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CIRCULATION ADMINISTRATION

Chapter 7. SETTING CIRCULATION PARAMETERS

   

 


Adding and Modifying Loan Periods

You can add or modify loan periods for any currently established library, branch or collection for your VERSO system.

To set or modify loan periods:

  1. From the Circ Admin menu, select Circulation Parameters - Loan Periods.
    • The Modify Loan Periods - Select Location screen displays.

Modify Loan Periods – Select Location Screen

Modify Loan Periods – Select Location Screen

  1. From the Select Location screen, click the name of the library, branch or collection for which you wish to set (or modify) loan periods.
    • The Modify Loan Periods screen for the selected location displays in an additional browser window.

Modify Loan Periods Screen

Modify Loan Periods Screen

  1. Enter the desired loan period for each material type in its associated text box:
    • To apply the same loan period to all patron categories, enter the desired loan period in the All text boxes. To apply unique loan periods for one or more patron categories, enter the loan periods in the appropriate patron category text boxes.
    • To enter a loan period in days, enter the desired number of days.
    • To enter a loan period in hours, enter the desired number of hours, followed by the letter “H”.

      NOTE: When entering hourly loan periods, you may enter the loan period in whole hours (2H for example) or in decimal hours (3.5H for example).

      • If desired, you may add “grace time” to hourly loan periods. To add “grace time” to an hourly loan period, add the desired “grace time” in hours, followed by the letter “G”, after the loan period (3.5H.5G for example).

      NOTE: In some cases, you may wish to define an indefinite loan period for a given material type and/or patron category. To do so, enter "INDEF" in the text box for the desired material type.

    • If you do not wish to establish the loan period for a given material type, leave the associated text box blank.
  2. When all desired loan periods have been entered, click the Submit button to submit your changes.
    • The Modify Parameters screen refreshes to show your changes.
  3. When loan periods for all desired patron category/material type combinations have been set, click the Close button on the Modify Loan Periods screen to close the screen and return to the Select Location screen.
  4. Repeat steps 2 through 5 to add (or modify) loan periods for additional locations.

    NOTE: It is recommended that you make a printout of the loan periods for each location for future reference (see Printing Circulation Parameters for details).