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Vital Repository 6.4
Tip of the Week Archive
Tip of the Week Archive
Requesting and Circulation
- Requesting from a Multi Volume Set
- Busy Virtual Item Records
- Receiving Materials at the Borrower's Library Tip #1
- Receiving Materials at the Borrower's Library Tip #2
- Disabling Barcode Validity Checking
- Viewing Virtual Items
- Receiving LINK+ Items from Owning Site - Inserting Missing Barcodes in Virtual Items
- Viewing a Patron's LINK+ Items
- Editing Item Status
- Patron Record Display of LINK+ Virtual Items
- Mismatched Barcode
- Patron Returns Item Directly to the Owning Library
- Checking In Returned Items at the Owning Site
- Renewing LINK+ Items
- Patron Block Settings for Highest Level Overdue
- Check Out to Remote Site
- Hold Slip Prompt
- "CIRCUIT RECVD" Status on Items Loaned to SDCL and SDPL
- Reporting Broken INN-Reach Holds
- Checking Out an Item to a Remote Site
- '1969' Due Dates
- Patron Block Settings for Outstanding Holds Limits
- Available Items Not Requestable
- Damaged LINK+ Materials
- Inadvertently Fulfilled LINK+ Requests
- Locations Served and Logins/Users
- Follow Proper Procedures When Sending Items to Borrowing Libraries
- Using Staff-Placed Requesting to Request a Specific Format
- Use Physical Item's Barcode for Checkout
- Clearing Your Java Cache to Resolve Request Button Issue
- Possible Messages When Requesting LINK+ Materials
- Member Barcode Prefixes
- Unable to Delete Patron - Still Has INN-Reach Virtual Item
- Printing Paging Slips and Checking Out to Borrowing Library
- Request Denied Due to Local Holds
- Resolving Individual Patron Requesting Issues
- Patron Blocks
- Polaris Items Not Requestable Even When Their Status Is AVAILABLE
- Include Yolo County Branches on Book Labels
- Book Labels for 49-99 Libraries
- Labeling Borrowed Books
- Checking for Owning-site Holds Before Allowing LINK+ Renewals
- Institutional Checkout
- Days Closed and LINK+ Checkouts
- LINK+ Encore Down?
- LINK+ Holds on Checked Out Items? Items Not Adding or Updating in LINK+?
- Browser Autofill
- Receiving Incoming Items with No Patron Information
Delivery and Courier
- Courier Bins and Rainy Weather
- Zip Ties
- What to do with Misrouted Items Tip #1
- What to do with Misrouted Items Tip #2
- Returning Empty Courier Bags and Bins Tip #1
- Returning Empty Courier Bags and Bins Tip #2
- Labeling Courier Shipments
- Packaging LINK+ Items for Delivery
- Sending Materials in Courier Bags
- Sorting Delivery Items
- Zip Tie Cutter Suggestions
- Tape Tip #1
- Tape Tip #2
- Tape Tip #3
- Tape Tip #4
- Tape Tip #5
- Don't Overfill Bins
- Browser Recommendation for Printing Courier Labels
- Zebra Printer Only Printing Every Other Label?
- Shipping Containers
- Need a Replacement Zebra Printer?
- Where to Buy Courier Shipping Labels
- Look-a-Like Bins
- Labels or Book Bands on Items
- Include Courier Numbers on Shipments
- Other Sources for Delivery Bags
- Shipping Label Tips
- Courier Number Primer
- Supplies List
- Recommended Size for Courier Bags
- When You Are Short on Bags
- Unity Service Contacts
- Unity Holiday Opt-Out Email Address
- Labeling AV
- What To Do About Missing Zipper Pull Tabs
- On Demand Shipping Labels
- NO Staples!
- Book Label Tip
- Reporting Problems with Unity Shipping Label Software
- Alert Your Colleagues To Unity Outages
- Non-Removable Labels
- When Removable Labels Are Hard to Remove
- Label Placement on Media
- Don't Overfill Bags/Pouches
- Labeling CDs and DVDs
- Unity President Contact
Holds Maintenance
- Cancelled LINK+ Requests
- Transferring a LINK+ Request to another Item
- Cancel with Re-Request
- No Re-requests for Multi-Volume Items
- Clearing Expired INN-Reach Holds
- Transferring a LINK+ Request to Another Item
- How Cancelling a LINK+ Hold from the Patron's Site Works
LINK+ Listservs
- Join the LINK+ Listserv
- Listserv and Spam Filters
- Listserv Etiquette
- Posting to the LINK+ Listserv
- Listserv Size Limitations
- Listserv Rejections
Media
- Media Parts
- Media and Sensitizers
- Receiving Media for a Non-Participant
- Media Packaging
- Want to become a media lender?
