Follett VERSION 6.00 - Manual (Page 623)

04/04 623 Appendix A Glossary
primary address The address that appears on bills and notices which are to be mailed home. This
address appears on the Addresses dialog box in Patron Maintenance.
printer port The connection port, typically located on the back of a computer, indicated usually by
a small printer icon and used for connecting a printer or other devices. The printer port
is sometimes referred to as the parallel port.
process misses The manual process used to enhance the bibliographic records in the library database
with information from an Alliance Plus CDĆROM or the Alliance Plus Online database.
Use process misses to enhance bibliographic records that were not matched during an
autorecon.
progress window A window that displays a list of data being processed or a list of the current status of
an ongoing process.
proof sheet A printed copy of a bibliographic record, available in Cataloging.
protocol A set of rules governing communications between computers. The most common
protocol is HTTP.
publishing year A search limiter that lets you reduce the search results to titles published within a
selected range of years.
reading level A search limiter that lets you narrow the search results to titles with the first indicator
of the 521 tag set to 0 and a value between 0.0 and 20.0 in subfield _a.
Reading Program A search that looks for materials belonging to a reading program. You can search for
items with a particular reading level, point value, subject, and/or author.
ready hold A hold that is available to be picked up by the patron.
Rebuild File Indexes A utility that restores specific index files that may be corrupted.
Reindex Database A MARC utility option that rebuilds specific MARC record index files that may be corĆ
rupted.
Reload This is an option in Follett Data Exchange Server that allows a member site to reload its
participation information at the union after restoring from a tape backup.
remote access A method of connecting to an electronic resource residing on another computer, either
on a local network or on the Internet.
Remote Circulation A Circulation Desk option that allows the librarian to process checkout and checkin
transaction data that has been collected with a PHD.
Replicate copy A Cataloging option that allows the librarian to duplicate existing copy information for
a new copy.
Reports An application module for generating reports. Reports are divided into two categories:
S Circulation reports
S Cataloging reports
reserve A hold request placed for an item needed on a specific future date. See also hold.
reserve shelf A physical place in the library where ready holds and reserves are placed until patrons
claim them. Also called the hold shelf.
restricted Although userĆdefined, restricted status typically means that a patron's library
privileges are limited in some way. Patrons who violate library policies may have
restricted status.
retrospective conversion
(recon)
A process in which brief bibliographic records are converted into full MARC records.