Understanding Borrower Circulation Types

Each entity (such as a person, department, or institution) to whom you want to circulate items must be represented by a borrower record in your borrower database. Horizon retrieves pertinent information from that record during circulation tasks. Your system administrator creates borrower circulation types (BTYPEs) and BTYPE groups and assigns borrowers to these groups to manage circulation.

BTYPEs determine general circulation rules for different groups of borrowers. (For example, you can have a BTYPE for residents and another BTYPE for non-residents. Each BTYPE would have different circulation rules.) General rules include limits on such things as the number of lost or overdue items and unpaid fines a BTYPE can have, and when a borrower’s barcode should expire.

(For more information, see “Preparing Horizon to Work with Borrower Records” in the Circulation Setup Guide.)

 


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