Resource Policies

Resource Policies (Admin > Resource Policies) let you set up limitations for the circulation of your resources.

Set up policies for your resources by:

• Defining loan periods
• Assigning loan periods to your resources
• Determining which resource types your patron types can check out

 

You can create class or interval loan periods.

Class loan periods:

• Can be assigned to classes, patron types, and departments/locations.
• Are used if a patron and resource are assigned to a class.

 

Interval loan periods :

• Can be assigned to patron types, and departments/locations.
• Are used for all checkouts when a patron and resource are not assigned to a class.

 

Note: Destiny alerts you when a checkout violates one of the defined policies. When it does, a message appears, indicating the resource policy that the checkout violates. You must override it before continuing with the transaction.

Important: By default, all of your resource types have the System Default loan period.