CIRCULATION ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 7. SETTING CIRCULATION PARAMETERS
Checkout Limits
The Checkout Limits function allows you to set the maximum number of items a user can have "checked out" at any given time. Checkout limits may be established separately for each type of material borrowed by each class of user (patron category) for each library location. Checkout Limits cause an Over Checkout Limit Warning to display in VERSO’s Circulation module when a patron attempts to check out an item in excess of the specified limit.
You may also choose to set a “hard block” against borrowing privileges for patrons with excessive overdue checkouts (see Setting Hard Blocks for details).
To ensure proper operation of your VERSO system, it is important to understand the relationship between “individual” checkout limits and “combined” checkout limits, and between library, branch and collection checkout limits (see Understanding Checkout Limits for more information).