Item Record Circulation Settings

Circulation settings for item records are controlled by a Polaris Administration policy table, database table, and patron services parameters. The Material Types policy table defines standard descriptions and the banner text displayed in Leap for specific items held by the library; the Circulation Statuses database table defines standard labels for item circulation statuses; the Shelving status options parameter controls an option to display a temporary shelving status; and the Last use patron display parameter controls whether to display a link to the last patron who checked out the item.

In addition, if your library uses NCIP, you should map item material types to the NCIP medium types defined by the NCIP standard. See Mapping NCIP Data to Polaris Data.

For more information about items that can float from one branch to another, see Setting Up Floating Collections.

See also:

• Defining Material Types
• Viewing Circulation Statuses and Editing Descriptions
• Setting Shelving Status
• Displaying an Item’s Last Borrower