Cataloging+of+Books

=Cataloging of Books=
 * 1) Click on Catalog => Add title
 * 2) Scan or type in the ISBN number (use the scanner - it's much quicker!)
 * 3) Click on Go
 * 4) Hopefully some copies will appear on the next screen. If one has a red house icon, that means that we have a copy. An A+ sign shows that it is in Alliance Plus
 * 5) If we already have the title in the system, there is no need to add another. Just click on Details. If we don't have the title in the system, then select one and click on Save Title
 * 6) Click on Add copies
 * 7) Scan in the barcode
 * 8) Check that the default Call Number is what you want
 * 9) Add the price.
 * 10) Make other changes if necessary.
 * 11) Click on Save Copies

Practical Suggestion:
I put a check mark in the lower corner of the barcode sticker when the item is cataloged. This saves me from trying to catalog it later and finding that I had already done it!!!

=Creating a Circulation Type for Hidden Books= –( books that do not show up in Destiny or Destiny Quest for a guest patron) Why? We have a collection of books that are stored in a different room. They are only used for our Summer Reading Program. If they are not hidden, they still show up in the catalog, and students wonder why they can’t find them in the library. So…

Set up a Special Circulation Type for these books

 * 1) Go to Back Office
 * 2) Library Policies
 * 3) Circulation Types
 * 4) Look Down the list – you may be surprised and find you already have the category!
 * 5) If not, click on Circ. Type (near the top)
 * 6) Type in the name (I used Summer Reading) and complete other details. **__The important one is to select Hidden__**
 * 7) Click on Save

Move these books into that Circulation Type

 * 1) Go to Catalog
 * 2) Update Copies
 * 3) Global Update
 * 4) Whose Call Number prefix is (ours was SSS)
 * 5) Change Circulation Type to (ours was Summer Reading)
 * 6) Click on Update

These books can be seen by you as the administrator when you are logged in, but not by guests at the catalog station.