If you want to, you can have the settings for loan period, renewals, and fine rate controlled by the circulating location instead of the item’s owning location.
If you want to use the Circulation Privileges Tracking feature, Horizon will track the original circulating location for items instead of tracking the owning location. The privileges of the original circulating location apply to the items through the entire circulation cycle of that item. (For background information on many of these circulation settings, see the Circulation Setup Guide.)
This table shows the location parameters for two locations:
Location |
Loan Period |
Renewal Period |
Fine Rate |
Circulating Location A |
3 weeks |
2 weeks |
50 cents per day |
Owning Location B |
2 weeks |
1 week |
25 cents per day |
At Location A, a borrower might check out an item owned by Location B, and get the item for three weeks. If that borrower renews the item at Location B, he or she gets the item for two more weeks because Horizon applies the privileges of the original circulation location which is Location A. If the borrower keeps the item until it is overdue and then returns it to Location B, the fine is calculated according to the settings of Location A.
To set up Circulation privileges tracking
1 | Open the matham view in the Table Editor, or start the Matham-System Wide Parameters process. |
The default location of this process is the Administration\System Setup folder on the navigation bar.
Horizon displays the List System-wide Parameters window.
2 | Choose the only row in the List window. |
Horizon displays the Edit System-wide Parameters window.
3 | Click Page Down or resize the window to display the Circ Settings by field: |
4 | Choose one of these options in the Circ Settings by field: |
• | Item’s Location. Mark this option if you want circulation privileges to be determined by the item’s owning location. |
• | Circ’ing Location. Mark this option if you want circulation privileges to be determined by the item’s circulating location. |
5 | Save your changes. |
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