Issuing Resources

To issue a resource to a Borrower, you will first need to open Circulate and load the account of the borrower you wish to issue a resource to.

·Firstly, select the loan period under the Loan Duration box.

If you select Normal, the resource will be issued based on the Borrower and Resource restrictions, whereas you can use the other available options to issue the resource for a defined period, like Day, Overnight and a Manual date.

Most of the time it is likely that you will issue an item with Normal selected but it's helpful to know that others are available should you wish to deviate from the default.

·Next, you can issue the resource to the selected Borrower by scanning the barcode label of the book. If you are using an RFID device, scan the RFID tag on the resource. Should you not have a barcode reader or RFID scanner, you can manually issue an item by clicking Find... this opens an interface where you can search and select an item to issue. This is helpful in situations where the barcode label is damaged.

In addition to these methods, you can also type in the Resource barcode number into the Barcode box at the bottom of the screen, as highlighted in yellow, below: