User manual

Table of Contents
Configuring general preferences
138
Configuring messaging preferences
138
Configuring security preferences
142
Configuring search preferences
145
Summary
147
Chapter 8: Test Driving Your Koha Installation
149
Patrons -create, search, and view patron record
149
Creating a new patron
150
Searching for a patron
151
Cataloging- create, search, and view bibliographic and item
record
151
Creating a bibliographic record
152
Creating an item record
153
Searching for the record
154
Circulation- check -out, check -in, and view circulation history
154
Checking out
155
Checking in
156
Viewing circulation history
156
Acquisitions- create an order, receive shipment, and view
budget utilization
157
Creating budgets
158
Creating a vendor
158
Creating orders
159
Receiving shipments
160
Viewing budget utilization
161
Serials- creating a subscription and receiving the first issue
161
Creating a subscription
161
Searching for the subscription
163
Receiving an issue
164
Reports- creating a guided report and executing it
164
Building a report
164
Using a saved report
166
OPAC- running a catalog search
166
Summary
167
Chapter 9: Migrating Catalog Data
169
An orientation to migrating catalog data
169
Understanding MARC files
170
Koha Holdings in tag 952
170
Holdings in legacy systems
171
Import tools
171