External Checkout/In

Text files can be used to Check Items in and Out.

This could be necessary if Circulation was done off site in an area without internet access or should internet access have been shut off for a period of time.

Items to be Checked In: A list of items to be checked in can be created by using any word processor including Wordpad or Notepad (windows) or TextEdit (macintosh). The result should be saved as a text file.

The list would just be a consecutive column of item barcode numbers.

Example:

14134

35538

44666

33453

Items to be Checked Out: The list for items to be checked out should have the patron barcode number followed by the items checked out by that patron.

So as an example if two patron barcodes are 242 and 988 and both patron checked items out the list would look like below.

242

46464

35775

43664

988

56466

47774

Procedure:  You can either upload the text file or copy paste the content into the entry box in the screen shot below or browse to the file and click the proceed button.

The end result will be the same as if the items were checked in or out directly.