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Circulation Desk
Chapter 7 Circulation Desk basics
The basic features of Circulation Desk discussed in this chapter include the
following: starting Circulation Desk; limiting access for Circulation Desk
workstations; configuring your Receipt Printer (Transaction Tracker); displaying
patron pictures; basic Circulation Desk transactions typing or scanning
barcodes, selecting patrons or copies with the Find Patron and Find Title buttons;
handling block conditions; viewing and printing patron information; viewing the
status of a copy; and designating items as at the bindery or on interlibrary loan.
What is Circulation Desk?
The Circulation Desk is a software equivalent of your library or media center
circulation desk. From the Circulation Desk application, you perform all the same
functions by computer as you would manually from your physical circulation
desk. Checking out copies, renewing, checking in, placing copies on hold or
reserve, managing patrons, and assessing fines are all done from the Circulation
Desk windows.
Note:
Before you begin using Circulation Desk, you must complete all of the
tasks in Chapter 2, Setting up your site," Chapter 3, Preparing to catalog
your collection," and Chapter 5, Preparing to circulate your collection."
These chapters contain instructions for setting up your site information,
patron types, and circulation types and policies. You must also create or
import all of your patron records and MARC bibliographic records and
copies. See the Patrons and Cataloging units for more information.
Starting Circulation Desk
To start Circulation Desk, from the computer desktop, open the Follett
Applications folder and doubleclick the Circulation Desk icon. If you defined a
password for Circulation Desk in System Setup, a password dialog appears. The
default password for Circulation Desk is CHECKITOUT. Type the password in
the text box and choose OK.
Note:
You can also access the Follett Applications menu from the Windows
Start | Programs menu or from the Mac OS Apple menu.
If this is the first time you've started Circulation Desk on the current date, a
message appears asking you to confirm the system date and time. If you're
running Circulation Desk on: