Check out textbooks to patron

Select Circulation > Check Out Text > To Patron

Customers can easily assign and remove barcode numbers on the Copies tab in the Catalog.

Checking out textbooks in Follett Destiny® Textbook Manager provides these checkout options:

• To Patron (instructions that follow)
• By Class
• To Teacher
• eTextbooks

Checking out textbooks to a patron means that you are checking them out directly to the patron/student.

To check out textbooks To Patron

note When checking out textbooks by ISBN be sure that the due date for the Default Loan Period is correct. See Set up textbook policies.

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1. If you are not already in the Check Out Text page, then you need to follow the steps in the blue bar with white letters (above).
2. Deselect the Only search checkbox.
3. To complete the task for active patrons, select the Only Active Patrons checkbox.
4. Make sure the cursor is in the Find field.
5. Scan the patron barcode. The patron information appears in the Check Out Text page.
6. Scan either the textbook copy of the barcode(s) or the ISBN that the patron is checking out. The most recently checked out copy appears in the Items Out section. When copies are in the Items Out section, you have the option to change the due date.

• To change the due date of the copies in the Items Out section, click Change.
• Make changes accordingly, click Save.

7. To print out a circulation receipt, see Print circulation receipts.
8. For additional checkouts, repeat the above steps.

To checkout textbooks by ISBN at a site

1. Select Back Office > Site Configuration > Circulation.
2. Select Allow unbarcoded textbooks to be checked out by ISBN.
3. Click Save.