Introduction
Book Collector’s Loan Manager allows you to track books that you’ve loaned, who you’ve loaned them to and when they are due to be returned. The Loan Manager can also warn you when a book on loan is overdue.
Contents
Loaning abook
Loaning a book from Book Collector can be done in a few different ways:
1. Via the Loans menu.
- Select the book you wish to loan from your Main List
- Click Loans > Loan Book
2. Using the icon in your toolbar
- Select the book you wish to loan
- Click the icon with the arrow (shown above)*
After selecting one of the methods above, a new screen will appear.
Here you can define who you are loaning the book to as well as specifying the loan and due date.
If you accidentally set a return date, click Clear to remove it.
Once you’ve defined the date and the Loanee click OK and the book will be placed into your Loan Manager.
The Loan Manager
The Loan Manager enables you to quickly see which books are on loan, who they are on loan to and most importantly, which books are overdue. You can also loan and return books directly from here using your barcode scanner.
To access the Loan Manager click Loans > Manage Loans.
At the top you can see books which are currently on loan.
Entries highlighted in red indicate that the book is overdue.
Below the Current Loans you have your Loan History, this contains the history of all books you’ve ever loaned, who to, and when they were returned.
Using a Barcode Scanner To Loan Books
You can use your barcode scanner to quickly loan and return books via the Loan Manager screen. Here’s how:
- Click Loans > Loan Manager
- Select ‘Loan abook’
- Define a Loanee and due date for the loan
- Click in the ISBN field then scan the book’s ISBN with your scanner
- The book will automatically be added to your current loans
Returning Books
Returning books is just as easy as putting them on loan. You can use the same menu or icons you used when loaning the book.
1. Via the Loans menu
- Select the book you wish to return from your Main List
- Click Loans > Return Book
2. Using the Loan icon in your toolbar
- Select the book you wish to return from your Main List
- Click the icon shown above to return the book
3. Via the Loan Manager
- Click ‘Return an book’
- Scan the ISBN into the ISBN field
- You can also return books by dragging them from the Current Loans to the Loan History.
Managing Loanees
During the process of loaning abook you are asked to specify who it will be on loan to. When you do this, the name is automatically added to your ‘Loaned To’ list.
You can add details such as the loanee’s home address, telephone number and e-mail address. Here’s how:
- Click Tools > Manage Pick Lists
- Use the blue folder icon in the top left to locate the ‘Loaned To’ list
- Click the + to create a new entry, or double click an existing one to edit
- Here you can enter additional information about the loanee
Overdue loans
The new Loan Manager now has a built in notification system. If a book on loan becomes overdue, a pop up appears when you start Book Collector.
This warning will appear each time you start Book Collector and you have an overdue loan. You can disable the warning by ticking the box ‘Don’t notify me…’. You can also toggle this warning in the Options.
- Click Tools > Options > Loans (on macOS click Book Collector > Preferences > Loan Management)
- Here you can control whether or not you’ll be warned about overdue loans
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