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Resource Record Card - Advanced Tab

Purpose

To give information on the contents of the Advanced tab in resource records

Covers: Resource records advanced tab

Does not cover: Advanced tab in Borrower records

 

Instructions

The Advanced tab of the record card is where you can set a lot of the more specialised settings for a resource. The Advanced Tab is split into 5 sections.

 

Restrictions

The Restrictions settings is where you can set and customise any resource specific restrictions, also known as lock restrictions.

 

Resource Type

The Resource Type box allows you to change the type assigned to the record. Types are things like Book, Reference Book, eBook, Website etc, they are not media types such as paperback or hardback. Changing the resource type will alter the record card to match the resource type. 

In the Resource Type section, there is also the button to Unlink Resources. 

If clicked, the resource will retain the same ISBN as the other books, but will no longer show as a copy. You will be able to change its details without affecting the other books with the same ISBN. This feature could be useful if you if you have a box set of books that are all different, but all have the same ISBN. You would need to unlink the resources so that they are not tied together by the ISBN.

Use this feature cautiously, once unlinked, an item cannot be relinked. If an item has been unlinked, and you wish to re-link it, the resource in question must be removed and catalogued again. This would mean you would lose all historic loan data for that resource.  

 

Custom Fields

The Custom Fields section will display any custom fields you have created and assigned to resource records. These can be used for storing any custom data you wish to have that does not already have a field on the record card. 

 

Accelerated Reader

The Accelerated Reader section shows all Accelerated Reader (AR) data associated with the record. If these boxes are blank, the AR information has not been pulled from other records or the AR database, meaning you can populate it manually yourself. 

 

Site Name

The Site Name box is where you can see/assign a site to a resource. Assigning a site will mean it will only display when that site is selected at the top of management.

 

How some of our other customer have phrased this

- What is the Advanced tab in resource records for?

- Where can I see the Accelerated Reader data for a resource?

- What does the 'Unlink Resources' button do?