Follett VERSION 6.00 User Manual

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Chapter 13 Circulating items with a PHD

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Message

Cause

This copy was on hold for .Ă.Ă. The hold

status has been changed to pending"

and will become ready" again at a latĆ

er date.

The copy that was checked out was a pending hold for

another patron. You might want to extend the

expiration date of the hold to make sure that it does not

expire before becoming ready.
See also: For more information about extending holds,

see Extending the life of a hold" on page 169.

This copy was overdue. A fine of $ .Ă.Ă.

was assessed.

The patron that checked in or renewed this copy now

owes a fine for an overdue copy. Be sure to generate an

Overdue/Bill Notice.
See also: For information about the Overdue/Bill

Notices Report, see Generating Overdue/Bill Notices"

on page 561.

Library hours are not set up; cannot calĆ

culate due date.

This message indicates that there are no hours of

operation defined in the Hours tab in System Setup.

Since Circulation Desk cannot calculate due dates for

checkouts and renewals unless the library hours are

defined, items will be due at the beginning of the next

open day.
Be sure to set up your hours in the Hours tab in System

Setup before circulating with your PHD again.
See also: For information about setting up library

hours, see Setting your library's hours" on page 85.

No copies for this patron.

This message usually indicates that two patron

barcodes were scanned consecutively during a

checkout, or that a patron barcode was scanned and

then your PHD was switched to Check-in. FollowĆup

isn't required unless you know the patron checked out

a copy.

Patron barcode/ID was not foundĊ

items will be marked Missing.

The symbology of the patron barcode matches your

barcode setup, but the barcode does not correspond to a

patron in your database. Circulation Desk changes the

copy and inventory statuses of the copies checked out

to this patron to Missing.
Keep a list of the copy barcodes, and if possible, try to

follow up as soon as possible with the patron to see if

there is a problem with the barcode on her library card.

Patron barcode was invalidĊitems will

be marked Missing.

The symbology of the patron barcode you scanned with

your PHD does not match the symbology defined for

your patrons in System Setup. Circulation Desk

changes the copy and inventory statuses of the copies

checked out to this patron to Missing.
Keep a list of the copy barcodes, and if possible, try to

follow up as soon as possible with the patron to see if

there is a problem with the barcode on her library card.

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