How to add or edit circulation types – Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Chapter 3 Preparing to catalog your collection

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circulation types. Circulation Desk automatically assigns the Temporary

circulation type to temporary copies created during a checkout. You can also

define any one of the Circ Types as the default. Cataloging then automatically

assigns the default circulation type when adding or importing new copies to the

collection that do not have a circulation type defined in the import file.

Note:

You cannot delete a circulation type if it has copies assigned to it. To do

this, you must first change the circulation type of the affected copies. If you

have a PHD, you can do this by using Update Copies via PHD. For

information about updating copies with a PHD, see Using your PHD for

mass updates," page 338.

How to add or edit circulation types

1. To add a circulation type, choose New in the Circ Types tab. To edit a

circulation type, select one from the list, and then choose Edit. The desired

dialog appears:

Note:

Once a circulation type is saved, you cannot edit its code.

2. Type a code and description that easily identifies the circulation type. When

you finish adding or editing a circulation type, choose Save.

Identifying call number locations in your MARC records

When you create a copy record, unless you replicate an existing copy, Cataloging

automatically retrieves the call number from the 900 tag in the copy's MARC

bibliographic record. This saves you time because you don't need to retype the

call number each time you create a new copy record.

System Setup allows you to customize Cataloging so that it looks for call

numbers in up to three tags and in up to five different subfields for each tag. You

will want to add other locations for the call numbers if the vendor of your MARC

records puts the call number in a tag other than the 900, or if you are doing your

own original cataloging and choose to put call numbers in another tag.

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