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CIRCULATION
Chapter 4. TRANSFERS AND EXCEPTIONS
About “Floating Collections”
A comparison of normal workflow between “traditional” and “floating” collections is shown below.
| Step | “Traditional” Collection | “Floating” Collection |
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1 |
Item is checked out to patron |
Item is checked out to patron |
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2 |
Patron returns item to branch other than the “owning” branch |
Patron returns item to branch other than the “owning” branch |
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3 |
On checkin, staff notes that item must be returned to “owning” branch |
On checkin, staff notes that item is “new” to the branch, and displays Item Edit screen with new permanent location |
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4 |
Item is labeled or marked with destination branch |
Item is shelved at new location |
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5 |
Item is placed “In Transit” |
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6 |
Upon receipt at “owning” branch, item is checked in |
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7 |
Item is shelved |
In VERSO, “floating” collections are created by designating the desired material types and collections to “Allow Float” between branches. “Floating Collections” are defined through the Circulation Administration module (see the Circulation Administration User Guide for details).