Restrictions

You can create different borrower restriction groups, sets up the permissions and then add borrowers into them. The borrowers then inherit the restrictions of their assigned group.

As many restriction groups as necessary can be created all with different allowances. For example, you can have one restriction group for staff and a separate restriction group for students. Each group can then have different loan periods, reservation limits etc.

As well as being able to set up restrictions for borrowers, restrictions are also available for each of the resource types (Book, Text Book, Periodical etc.) and the different media types within the resource type (Paperback, Hardback etc.). If you have set various restrictions for the resources, media types and borrowers, the system will compare the restriction across all levels and take the lowest of them all (with the exception of Locked Restrictions).

There is a default restriction group set up when you first setup the library system. This is called 'Restriction_Normal' and allows the borrowers to take out and reserve 3 resources for a maximum of 14 days. Any existing borrower and any new borrowers that are added will belong to the default security group initially. You can change the default restriction group (once it has been created) to the preferred group, which will automatically change the restrictions for anyone who belongs to the default group.