Resource Restriction Settings

The information in this topic describes each restriction setting that can be defined at the resource type level. For information about how to set the restrictions on a resource type, see the topic Setting Restrictions on Resource Types.

The Loan Period is the number of days a book should be issued for which is by default set to 21 days. This is used to calculate the day a book is due back.

The Maximum Renewals is the number of renewals a borrower can make on the resource. For instance, if this is set to 2 then a borrower can only renew the item twice before the system prompts that no more renewals are allowed.

The Maximum Reservations is the limit of how many borrowers can reserve the title at one time.

The Maximum Fine is the limit on the amount of money that can be accrued when a resource is overdue. For instance, if the maximum fine is set to 3.00 then when a fine on this book reaches the limit it will not increment further.

The Fine Rate defines how much a fine will be incremented by for each day a book is overdue. For example, if the fine rate is 0.20 and a book is overdue by 3 days, the current fine will be 0.60. If the fine rate was 0.10 then the current fine would be 0.30.

The settings under the Not Allowed To define which year groups and tutor groups can and cannot borrow this resource. This is helpful when a resource has been obtained purely for one year or group. For example, if the resource is only allowed for borrowers in year 9 then all groups apart from those belonging to year 9 can be prevented from borrowing the resource by checking each group apart from the ones that should be allowed. The Select All and Clear All select all years/groups and clear all selected years/groups in the not allowed to box, respectively.