- Media Lending Policy
- Unlock DVD Cases Before Shipping to Borrowing Libraries
Paging Slips, Circulation Notices & Book Bands/Labels
- Re-Printing LINK+ Paging Slips After a Printer Mishap
- Printing Paging Slips
- How to Tell if a Courtesy Notice Was Sent
- Destination Branch/Campus
- Book Bands/Labels
- Book Bands/Labels and Barcodes
- Book Labels
- Branch Name on Book Bands/Labels
- Courier Numbers in Branch Names/Paging Slips
- Printing Paging Slips on Recycled Paper
- Setting Up Auto Notices
- List of LINK+ Paging Slip-Friendly Printers
- Accompanying Paperwork for Items from non-Innovative Libraries
- PII on Accompanying Paperwork from Alma Members
Pickup Anywhere
- Pickup Anywhere Feature
- Pick Up Anywhere (PUA) - Identify Items
- Pickup Anywhere (PUA) - Receiving a PUA Item That Was Not Checked Out
- Viewing Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Statistics
- Exporting Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Statistics
- Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Statistics - Multiple Entries
- Identifying Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Items When Paging Slips are Missing
- Receiving Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Items
- Returning a Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Item that was Returned to the Wrong Location
- Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Holdshelf
- Viewing Information in Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Tables
- Receiving Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Items - "No Item Found" Message
- Pickup Anywhere (PUA) Items and Book Labels
- Printing Paging Slips with the New Print Templates
- Checking Out PUA Items to Patrons Without Expiration Dates
- Pickup Anywhere Key (For Pickup Anywhere Participants)
Policy
- Claimed Returned Policy
- LINK+ Policies
- Sending Damaged LINK+ Items
- Policy Questions
- Member Replacement Policies
Record Structure & Display
- "LINK+ Resource" Display Issue in Central Catalog
- LINK+ Record Numbers
- MARC Display of 945 Fields
- Virtual Records
- Searching by Item Record Number
Reports & Statistics
- LINK+ Patron Requests Report
- Choosing a Date Range for LINK+ Fulfillments Reports
- LINK+ Cancellations Report
- LINK+ Fulfillments Report
- Exporting LINK+ Circulation Transactions
- Removing Invalid Virtual Items Using the Returned Too Long Report
- Timing of the "Requested Too Long" Report
- LINK+ Requests and Fulfillments
- LINK+ Circulation Transactions
- Institutional Overdues Report
- In-Transit Too Long Report
- Paged Too Long Report
- Received Too Long Report
- Checkout Statistics by Location
- Checkout Statistics by Patron Type
- Media Lending Statistics -- Circulation
- Requests by Title
- Title Reports
- Title Reports Parameters: Select Library
- Title Reports Parameters: Dates
- Title Reports Report Types: Filled Requests
- Title Reports Report Types: Unfilled Requests
- Title Reports Report Types: Loaned Items
- Title Reports Parameters: Sort By
- Title Reports Parameters: Call Number Type
- Title Reports Parameters: Output Options
- Title Reports: Generating Large Title Reports
- Title Reports: More About the Bibliographic Record Output Option
- Title Reports: Save an Excel Copy
- Title Reports: Breakdown of Requests by Branch
- Checkout and Renewal Item Record Fields
- Returned Too Long Report
- Too Long Report Procedures
- Sending Too Long Information To Member Libraries
- Title Reports: “Blank” Pickup Locations in Filled Requests
System Administration
- New PTYPEs and ITYPEs on Your Local System
- Member Location Codes
- Scheduling IP Changes on Your Local System
Miscellaneous
- Contacting the LINK+ Administrator
- Innovative Guide & Reference
- Operations and Regional Group Minutes
- Regional Group Meetings
- Reporting Problems to the Support Desk or LINK+ Administrator
- Contacting the Operations Steering Committee
- Changes to LINK+ Pickup Locations
- Staff Changes
- Urgent Issues
- Ink Marks on Items
- Adding LINK+ Location Codes to Branches Table
- Changes to Contacts
- Visiting Patron Feature
- No Re-authentication Feature
- Past Newsletter Issues
- Staff Placed Requests
- Communication Among Members
- Troubleshooting Issues with Repository and Fulfillments Reports Access
- Tips for Backup Contacts
- Patron Contacts for LINK+ Issues
- Holiday Closure Policy
- LINK+ Governance--Directors
- LINK+ Governance--Operations Group
- INN-Reach Glossary
- Support Ticket Urgency Levels
- Newsletter Stories and Ideas
- Use Official LINK+ Contacts
- Hand Sanitizer Cleans Marks Off Books
- Email Etiquette
