You may have defined multiple catalogs for collections that you store in the same physical location. For example, you may have a reserve bookroom collection in the same building as your main collection, but use a separate Horizon circulation system for each collection. You can set up Horizon so that one central workstation can handle circulation tasks for all collections in one physical location. This can help keep all circulation statistics in a single database. It can also help you avoid having to put items in transit to move them from one part of your library to another.
Once you set up this functionality, Horizon uses the privileges and parameters for an item’s owning location whenever a borrower checks out an item from any shared location. (For more information, see Setting Up Circulation Privileges and Parameters.) You can also set sites to show the block fees and fines for only the current location. (For more information, see Setting Up Blocks.)
To set up a single circulation station for multiple locations
1 | If you have not already done so, set up each Horizon location that is part of a physical location where you want all collections to share circulation. |
(For instructions, see “Library Locations” in the “General Setup” chapter of the System Administration Guide.)
2 | In the Master Location field for each location, enter the code for the location that will handle the circulation tasks. |
3 | Save your changes. |
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