Setup and Installation

Before your borrowers and library staff can use Media Scheduling to reserve media items, your Horizon system administrator, cataloging staff, and circulation manager must complete some setup and installation tasks.

First, you should plan how you want to use Media Scheduling at your library. You can also add media-related tags to the bib records of all media items you want to circulate.

Additionally, you must set up Media Scheduling parameters and privileges. For example, you can set up media collections, delivery and return locations, and circulation loan periods for media items. Also, if you want to send e-mail messages to confirm media reservations, you can add e-mail addresses to borrower records.

Finally, to prepare your workstations, you must install Sybase’s Open Client software and Media Scheduling client software on every workstation where you plan to use Media Scheduling. Here are the main sections found in this chapter.

This chapter assumes that your library is installing Horizon Media Scheduling for the first time.

If you are upgrading from a previous version of Horizon Media Scheduling, you need to complete only these tasks:

Setting Up Media Scheduling Parameters.

Creating Search Options for the Media Collection You can now let users search up to ten different indexes.

Install an updated version of Sybase Open Client and Media Scheduling software on your workstations. For instructions, see Installing Media Scheduling Software

You should have already completed the other setup tasks explained in this chapter.

 


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