Follett VERSION 6.00, User Manual

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Collecting circulation information
Circulation mode lets you check out, renew, and check in copies outside your
library or resource center. Before you start, make certain to complete the steps
outlined in Before recording transactions with a PHD" on page 176.
I mportant:
Circulation Desk processes transactions using the month and day you
entered them into the PHD. The year is based on the workstation's
system date. To ensure accurate statistics, we recommend uploading
the PHD data to Circulation Desk on the day of the transaction.
To enter circulation mode, from the main menu press
F1
. The Circulation Plus
menu appears. Press
F1
again to open the Library Circulation menu. From the
Library Circulation menu you can:
Check in items. See the following section.
Check out or renew items. See page 675.
Review your circulation scans. See page 678.
Erase your circulation scans. See page 679.
Important:
Before collecting new circulation scans, make certain to erase the
circulation data you have already processed (see page 679).
Checking in items
1. To check in items using your PHD, select
F1
(Check In) from the Library
Circulation menu. A message appears asking you to confirm the system date
and time. If the date and time are correct, press
BKSP
(No) and skip to step 3.
2. If you need to change either the date or time, press
ENTER
(Yes). The Date
Entry screen appears, with the current system month. If it's correct, press
ENTER
. If incorrect, use
BKSP
to position the cursor, make the necessary
changes, and then press
ENTER
. Repeat this process for the remaining date
and time fields. At the prompt, press
F2
to indicate AM or
F4
for PM.
Note:
When entering the date or time, the keypad must be in numeric mode
( ). If it isn't, press the
SHIFT
key to switch modes.
When the date and time are correct, press
BKSP
(No) to continue.
3. The Library Check In screen appears. To check in an item, scan by pressing
the
ON/SCAN
key, or type its barcode. (After typing a barcode, press
ENTER
to save it.) Repeat this step for each item.
Note:
The Library Check In screen displays the barcode of the last item you
checked in. If you get called away or need to switch to a different PHD
feature, this lets you pick up where you stopped.
To leave the Library Check In screen, press
BKSP
. When you are finished
collecting scans, return the PHD D to the HomeBase.
Important:
Transfer the scans to Circulation Desk as soon as possible (page 176),
and then erase the scans from your PHD (page 679).