Creating a Pickup Area

A pickup area is the place where a borrower goes to retrieve a closed stack item that he or she has requested. You need to create a separate pickup area for every place where you want borrowers to be able to retrieve items.

Here is an example of the pickup areas a library might have:

In this example, there are three pickup areas, one on each floor. You would need to create a separate pickup area for each floor.

When you create a pickup area, you determine which closed stack location the pickup area is used for and whether the pickup area is displayed for all users or only for library staff when a user makes a request.

If you have not already done so, create a separate closed stack location. (For instructions, see Creating a Closed Stack Location.)

To create a pickup area

1 If you are not already at the CSA Location form, do these steps to access that form.
a Start the CSA Location Administration process.

The default location of this process is the Circulation\Circulation Control Menu folder on the navigation bar.

Horizon displays the CSA Location Administration grid.

b In the left-most column, double-click the button next to the closed stack location that you want to create pickup areas for.

Horizon displays the CSA Location form:

2 Complete or update these fields:

In this field

Do this

Entry Code

Enter or choose a code for the pickup area.

The code can be up to seven characters in length.

Description

Enter the physical description of the pickup area.

(For example, enter “1st Floor Circ Desk”.)

During the request process, Horizon displays this description to the borrower in a list of available pickup areas.

Public Display

Mark this box if you want non-staff borrower types to be able to see this pickup area when they make a request using Horizon Information Portal.

3 Save your changes.
4 If you want to set up lead time for a pickup area, continue with Setting Up Lead Time for a Pickup Area .

 


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