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Generating Overdue/Bill Notices
Use Overdue/Bill Notices to notify your patrons of overdue materials or
outstanding fines. You can generate these notices in batches based on selected
patron criteria. You can further limit the notices to items belonging to specific
circulation types.
To generate notices as of a particular date, use the Set Report Date feature to
override the current system date. From the Reports menu bar, select Options |
Set Report Date. On the Set Report Date dialog that appears, select Use Special
Date, type the new date, and select Save.
After selecting your options,
click Print.
Select the patrons whose notices
you want to print.
Select the materials for the notices.
Select any of the notice options.
The Overdue/Bill Notices have these options:
Patrons: Select the method for searching the library database. Then select the
range of patrons for the notices. For instructions on selecting the starting and
ending records, see page 489.
Note:
Location and User Fields are customizable patron record prompts. For
additional information on changing these prompts, see page 72.
To limit the notices to patrons belonging to specific patron types, click Patron
Types (see page 493).
To limit the notices to patrons having a specific patron status, select the status
from the Patron Status drop-down.
To limit the notices to patrons in a specific grade, select the Graduation Year
check box, and enter the desired year.
Materials: To limit the materials in the notices to materials of a specific
circulation type, click Circ Types (see page 493).
To limit the notices to items due during a specific range of dates, select the
Due From check box, and then enter the desired date range in the text boxes.