Setting Up Media Delivery and Return Locations

Media Scheduling lets you arrange to deliver items to and pick up items from specific locations on their scheduled reserve dates. Editing the media_delivery_location table lets you enter the location codes for where your borrowers may pick up the media items they have scheduled. Editing the media_return_location table lets you enter the location codes for where your borrowers may return the media items they have scheduled.

After you have edited these tables and entered the appropriate delivery and return locations, these locations appear on the pull-down menus in the Media Scheduling main window. You can then specify the Delivery and Return Locations from these pull-down menus when you schedule the media item.

If you do not want to use delivery and pickup locations, enter only one location in both the media_delivery_location and media_return_location tables. This single location then appears as the default Delivery and Return Location in the Media Scheduling main window.

If you choose to use a single default location, Media Scheduling does not require information in the Delivery and Return Location fields when you create a reserve schedule.

This section explains these topics:

To add a delivery location to the media_delivery_location table

1 Open the media_delivery_location view in the Table Editor.

Horizon opens the List Media Delivery Location window.

2 Click New to add a new media delivery location.

Horizon opens the Edit Media Delivery Location window:

3 Complete these fields:

In this field

Do this

Location

Enter the code for the location where your library staff delivers media items.

You decide what code to enter such as an abbreviation of the delivery location name. The code can contain up to seven letters.

Name

Enter a descriptive name for the delivery location.

This is usually the full name of the delivery location.

4 Save your changes.
5 Repeat steps 2 through 4 to set up additional delivery locations.

To add a return location to the media_return_location table

1 Open the media_return_location view in the Table Editor.

Horizon opens the List Media Return Location window.

The List Media Return Location window displays all existing media return locations. If you have not yet set up any media return locations, this window is blank.

2 Click New to add a new media return location.

Horizon opens the Edit Media Return Location window:

3 Complete these fields:

In this field

Do this

Location

Enter the code for the location where borrowers return media items.

You decide what code to enter such as an abbreviation of the return location name. The code can contain up to seven letters.

Name

Enter a descriptive name for the return location. This is usually the full name of the return location.

4 Save your changes.
5 Repeat steps 2 through 4 to set up additional return locations.

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