Using INN-Reach Circulation
Staff at owning sites and patron sites use a combination of standard Circulation features and specialized INN-Reach features to circulate INN-Reach items.
After a patron requests an INN-Reach item:
- The owning site determines which INN-Reach items have been paged by printing either INN-Reach paging slips or INN-Reach paging lists.
- The owning site checks the item out to the patron site.
Same Server Circulation Conversions
If an item being used to satisfy an INN-Reach request belongs to the same Local Server as the patron who placed the request, the system converts the request to a standard circulation transaction when the item is scanned during checkout to the patron site. For more information, see Converting a Same-server INN-Reach Request to a Local Circulation Hold.
- The patron site receives the item from the owning site.
- The patron site checks the item out to the patron.
- The patron site checks the item in from the patron.
- The owning site receives the item from the patron site.
In addition, the owning site can:
- Circulate an item to a visiting patron (that is, a patron from another INN-Reach site who is present at the owning library).
- Transfer INN-Reach holds from one item to another.
- Cancel INN-Reach holds with re-request or with no re-request.
The patron site can:
- View a patron's checked-out and held INN-Reach items.
- Print the INN-Reach Holdshelf Report.
- Return unwanted INN-Reach items to owning sites.
- Cancel INN-Reach holds belonging to your patrons.
- Claim items as returned.
- Print INN-Reach circulation notices. If the Print INN-Reach Notices at Requesting Patron's Location feature is enabled, the system generates INN-Reach notices at the location to which the requesting patron belongs. By default, the system generates INN-Reach notices (other than paging slips) at the pickup location.
Either owning or patron site can:
- Renew INN-Reach requests.
- Create INN-Reach Circulation Loan Reports.
- View INN-Reach circulation statistics.
- Delete invalid virtual items.
INN-Reach-only Features
Specialized INN-Reach features in Sierra include:
- INN-Reach functions
- Pickup Anywhere for INN-Reach functions (if your Local Server has acquired the Pickup Anywhere for INN-Reach product)
- An INN-Reach tab in the Patron Information Tabs, which contains information about a patron's INN-Reach checkouts and holds