Check out items to patrons

In-hand transfers

important You can perform in-hand transfers only if the district has selected the Allow sites to receive by barcode scan permission. By default, duplicate barcodes are not allowed across the district. To allow duplicate barcodes across the district, complete these steps. Duplicate barcodes are not allowed at the site. If you are unable to perform an in-hand transfer, contact your Destiny Administrator for access.

An in-hand transfer is when an item from another site in your district is scanned at your site, and then transferred to your site.

example An item in your district is scanned at your site, but it is currently assigned to another site in the district. If in-hand transfer rights, give you an option to immediately transfer the item to the site it is being scanned at.

If the item already has a status, such as checked out, selecting Yes to the in-hand transfer message resolves any previous statuses.

If you are checking out a textbook or consumable, you can scan its ISBN.

important To circulate unbarcoded and consumable items, select Back Office > Site Configuration > Circulation. Make sure the following checkboxes are selected: Allow unbarcoded resources to be checked out and Allow consumable resources to be checked out.

For digital resources:

1. In the Find field, scan the patron's barcode, and then click Find Patron.
2. To complete the task for active patrons, select the Only Active Patrons checkbox.
3. Use the following table to complete your task:

To check out…	Then…
A barcoded item	In the Find field, scan the item barcode. Click Find Item. Find the item you want, and then click Check Out.
An unbarcoded or consumable* item	In the Find field, type a keyword for the resource you want to check out. Click Find Item. Find the item you want, and then click Check Out.
Multiple unbarcoded items	In the Find field, type a keyword for the resource you want to check out. Click Find Item. Next to the item you want, type a Quantity, and then click Check Out. A confirmation message shows the number of items to be checked out and the due date. Click Yes to confirm or click No to change the quantity.
*You do not have to check in checked-out consumables at the end of the loan period. A nightly job deletes them automatically. You can check consumables in early; they are added back to the inventory with an Available status. See Patron Status (Destiny® Resource Manager™).

Checkouts

Checkouts do the following:

• Honor the due date assigned in the by class date range loan period type.
• Allow textbooks that use the textbook template to be checked out for any of the existing Resource Manager loan period types.

NOTE When digital resources with redemption codes are checked out, the redemption code appears in the student's My Info.

Resource Container Checkouts

Resources with included items can be circulated to patrons, as well as renewed. The process is the same as checking out and renewing an individual item.

Checkout Restrictions

To view all transaction restrictions, see Resource Containers.

Checkout Transaction Blocking Conditions

See Resource Container Transaction Blocking Conditions.

To change the due date of the item under Checked Out:

1. Click Change. The Due Date page appears.
2. Make selections as needed, and then click Save.

The Special Date prompt appears in front of the date.

To change the due date of any of the items listed under Items Out, you need to check them out again.

To mark a resource lost, click Lost next to the item. If you charge fines for lost items, use the next page to do so. If you opted to have fines automatically assessed, an alert message lets you accept the fine, or edit or waive the amount.

Resources checked out To Patron can be renewed one at a time if they have a due date.

important Checked-out resources can only be renewed if they have a loan policy interval that includes an associated calendar date or number of days. The Renew button only appears when the loan period changes the due date or has been updated. If the loan policy is Unlimited, the Renew button does not appear. To get it to appear, you must check the item in and out again.

From Check Out Items, search for the patron who has a resource that needs to be renewed. When the desired patron record appears, click Renew. The item is renewed.

Resource items can also be renewed from Patron Status. Search for the desired patron by entering a search term in the Find text box in Manage Patrons. The Patron Status page displays the items checked out to the patron. Click the Renew button for the item. The item is now renewed.