On the Library tab, which is present when you have selected a new or existing library branch for an Adloan Circulation application in the Application browser, you specify settings and definitions for the current library branch a.k.a. location only. For locations for which these options are not specified, the Default values apply. Note that for the Loans module, every library location is a branch, even if there is only one location. In addition, all branches are seen as equal - therefore there is no separate main location.

Click here for information on how to edit properties in general. And click here to read about how to manage objects in the tree view in the Application browser. On the current tab you'll find the following settings:

Name

Enter a name with a maximum of 32 characters. In library location names, a distinction is made between capitals and lower case letters. This means that Main and MAIN would be two different locations.

Messages file

The Messages file option is not used by the Loans module under Windows. (You may leave the value MESSAGES.FIL as it is, even though the file doesn't exist anymore: the option is ignored.)

Default loan category

Enter the name of the default loan category for this location. If no category is provided here, Adloan Circulation will use the loans category specified as the standard category under Default values.

Data folder

For this setting you can provide the path to a \data folder for the current library location, if that is different than the default \data folder. Normally, you don't have to fill in anything here.

Opening hours

Here you can specify per weekday at what time the branch opens and closes, and until what time items may be returned. Set both the Opening time and Closing time to 00:00, to indicate that the branch is closed all day. By the way, after closing times or on a day on which the branch is closed, you may still use this Adloan Circulation application and carry out transactions.

Exceptions

Here, you may specify on which dates different opening, closing and/or return times apply, for example on public holidays. The date to be entered can be formatted in different ways, but you have to provide a year in four digits, so preferably use the format dd/mm/yyyy, for instance 31/12/2008.

Closed periods

Here you may indicate during which periods the library will be closed. The dates themselves are included in the closed period. The dates to be entered can be formatted in different ways, but you have to provide a year in four digits, so preferably use the format dd/mm/yyyy, for instance 25/12/2008 up to and including 01/01/2008.