Follett VERSION 6.00 - Manual (Page 619)

04/04 619 Appendix A Glossary
HTTP HyperText Transport Protocol. The Internet protocol that allows Web browsers to
retrieve information from servers.
hyperlink An image or highlighted text (reference) in a document used to jump to another place
(target) in a document.
ID number A unique userĆdefined number that identifies a patron, such as a student identification
number, social security number, locker number, etc.
IIS Internet Information Server. Microsoft's Internet (Web) server based on the Windows
NT/2000 Server.
illegal holds Attempted holds on copies that are not available because they have a copy status of
lost or missing or have a circulation type of *NC.
import The process of moving bibliographic and copy, patron, or authority records from a file
to the current database.
inactive copies Valid copy barcodes that are not presently used in your system.
inactive status A status assigned to students who are not currently enrolled but who may return. Also
applies to patrons at a public library who have not checked out materials in the last
two (or whatever designation assigned) years but are likely to do so again. This status
triggers a block message. Opposite of active status.
indicator A one-character field in a MARC record used to express a condition. MARC records
allow for the use of one or two indicators for each tag which are distinguished by their
positions in the record (that is, first position and second position); e.g., the number of
nonfiling characters in a title is entered in the second indicator of the 245 tag.
installation The process of loading an application onto a computer.
interest levels A search limiter that lets you reduce the search results to bibliographic records that
have the first indicator in the 521 tag set to 2, and contain one of the following
standard interest levels in subfield _a:
S Preschool S 5Ć8 S Young Adult
S KĆ3 S 7Ć10 S Adult
S 3Ć6 S All Secondary S Professional
S All Juvenile S All Grades
Internet An international network comprising thousands of smaller networks. Computers
attached to the Internet use the TCP/IP protocol to communicate.
invalid copies Copy barcodes that do not match your current barcode symbology.
Inventory A Circulation Plus module that is used to begin, conduct, and finalize an inventory.
You can also reset missing copies from the Inventory module.
inventory statistics The resulting counts from conducting an inventory.
inventory status Circulation Plus uses three inventory statuses to track inventory:
S MarkedĊthe copy has been inventoried
S UnmarkedĊthe copy has not been inventoried
S MissingĊat the time the last inventory was finalized, the copy had not been
marked