Visiting Patron is an INN-Reach feature used at the "Owning Site" to check out items to visitors who are patrons at an Orbis Cascade Alliance institution. It automatically validates the patron record and uses a loan rule as specified by the member institution.
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To check out items to Visiting Patrons
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- Change the current mode to INN-Reach -- Visiting Patron Check-Out
- Millennium Circulation displays a drop-down list of all sites in the INN-Reach system (other than your own):
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- Choose a site from the list and then choose Select. If the complete list does not display, use the scroll bar to find the correct site.
- Retrieve the patron record by scanning or keying the patron's ID. The patron ID type required is specified in the Scan Barcode box:
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- Millennium Circulation displays the patron's record after retrieving it from the patron's site. If the patron's site requires a PIN, the system will prompt for it.
- Scan the item(s) to check out or key an indexed item field. When Millennium Circulation checks out an item, it changes the items status to OFF CAMPUS (@).
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Possible System Messages
(Checking out items to Visiting Patrons) |
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Borrower cannot check out items |
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- You retrieved a patron record for a patron who is blocked from checking out items
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Cannot establish a connection to <Local Server> |
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- You entered a patron ID for a patron who belongs to a Local Server to which INN-Reach Central Server cannot connect. Contact your Central System Administrator.
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Multiple patrons with <Patron ID><number> at <site>. |
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- You entered a patron ID for which the patron's site has multiple matches.
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No patron with <Patron ID><number> at <site>. |
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- You entered a patron ID for which the patron's site has no matches.
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last updated
December 3, 2007
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