Follett VERSION 6.00, User Manual

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Setting your library's hours
Setting up your library hours in System Setup is important because Circulation
Desk uses this information when calculating due dates and fines for hourly
checkouts. Be sure to define opening and closing times for each day of the week
you are open, even if you are only open once a month on that day.
To set up the opening and closing times for your library, follow these steps:
1. From Circulation in System Setup, select the Hours tab.
To cancel changes
before saving
2. In the Sunday through Saturday text boxes, enter the default opening and
closing times for your library. Remember to add
am
or
pm
. When you're
finished, click Save.
Setting up your library's current calendar
You record your library's closed days in the calendar in System Setup.
Circulation Desk uses this calendar to determine due dates, calculate overdues,
and monitor grace periods.
Important:
Any changes you make to your calendar take effect when you reopen
Circulation Desk. These changes, however, are not applied
retroactively to checkout due dates. For example, if you close a day
that lies less than two weeks in the future assuming your maximum
circulation period is two weeks copies already checked out that
come due on that day are still due on that day. If a copy is checked in
late because the library was closed on the due date, a fine is still
calculated and assessed based on the settings in the Fines tab.
Make sure that you have hours of operation defined in the Hours tab for each
day you are open. Circulation Desk treats days without defined hours of
operation as if they were closed.
System Setup uses the default annual calendar as a template when you create a
calendar for the new year. You are not required to change any of the settings in
the default annual calendar.