Knowledge Base: Library Help

Working with Quick-Circ Items

Quick-circ records can be created to track items in your library that are not intended to be catalogued but for which you want to keep a statistic, e.g. comics, pamphlets, brochures, etc. 

Creating a Quick-Circ Template

1. From the Check Out window, select Tools, and then select Quick-circ Item Record.​

2. A new window, New Quick-circ Item Record 1, will have opened. In the Item Barcode box, scan a barcode or type a free text description, that you will remember.
3. Select the item’s Assigned Branch, Assigned Collection, and Material Type.

4. Select Save.

How to Circulate Quick-Circ Items

• Once the Quick-circ record has been created, keep a list of barcodes to use when circulating these items.
• To check out Quick-circ items, scan barcode or enter free text description exactly as originally entered. The Quick-circ Item Check Out box will appear.
• Use the arrows or type in the number of items and then click OK.

• You can check in Quick-circ items if you wish to track the number of items returned to the library.  Quick-circ items do not create a permanent record so if you don’t want to keep these statistics, you do not need to check items back in.

Quick-Circ Reporting

• To ensure that you are always using the same free text barcode for quick circ, and to view Quick-circ stats you can view or print the following: from the Polaris Shortcut Bar > Utilities > Quick-circ item records.