CIRCULATION ADMINISTRATION
Chapter 6. SETTING UP NOTICES
Library Card Expiry Notice Setup
The Library Card Expiry Notice is sent by email to a patron whose library card is due to expire within a specified period of time.
You can configure a unique Library Card Expiry Notice for each location in your VERSO system.
To set up the Library Card Expiry Notice:
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From the Circ Admin menu, select Notices – Library Card Expiry Notice
Setup.
- The Library Card Expiry Notice screen displays.
- Select the location for which you wish to edit the Library Card Expiry
Notice from the For menu.
- The For menu lists all currently defined locations for your system.
- The Home Location for your user account is initially selected by default from the For menu.
- Enter or edit the Library Card Expiry Notice header information in the
Notice Header field.
Text in the Notice Header is included with all Library Card Expiry Notices.
- The Notice Header field contains a 5-line arrangement of text boxes, into which you will enter or edit the text for the Library Card Expiry Notice header.
- Enter or edit the text for the Library Card Expiry Notice header in the
Line 1 through Line 5 text boxes, as desired.
Text will not automatically wrap from one line to the next. Use the Tab key to move from line to line.
- Enter or edit Library Card Expiry Notice text in the Notification Text field.
- Enter the number of days prior to library card expiration at which the notice will be sent in the Send notice ___ days before library card expiration date text box.
- Complete the appropriate Email Notice Setup information:
To send Library Card Expiry Notices via email, the Email option in the User Record for each patron to whom a notice will be sent must be enabled (see the User Administration User Guide for details).
- Enter a subject for the email notice in the Email Notice Subject text box.
- Enter the name of the appropriate library staff member or department in the Email Notice From Name text box.
- Enter the desired email address from which the notice will be sent in the Email Notice From Address text box.
- If you wish copies of all Library Card Expiry Notices sent to library patrons via email to be sent to a library staff member (to confirm transmission of notices), enter the email address to which you wish the copies sent in the CC Email Address text box.
- Click the Submit button to save your changes to the Library Card Expiry Notice to your library’s database.