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Automatic renewal of materials |
The system can be configured to allow automatic renewals of checked-out materials until a maximum number of renewals has occurred, or another patron places a hold/request on the materials. |
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Decrease loan period on items with a high number of holds |
Ability to decrease the duration of a loan at checkout for a specific number of days based on a configurable level of holds outstanding on the title |
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Manage patron age restrictions without categories |
Ability to manage age restrictions using an easily maintained system which matches the a title's age restriction setting against the borrower's age |
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Hyperlink to address checkout alerts |
Ability to immediately hyperlink to the function required to examine and address any alerts that appear on the checkout screen |
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Checkout prevention on holds |
Ability to prevent the checkout of any item whose status is “hold available” for a different patron |
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Shorten due date |
Ability to shorten an item's due date to match the patron record expiration date if the patrons account expires before the normal circulation period |
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Checkout receipt paper /email |
Ability to generate a checkout receipt to a receipt printer or to the email address on file for the patron |
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Renewal blocking |
Ability to automatically block renewal for any item that has an outstanding hold request |
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Display alerts at checkout |
Ability to display the following alerts when a patron record is retrieved for item checkout: Patron record status (e.g. Blocked, Delinquent, Barred, Suspended, OK), the presence of any urgent free-text staff notes associated with the patron's account, the presence of any non-urgent free-text staff notes associated with the patron's account, total dollar amount owed in fines and other charges, number of available holds. |
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Staff batch renew multiple items |
Staff can renew multiple items and generate a single renewal receipt. |