Periodical circulation lists
Learn about creating the Borrower File and Circulation List for periodicals in Amlib.
Circulation list
Circulation Lists are a checklist to accompany a periodical (usually to indicate the particular person has seen the issue of the periodical). If Circulation Lists are required for certain periodicals, then a Borrower Saved File needs to be set up in the Borrower module first.
Create the Borrower File
- Launch the Amlib client
- Open the Borrower module
- From the main menu, select File > DisplayFile – the Borrower Saved Query Results screen will display
- Select the F1 New button
- Type in the following parameters:
- Details = Name of Circulation List – for example: Library Staff Circulation List
- Allow other operators to access this file (Y/N) = Y
- Click the F3 Save button
- You can then add borrowers to the file using either:
- Borrower Where Search:
- Go to Main > Borrowers > BorrowerWhere
- Enter Where Search parameters
- Click the F7 QtoFile button – the Borrower Saved Query Results screen will display
- Select the file to be used – for example: Library Staff Circulation List
- Click the F9 Select button
- The selected borrowers will then be saved to the selected file with the following message appearing: The ‘XXX’ file contains XX borrowers.
- Click the OK button
- One at a time from the default Borrower screen:
- Go to Main > Borrowers > Borrower
- Search for a Borrower/s record using the F5 Query button or via Application > BorrowerWhere
- If there is only one matching record, then from the main menu, select File > AddToNewFile – the Borrower Saved Query Results screen will display
- If there is more than one search result, a Borrower List will display: highlight the borrowers to be added to the saved file and then select File > Save Marked (use Save All to save ALL borrowers in the list)
- Select the file to be used – for example: Library Staff Circulation List
- Click the F9 Select button
- The selected borrowers will then be saved to the selected file with the following message appearing: The ‘XXX’ file contains XX borrowers.
- Click the OK button
- Borrower Where Search:
Once the file has been created, it will be available in the Periodical application for use as a Circulation list.
Creating a Circulation List
- Launch the Amlib client
- Go to Main > Periodicals > Periodical – the Periodical screen will display
- Search for a periodical record via F5 Query button
- From the main Periodical menu select: XReferences > Subscriptions – the Periodical Subscriptions and Issues screen will then open
- The Circulation Lists can be set up in one of two ways:
- In the Subscription – New screen click the F8 CircList button, or
- From the main Periodicals Subscriptions and Issues menu, select Subscriptions > CirculationLists
- In the Subscription – New screen click the F8 CircList button, or
- The Subscription – Circulation Lists table will display:
- Highlight the Copy to which you wish to allocate a list and select the F6 CircList button – the Circulation List screen will open
- To select a Borrower Saved File, select the F7 File button – the Borrower Saved Query Results table will open
- Highlight the relevant File and click the F9 Select button – the borrowers from the Saved File will be added to the Circulation List screen
- The names can be shuffled up and down the list by highlighting a borrower and clicking on the arrow up and down buttons directly above the list
- Individual borrowers may be deleted from the list, by highlighting the borrower and clicking the F4 Delete button
- Click the F6 Report button to bring up a Circulation List which can be printed for distribution purposes
- Once complete, click the F3 Save button to save the Circulation List – you will be returned to the Subscriptions – Circulation List table
- At this point you can attach a Circulation List to other copies
- Click the F3 Update button when complete – the following message will display: Circulation Lists(s) Updated.
- Click the OK button