Creating a Reserve Title Record

Before you can reserve items for an instructor, you need to link the titles of the items to a course that the instructor teaches. You can link existing titles from your library catalog to an instructor or course. Horizon creates an Instructor/Course/Title (ICT) record that links an instructor, course, and title together. Users can then search for items by instructor, course, or title.

To create a reserve Title record

1 Search for the course to which you want to link a title.

Note: You can also create a reserve Title record by first searching for the instructor and then choosing the course that you want to add the title to.

Horizon displays the List Reserve Course window.

2 Choose the course that you want to add the titles to.
3 Click Titles.

Horizon displays the instructors and titles for the course.

4 Highlight the instructor to whom you want to add titles.

Horizon displays a list of titles linked to the instructor:

5 Click New.

Horizon displays the Identify a Title window:

6 Click Search PAC.
7 Search for the title you want. (For instructions, see the “Searching” chapter of the Horizon Basics Guide.)
8 Highlight the title you want.
9 Press F10 or choose Edit, Send to.

Horizon opens the Send To dialog box.

10 Double-click the process to which you want to send the title.

Horizon opens the Edit Reserve Title window:

11 Complete or update these fields and options:

Field

Action

No. Required

Enter the number of copies of the title that you need to place on reserve.

Reserve Date

Enter the date when you want to place this title on reserve.

Withdrawal Date

Enter the date when you want to withdraw this title from reserve.

Reactivation Date

Enter the date when you want to place this title on reserve again.

Comment

Enter any comments (up to 255 characters) about the title.

(For example, if you have several volumes for one title, enter “vol. 3”.)

Status

Do one of these options:

If you want to place this title on reserve, or you want users to be able to search for the title, mark Active.
If you do not want to place this title on reserve, or you do not want users to be able to search for the title when all other ICT records for the title are also inactive, mark Inactive.

Maximum Needed

Enter the maximum number of copies that you need to place on reserve.

12 Save your changes.

Horizon links the title to the instructor and course.

 


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