BLIE-229: ICT IN LIBRARIES PRACTICAL PART (KOHA PART)

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BLIE-229: ICT IN LIBRARIES
PRACTICAL PART

I) In Koha do the following activities:
  1. Create 2 vendors with full details.
  2. Place order for around 4 titles.
  3. Enter the data of these 4 titles in the cataloguing module.
  4. Create 4 patrons with required details.
  5. Check out 2 books to one of the patrons.
1) Introduction
  • First of all, We have to search for "Koha" on Google. 
  • By clicking on this link, we are redirected to this window as shown below :-
  • Click on "circled" Staff Interface.
  • Then this page will be opened as shown below : -
  • Enter "bywater" as password and then click "login".
  • This window will appear as shown below. Now, we are good to go with our assignment.


1. Create 2 vendors with full details.
  • Click "Acquisitions" and then Click " New Vendor" button.
  • Fill in the required details in " Companies details", "Contact details" and "ordering information" sections and then Click "Save".
  • For creating another Vendor, Click "New" and then select "vendor" from drop down list.

  • Second Vendor 

2.Place order for around 4 titles.
  • For creating orders, first we have to create new basket. 
  • So for that, take a single vendor into consideration as shown below :-













  • Click the button "New Basket" and the following window will appear. Fill up the required details and then click "save".


























  • Basket : January 2020 has been created. Now Click the button " Add to Basket". From the pop up window ,select "From a new (empty) record".




  • A new order has been created with a title name " Concepts of physics".



  • So, an order is created for a single Title named " Concepts of Physics". By same procedure, we can make other three titles as well.


3.Enter the data of these 4 titles in the cataloguing module.
3. Now, Click the "catalogue" button, then from " new record" Tab, select "Books, Booklets, Workbooks" from drop down list to create a new MARC record.


  • Creating a Marc Record

 
  • Enter the data of all the 4 titles in the cataloguing module are as follows : 




4. Create 4 patrons with required details.
  • First of all, Select the "Patron" tab from home. Then from "new patron" drop down list and select any one of them acc. to the situation.Then fill in the required details for creating patron database. The following screenshots will give you a better understanding of the same. 



  • The 4 Patrons database are as follows:-

  • 5. Check out 2 books to one of the patrons.
  • Go to home and click " Circulation" tab and then click "Check Out".

  • Search for Patron by entering either card number or partial name. Then select Patron to whom we want check out the books to.
  • Now, Enter the Item(Book) keyword for checkout. Repeat the procedure for another item also.




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