1NPMC
I'm just getting up and running with Tiny Cat. I have been a tester and I have a lifetime organizational account on LT. I don't believe I am paying for my TinyCat. So if that's my issue for check in and check out, just let me know.
When I click on a book in my catalog I can see that it is available - right now they all say available because we are still using paper check out. I don't see a button in TC for doing check out. I can see the button in LT. Do I have to switch into LT to do check out? Do I have to have patron accounts entered for the button to show up in TC? Do I need to work on the 'back end' in my TC account to get the check out button to show? It also only seems to show my book in my LT if I have the account signed in, but I don't want all my patrons messing around in the back office, so to speak. How do I enable the check in/check out and keep the patrons out of the back view?
Sorry for the stupid questions, I've been looking through the help topics and I haven't seen anything quite this basic.
Thanks in advance.
When I click on a book in my catalog I can see that it is available - right now they all say available because we are still using paper check out. I don't see a button in TC for doing check out. I can see the button in LT. Do I have to switch into LT to do check out? Do I have to have patron accounts entered for the button to show up in TC? Do I need to work on the 'back end' in my TC account to get the check out button to show? It also only seems to show my book in my LT if I have the account signed in, but I don't want all my patrons messing around in the back office, so to speak. How do I enable the check in/check out and keep the patrons out of the back view?
Sorry for the stupid questions, I've been looking through the help topics and I haven't seen anything quite this basic.
Thanks in advance.
2kristilabrie
Hi NPMC, sorry for the confusion. I'm happy to help!
"Do I need to work on the 'back end' in my TC account to get the check out button to show?"
That's precisely what you need to do, to enable the patron-side of checking out and placing holds. You must have patron accounts enabled (either as Simple or Full Circulation accounts) in order to enable the "Check out" and/or "Place hold" catalog buttons. You'll find these options under your Settings, on both your "Patron account" settings and your "Circulation" settings: https://www.librarycat.org/admin/settings/patronaccounts and https://www.librarycat.org/admin/settings/circsettings.
As the account admin, you can actually log into your Admin portal (by clicking the lock/home icon in the bottom-right corner of your catalog and logging in, or by going to https://www.librarycat.org/admin) and check multiple items in and out from your "Check in/out" page: https://www.librarycat.org/admin/checkinout.
To change whether your "LibraryThing" links on Detail pages goes to your work-level item or your individual book, go to your Detail page settings: https://www.librarycat.org/admin/settings/detail.
I also noticed that your NPMC account isn't set up for TinyCat, though your personal account is. You'll want to make sure you've started your TinyCat trial for NPMC, when you're ready.
If you need help for any of the Settings pages I've linked to above, you can find them on our TinyCat Help Wiki, here: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/TinyCat, under the "Settings" section. There's many other Help pages there you may find useful for getting started.
If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to email me at tinycat@librarything.com! I hope this helps.
"Do I need to work on the 'back end' in my TC account to get the check out button to show?"
That's precisely what you need to do, to enable the patron-side of checking out and placing holds. You must have patron accounts enabled (either as Simple or Full Circulation accounts) in order to enable the "Check out" and/or "Place hold" catalog buttons. You'll find these options under your Settings, on both your "Patron account" settings and your "Circulation" settings: https://www.librarycat.org/admin/settings/patronaccounts and https://www.librarycat.org/admin/settings/circsettings.
As the account admin, you can actually log into your Admin portal (by clicking the lock/home icon in the bottom-right corner of your catalog and logging in, or by going to https://www.librarycat.org/admin) and check multiple items in and out from your "Check in/out" page: https://www.librarycat.org/admin/checkinout.
To change whether your "LibraryThing" links on Detail pages goes to your work-level item or your individual book, go to your Detail page settings: https://www.librarycat.org/admin/settings/detail.
I also noticed that your NPMC account isn't set up for TinyCat, though your personal account is. You'll want to make sure you've started your TinyCat trial for NPMC, when you're ready.
If you need help for any of the Settings pages I've linked to above, you can find them on our TinyCat Help Wiki, here: http://www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/TinyCat, under the "Settings" section. There's many other Help pages there you may find useful for getting started.
If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to email me at tinycat@librarything.com! I hope this helps.
