Customize the Children’s PAC item availability display

To customize the item availability display in Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition:

1. In the Administration Explorer tree view, open the Profiles folder for the organization, and click the Children’s PAC tab in the details view.
2. To display the item’s owning branch, double-click Item Availability: Display branch location, and select Yes.

Note:
Single-branch libraries may want to set this profile to No to save space in the availability display.

3. Double-click Item Availability: Display local and system levels to set which items are shown in the availability display. Select Yes or No:

• Yes - If the logged-on branch is the system, information about items that are designated to display in PAC and owned throughout the system is displayed. If the logged-on branch is a local branch, only items held by that branch are displayed. If none are owned by the local branch, the system-level items are displayed.
• No - If the logged-on branch is the system, information about items owned throughout the system is displayed. If the logged-on branch is a local branch, only the local items are displayed. If none are owned by the local branch, no items are displayed.

The Item Availability Display Order table determines which branches’ items should be displayed as “system” and which should be displayed as “local.” See Set up the local/system item availability display.

4. To display the items’ shelf locations, double-click Item Availability: Display shelf location, and select Yes.
5. To display the items’ circulation status, double-click Item Availability: Display status, and select Yes.
6. If you chose to display item status, specify the status text:

• Double-click Item availability text: Available, and type the text that indicates an item is available. The default is In Library.
• Double-click Item availability text: Not available, and type the text that indicates an item is not available. The default is Checked Out.

7. To display item-level call numbers, double-click Item Availability: Display call number, and select Yes.
8. To display the items’ collection information, double-click Item Availability: Display collection, and select Yes. If the library does not use collections, you may want to set this profile to No to save space in the availability display.
9. To display the items’ material types, double-click Item Availability: Display type, and select Yes.
10. To make public notes from the item record available, double-click Item Availability: Display notes, and select Yes. This setting displays a note icon for items whose records include public notes. Users can click the icon to read the note.
11. Select File | Save.