Booking Any Available Item from the Summary Tab

To choose the Search/Holds function, you must be assigned permission 101 (View bibliographic records). To choose the Book Any Available Item button, you must be assigned permission 130 (Materials Booking). See Permissions Used by Sierra for more information.

To book any available item from the Summary tab:

  1. Choose one of the following options from the Function list:
    • Binding
    • Catalog
    • Check In Bound
    • Claim/Cancel Orders
    • Claiming
    • Orders
    • Receive
    • Search/Holds
    • Serials Checkin
    • To Bindery
  2. Retrieve the desired title.
  3. Choose the Summary tab.
  4. (Optional) Limit the display:
    • To limit the display to only those items that belong to your location, select the Current Location option under the All drop-down list.
    • If your library uses scoping, Sierra includes the Current Scope option under the All drop-down list. You can select the Current Scope option to limit the display to only those items that belong to the scope assigned to your login. If your library uses scoping, but Sierra does not display the Current Scope option, contact Innovative.
  5. Choose Book Any Available Item. Note that Sierra enables the Book Any Available Item button only if there are multiple items attached to the bibliographic record.

    Sierra opens a search window.
  6. Retrieve the patron record for whom you are placing the booking.
  7. Enter the data for the booking.