERS
Adding and Modifying Fine Amounts
You can add or modify fine amounts for any currently established library, branch or collection for your VERSO system.
To set or modify fine amounts:
- From the Circ Admin menu, select Circulation Parameters - Fine Amounts.
- The Modify Fine Amounts- Select Location screen displays.
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The Select Location screen shows an indentured listing of all currently
defined libraries, branches and collections for your VERSO system. Locations for
which one or more specific parameters have been specified are preceded by the
notation “-- ACTIVE ->.”
- Parameters set at the library level serve as the default parameters for all branches and collections associated with that library. If specific parameters are not set for a given branch/collection or material type, VERSO uses the parameters set at the library level. Similarly, parameters set at the branch level serve as the default parameters for all collections associated with that branch. If specific parameters are not set for a given collection or material type, VERSO uses the parameters set at the branch level.
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From the Select Location screen, click the name of the library, branch or
collection for which you wish to set (or modify) fine amounts.
- The Modify Fine Amounts screen for the selected location displays in an additional browser window.
- The Modify Fine Amounts screen is arranged as a table, with all patron categories established for your library listed across the top row of the table, and all material types established for your library listed down the left column of the table.
- The Modify Fine Amounts screen shows the currently established fine amounts for each patron category/material type combination.
- If desired, you can reconfigure, sort and filter table content (see the System Basics User Guide for details).
- Enter the fine amount (in dollars and cents) to be levied each day an item
is overdue, for each material type, in its associated text box.
If a fine amount is less than one dollar, it is not necessary to enter the leading zero.
- To apply the same fine amounts to all patron categories, enter the desired fine amounts in the All text boxes. To apply unique fine amounts for one or more patron categories, enter the fine amounts in the appropriate patron category text boxes.
- If desired, you may enter grace days/grace charges, using the format “0.00g000f0.00”. where 0.00 is the standard fine amount, g000 is the number of grace days, and f0.00 is the grace days fine amount.
- If you do not wish to establish the fine amounts for a given material type, leave the associated text box blank.
- When all desired fine amounts have been entered, click the Submit button
to submit your changes.
- The Modify Fine Amounts screen refreshes to show your changes.
- When fine amounts for all desired patron category/material type combinations have been set, click the Close button on the Modify Fine Amounts screen to close the screen and return to the Select Location screen.
- Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add (or modify) fine amounts for
additional locations.
It is recommended that you make a printout of the fine amounts for each location for future reference (see Printing Circulation Parameters for details).