Koha-Library-Management-System/C2/Circulation/English
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Title |
Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Circulation |
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Learning Objectives |
In this tutorial we will learn about-
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System requirement |
To record this tutorial, I am using-
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Pre-requisite |
To follow this tutorial, learners should be familiar with Library Science. |
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Pre-requisites
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To practice this tutorial,
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Narration only | First of all we will start by defining Circulation and Fine Rules for Patron category
Recall, all the above has been explained in an earlier tutorial in this series.
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Login as Bella | Login with Superlibrarian Username Bella |
Go to Koha Administration | Go to Koha Administration |
On new page, Patrons and circulation>>Circulation and fines rules. | Under section Patrons and circulation, click on Circulation and fines rules. |
Cursor on Defining circulation and fine rules for all libraries | Defining circulation and fine rules for all libraries opens. |
Locate Select Library >> select Spoken Tutorial Library. | Locate Select Library and from the drop-down select Spoken Tutorial Library. |
Cursor on Defining circulation and fine rules for "Spoken Tutorial Library", | A new page opens with the title- Defining circulation and fine rules for "Spoken Tutorial Library". |
Under Patron category, >> click on Post Graduate Student | Under the section- Patron category, from the drop-down, click on Post Graduate Student |
Under Item type >> click on Books | Under the section Item type, from the drop down click on Books |
Current checkouts allowed >> enter 5 | In the field- Current checkouts allowed enter 5 |
Leave Current on-site checkouts allowed, as blank | I will leave Current on-site checkouts allowed, as blank |
Loan period>> enter 15 | Enter 15 for Loan period |
For Unit, >> select Days | For Unit, select Days |
Leave Hard due date, as it is | Leave Hard due date, as it is |
Skip Fine amount | Leave Fine amount and |
Fine charging interval>> enter 1 | Enter 1 for Fine charging interval |
Skip When to charge | I will leave When to charge as it is |
Keep Fine grace period: blank | I will leave Fine grace period: blank |
Keep Overdue fines cap (amount):
KeepCap fine at replacement price: blank |
I will leave Overdue fines cap (amount): and Cap fine at replacement price: blank |
Keep Suspension in days (day) : blank | I will also leave Suspension in days (day): blank |
Maximum suspension duration (day): as blank | Maximum suspension duration (day): as blank |
Renewals allowed (count) >> Enter 10 | Enter 10 for Renewals allowed (count) |
Skip Renewal period:
Keep No renewal before: blank |
I will leave Renewal period: and No renewal before: blank |
Skip Automatic renewal | For Automatic renewal I will leave as it is |
Holds allowed (count) >> enter 5 | For Holds allowed (count) enter 5 |
On shelf holds allowed from the drop-down, select If all unavailable | For On shelf holds allowed from the drop down, select If all unavailable |
Skip Item level holds | I will leave Item level holds as it is |
Keep Rental discount as blank | Leave Rental discount as blank |
Cursor on Actions
Click on Save. |
Next, go to the section Actions at the extreme right corner of the table and click on Save. |
Cursor on Defining circulation and fine rules for "Spoken Tutorial Library"
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Same page Defining circulation and fine rules for "Spoken Tutorial Library", opens again.
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Point to Clone these rules to: | Now adjacent to the heading Select a library, locate Clone these rules to: |
Click on the drop-down >> select Spoken Tutorial Library | And from the drop-down, select your library.
In my case, Koha by default, has selected Spoken Tutorial Library. |
Click on Clone button. | Next, click on the button named as Clone |
A new page with the heading Cloning circulation and fine rules from Spoken Tutorial Library to Spoken Tutorial Library, will open. | |
Point to the message box. | A message box appears saying, The rules have been cloned. |
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Now, create a Patron as-Ms. Reena Shah for-
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Recall, in an earlier tutorial, while creating patron, we have set permissions for the staff.
However, here, do not set any permissions for the patron, that is student Ms. Reena Shah. Simply enter the required details and click on Save at the top of the page. | |
Logout >> Click on Spoken Tutorial Library >> drop-down >> click on Log out. | Now logout from the Superlibrarian account.
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Log as a Library Staff, Samruddhi | Then, login again as a Library Staff, Samruddhi. |
On Home page, click on Circulation | Next, on the Home page, click on Circulation. |
Let us begin with Checkout. | |
On Circulation page
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On the Circulation page:
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Locate Enter patron card number or partial name >> type Reena | On the page that opens, locate the field for Enter patron card number or partial name.
I will enter the name as Reena. |
Click Submit button | Click Submit button on the right side of the same search field. |
In the field for: Checking out to Reena Shah (5)
Enter item Barcode: >> Enter the value- 00001.
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A new page opens up.
Enter item Barcode:, I will enter the value- 00001
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Click on Check-out
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Now, click on Check-out at the bottom of the field.
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Narration only | On the same page a table appears with all the details of the Checked-out item. |
Cursor on:
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Details such as:
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Cursor on Renew or check in selected items | In case, an item has to be renewed or checked in then,
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Cursor on Renew all |
If there are more than one item then:
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I will not click on any of the tabs as I will show-
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Click on Circulation
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On the same page, click on Circulation at the top left corner. |
Click on Circulation>> Renew | On the new page that opens, under Circulation click on Renew. |
Cursor on Enter item barcode
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A new page opens.
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Click on Submit | Then click on Submit on the right side of the field. |
Cursor on dialog box: Item Renewed | A new page opens with a dialog box- Item Renewed. |
Click on Circulation | Next, on the same page, click on Circulation at the top left corner. |
Click on check in | On the new page that opens, under Circulation, click on Check in. |
Cursor on Enter item barcode:
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In the new page that opens, locate the field Enter item barcode.
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And click on Submit button | And click on Submit on the right side of the field. |
Cursor on:
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A table appears having details such as-
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Cursor on:
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Note the:
as per the details filled in earlier. |
Narration Only | With this we complete Circulation. |
Click on Spoken Tutorial Library at the top right >> select Logout | You may now logout from the library staff account.
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Summary In this tutorial, we learnt about:
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This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarize.
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Assignment:
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Assignment:
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About Spoken Tutorial project
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The video at the following link summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
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Spoken Tutorial workshops The Spoken Tutorial Project Team
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The Spoken Tutorial Project Team:
For more details, please write to us. |
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Forum for specific questions |
Please post your timed queries in this forum. |
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Acknowledgement
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Spoken Tutorial project is funded by NMEICT, MHRD, Government of India.
this link. |
This is Bella Tony from IIT Bombay signing off.
Thank you for joining.|- |