Follett VERSION 6.00, User Manual

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Note:
Regardless of the date range, this option does not include items not
currently overdue. To include items that are not yet overdue, you'll
need to run the report as of a future date. For information on changing
the report date, see page 494.
Show All Assessed Fines: Includes outstanding assessed fines for overdue,
damaged, and lost items, any user-defined fines, and refunds. Otherwise, the
notices list only currently overdue materials.
Show Price for Overdues: Includes the price of each copy in the notice. If the
copy record doesn't specify a price, the notice displays the maximum fine
amount you established in System Setup (see page 77). Use this option in
concert with the Standard Bill Notice" template in cases where the copy has
been overdue for 30 days or more and is presumed lost. It normally isn't
necessary if you are printing notices for items overdue only a few days.
Notice Style: Reports provides you with specialized formats for internal and
mailed distribution. Using the internal distribution format, you can print
either one or two notices on a single page.
If you use the mailing format, each notice requires a separate page for each
patron. When using this format, you can choose to include To the
parents/guardians of." This will print above the student's name and
address.
Notice Template: Select the desired wording template for the notices. Reports
comes with two templates:
Standard Overdue Notice: Use this template to issue warnings and fines for
items past due for a short time.
Standard Bill Notice: This notice contains a stronger tone than the Standard
Overdue Notice. It is intended for use when the item in question has been
overdue for a substantial period of time and you assume that the patron
won't be returning it.
After selecting your report options, click Print.
See also:
For an explanation of the printing process, see page 495.
For information on creating and using patron types and circulation types, see
Grouping your patrons by type" on page 69 and Grouping your collection
according to lending period" on page 45.
For information on customizing your notice templates, see Customizing your
overdue, bill, and ready hold notices" on page 82.
The notice heading includes, in addition to the name and barcode, the following
patron information if it is available:
Mailing format: graduation year
Internal format: Location 1, Location 2, and graduation year.
For either format, the ID appears (along with the barcode) if you selected either
ID or Barcode and ID as the Required Patron Field in System Setup | Setup |
Patron Maintenance | Patron Defaults.