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Advance period in days/minutes | Specifies how far in advance you can place a booking. Set one of these parameters for a policy, either days or minutes. |
Allow bookings | Allows items under this policy to be booked. |
Booking checkout charge | The charge to be applied to the borrower when a booked item is checked out. |
Booking placement charge | The charge to be applied to the borrower when a booking is placed. |
Booking type | Specifies whether booked items need to be checked out, checked in or issued. |
Borrower privilege level | Specifies the privilege level the borrower requires to be able to place bookings. |
Check existing loans | Specifies whether borrowers can book a title they already have on loan. |
Confirmation required | Specifies whether a booking must be confirmed before the item can be checked out or issued. |
Due date lag in days/minutes | The lag period between an issue to one borrower and a booking by another. Set one of these parameters for a policy, either days or minutes. |
Expiry period in minutes | If the borrower fails to collect a booking within this period then it will automatically expire. This only applies to items that need to be checked out or issued. |
Lag for item in days/minutes | The minimum period between two bookings of the same item by one borrower. Set one of these parameters for a policy, either days or minutes. |
Lag for title/material collection in days/minutes | The minimum period between two bookings of the same title or material collection by one borrower. Set one of these parameters for a policy, either days or minutes. |
Maximum adjacent booking slots | The maximum number of consecutive slots that can be selected for one booking by one borrower. |
No-show charge | The charge to be applied to borrowers who fail to collect an item they have booked. This only applies to items that need to be checked out or issued. |
Refund period in days/minutes | Controls whether the placement charge is automatically waived or refunded. Set one of these parameters for a policy, either days or minutes. |
Total booking slot days and Total booking slots | These are used to determine how many booking slots a borrower can select within a specified period. |