Standards

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• Minerva Circulation Best Practices Manual (Updated 3/12/26)
  • Patron Records
  • Holds –This information needs updating 3/12/26
  • Notices
  • Administrative Circulation Tasks
  • Interlibrary Loan
  • Billing Between Minerva Libraries
  • Offline Circulation
  • Cataloging Practices that Impact Circulation

Codes and Definitions

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• Requestable and Non-Requestable Item Statuses

Instruction

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• Batch Loading Patron Records
• Create Online Only Patrons (no circulation, access to OverDrive and Marvel!)
• Days Closed and Hours Open Tables
• Extended Closure Best Practice
• Offline Circulation
• Sierra Circulation Manual
• Notices
  • Types and best practices
  • Run a saved notice job
  • Create and edit notice jobs
  • Print Templates

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