Chapter 59. Administration Overview

Chapter 59. Administration Overview
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Administration functions are available on the Administration drop down menu. Functions on this menu are grouped into either the target module that the configuration applies to or the effect scope, e.g. individual workstations, libraries or the whole consortium. Most of these function are visible to anyone logged into the staff client but most of them require special permissions to edit.

Workstation Administration: Here you may register your computer with extra libraries, configure printer settings, print templates, workstation settings and their storage location.

User Permission Editor: Local system administrators may add extra permissions to individual staff accounts.

Local Administration: Most settings applied to individual libraries are configured here.

Server Administration: Settings here are mainly applied to the whole consortium. But individual libraries can configure a few items, such as, call number prefix/suffix, library’s operation hours and addresses under Organizational Units.

Acquisitions Administration: Settings relating to the acquisitions module, including EDI accounts, fund management, and maintaining providers.

Serials Administration: Here you can manage and create prediction pattern and serial item templates.

Booking Administration: Here you can manage and create resources for the booking module, as well as their types and attributes.

Reports: Create and clone report templates, view shared templates and report output.

Simple Reports: This feature is not used by Sitka.

Note

You may access most of the administration functions but attempting to edit may fail silently if you do not have the required permission. Your changes will not be saved.

Menu option	Description	Menu	Permissions
Age Hold Protect Rules	Enables libraries to block holds from being filled for patrons from other libraries or branches until the item has been active for a specified amount of time.	Server	Local System Administrators can view. Contact Co-op Support for updates.
Age Overdue Circ to Lost	To create a queue of ALL overdue items by selected patron profiles at selected libraries to be marked lost. It does not support date parameter. This feature is mainly for school libraries' end of term process. To automatically mark items lost when they are overdue for x days, contact Co-op support.	Local	Local System Administrator
Auto-Print Settings	To block automatic receipt printing in selected staff client transactions.	Local	Local System Administrator
Call Number Prefix and Suffix	Build a standard list which will be displayed as drop down options when creating or editing call number records.	Server	Local System Administrators
Carousels	Carousels are only available for use with LibPress websites.	Local	Carousels Secondary Permissions
Cash Reports	View summary report of cash transactions for selected date range.	Local	All staff
Circulation Modifiers	Information on viewing circulation modifiers.	Server	Local System Administrators can view
Circulation Policies	Information on viewing and updating circulation policies.	Local	Local System Administrators can view. Contact Co-op Support for updates.
Closed Dates Editor	Set library ad hoc closure dates. (affects due dates and fines)	Local	Local System Administrator
Floating Group	Information on viewing and updating floating groups.	Server	Local System Administrators can view. Contact Co-op Support for updates.
Group Penalty Thresholds	Set library-specific thresholds for maximum items out, maximum overdues, and maximum fines.	Local	Local System Administrator
Hold Policies	Information on viewing and updating hold policies.	Local	Local System Administrators can view. Contact Co-op Support for updates.
Holdings Template Editor	Interface to create holdings templates.	Local	Local System Administrator/Cataloguers
Hard Due Date	Information on viewing and updating hard due dates.	Server	Local System Administrators and Co-op Support
Hopeless Holds	View summary of hopeless holds for selected date range.	Local	Local System Administrator
Item Alert Suppression	Suppress item alerts on selected actions.	Local	Local System Administrator
Item Statuses	View item statuses and their properties.	Server	Local System Administrators can view
Item Tags	Not currently used by Sitka.	Local	No permissions granted.
Library Settings Editor	Detailed library configuration settings.	Local	Local System Administrator/Co-op Suppport
Non-catalogued Type Editor	Create and edit optional non-catalogued item types.	Local	Local System Administrator
Notifications / Action Triggers	Information on viewing and updating notifications and action triggers.	Local	Local System Administrators can view. Contact Co-op Support for updates.
Organizational Units	Information on viewing and updating organizational unit settings including library email address, phone number, hours of operation, and adddress.	Server	Local System Administrators
Patrons with Negative Balances	Display a list of patron accounts with negative bill balances, to whom the library may owe refunds.	Local	All staff
Permission Tree Display Entries	Information on viewing and updating permission group trees.	Local	Local System Administrators can view. Contact Co-op Support for updates.
Shelving Location Editor	Create and edit shelving locations.	Local	Local System Administrator
Shelving Location Groups	Allows one or more shelving locations to be grouped together as a search location.	Local	Local System Administrator
Shelving Location Order	Change display order of shelving locations on Holds Pull list.	Local	Local System Administrator
Statistical Categories - Item Editor	Create and manage optional categories for detailed item information.	Local	Local System Administrator
Statistical Categories - Patron Editor	Create and manage optional categories for detailed patron information.	Local	Local System Administrator
Surveys	Create patron surveys to be completed at patron registration.	Local	Local System Administrator
Transit List	View items in transit to or from your library during selected date range.	Local	All staff
Work Log	List the most recent transactions processed on the workstation.	Local	All staff

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