Setting Up a BTYPE with Advanced Booking

Once you have your ITYPEs, circulation privileges, locations, and item statuses set up, you can set up your BTYPEs with Advanced Booking. This lets you choose which library users can book items in advance and if those users have a limitations in their bookings.

To set up a BTYPE with Advanced Booking

1 Open the btype view in the Table Editor.
2 Open or create the BTYPE for which you want to allow Advanced Booking.
3 Complete these fields:

Field

Action

Max Bookings

Enter the maximum number of bookings allowed for borrowers with this BTYPE.

Max Bookings/Title

Enter the maximum number of bookings per title allowed for borrowers with this BTYPE.

Max Bookings/Title/Day

Enter the maximum number of bookings per title per day allowed for borrowers with this BTYPE.

Max Contiguous Bookings

Enter the maximum number of bookings allowed in a single searching session for borrowers with this BTYPE.

4 Save your changes.
5 Repeat steps 2 through 4 for each BTYPE for which you want to allow advanced booking.
6 Set up Information Portal with Advanced Booking. (For instructions, see “Changing Your Library’s Horizon Connection Settings” in the “Changing the Setup” chapter of the Information Portal System Administrator’s Guide.)

 


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