Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Chapter 7 Circulation Desk basics

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successful checkout and describes the basic elements of many of the Circulation

Desk windows:

The barcode you type

or scan appears here.

Circulation Desk toolbar

(the depressed button, which

is darker, indicates the active

window)

Find Patron and Find Title buttons

Menu bar

To view or print detailed patron information.

Current patron statistics, including number of checkouts, number of overdue items,

number of holds and reserves ready, and cumulative fine amount, not including refunds.

Brief patron information, including Name, Barcode, Patron ID, and Location 1.

The prompt for Location 1 can be customized in System Setup.

To get help on the current window

The Special Due

Date is active if a

date appears here.

The patron information box

appears here in the Check

Out, Holds/Reserves, Fines,

and Lost Copies windows.

The Renew button is enabled

when the patron has copies checked out.

When File | Show

Patron Picture is

selected, the

Patron Picture

window displays

the photo attached

to the patron's

record.

Your library's

name

To print receipts for patron transactions

if you have the Transaction Tracker installed.

To access the Edit Patron dialog.

From the menu bar, you can access the following submenus and help:

S

FileĊContains the commands for setting up receipt printing, showing or

hiding patron pictures, and limiting or restoring access to Circulation Desk.

Use the Exit/Quit command to close Circulation Desk. On Mac OS, it also

contains a Page Setup command.

S

CirculationĊUse these commands to switch between the Circulation Desk

windows, find a patron or title, add or edit a patron, preview due dates, or

set a special due date.

S

HelpĊContains the commands used to access the help topic, menus, and

glossary. From the About dialog you can see product information, the current

number of patrons, titles, and copies in the system, and run the System

Circulation Statistics and System Information Reports (see Chapter 39,

System reports").

To switch between the Circulation Desk windows, select the toolbar button that

corresponds to the activity you want to perform, or select it from the Circulation

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