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When the patron wants a Circulation Return Receipt

We just had a faculty member who sent a student to return a book on the faculty member’s account.  He wanted a return receipt. To do this: LOOK up the PATRON. Click on the RETURNS tab in the patron’s record. … Continue reading Continue reading

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RENEWING CONSORTIA materials in ALMA

Finally:  We can renew our patron’s Consortia loans from within ALMA! Look up the patron. Select the Network Activity Tab, locate the material that needs to be renewed and find the barcode for each item.  **Make note of which library … Continue reading Continue reading

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Expiration dates in Alma

Unlike Millennium, patron records loaded from Banner into ALMA cannot have their expiration dates changed by us.   As a result, the consortium has  constructed a work-around Students records will be loaded on the following schedule:   Fall Semester students on … Continue reading Continue reading

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Alma and RENEWALS

I have tinkered with the renewal profile for all of the books/media in the stacks.  I decided to open it up and allow unlimited renewals for these materials in the hopes that we actually can get some renewal statistics.  (I … Continue reading Continue reading

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Billing patrons for overdue fines

As I work on the process for billing for overdue fines, several thoughts occur to me.  As I am billing for OVERDUE fines, I am adding at note in ALMA that I billed $XX.00 in overdue fines in Banner and … Continue reading Continue reading

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