Before your library circulates items, you need to set up default due dates and any necessary exceptions to those due dates. You need to do this for each library location you have defined. When borrowers check out items, Horizon calculates and displays the date when the item should be returned based on these settings:
• | Loan period. This setting defines the length of time for which an ITYPE can be checked out to a BTYPE. You must set up a default loan period and any exceptions to that default for each location. |
You may want to define some ITYPEs or ITYPE groups that may not be checked out by any borrower. You may also want to define other ITYPEs or ITYPE groups that may be checked out to some but not all borrowers. You assign a loan period of “0” (zero) to an ITYPE that does not circulate. If only certain BTYPEs cannot check out an ITYPE, you include both the BTYPE and the ITYPE with a loan period of “0” (zero) in the same exception.
Loan Unit |
Default Loan Period |
Loan Period Exception |
Fixed Due Date/After |
Final Due Date/After |
Checkout Date |
Due Date |
day |
14 |
none |
none |
none |
3‑12‑02 |
3‑26‑02 |
hour |
2 |
none |
none |
none |
8:00 a.m. |
10:00 a.m. |
day |
14 |
7 |
none |
none |
3‑12‑02 |
3‑19‑02 |
day |
14 |
0 |
none |
none |
not allowed |
|
day |
14 |
none |
8‑31‑02/ 2‑11‑02 |
none |
3‑12‑02 |
8‑31‑02 |
day |
14 |
none |
none |
12‑15‑02/9‑01‑02 |
3‑12‑02 |
3‑26‑02 |
day |
14 |
21 |
none |
12‑15‑02/9‑01‑02 |
12‑1‑02 |
12‑15‑02 |
This section explains these topics:
• | Defining Policies that Control Due Dates |
• | Specifying a Fixed or Final Due Date |
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