4.1 Use an ICT-based library management system proficiently

Table of Contents

1. Automated library management systems
   1. Borrower information
   2. Types of borrower
   3. Registering and removing borrowers
   4. Messages about borrowers
2. The circulation module
3. The acquisitions module
4. The cataloguing and stock management modules
5. Inter Library Loan module

Types of borrower

The main categories of borrower, common to most public libraries, are:

• adult

• teen

• junior

• concession (eg: senior citizen, person in receipt of benefits)

• disability (eg: visually or hearing impaired)

• housebound

• temporary (eg: transient worker)

You may have noted others.

The key differences are likely to be:

• limits on the type of items allowed, eg: junior borrowers may not borrow adult stock without a parent's permission

• different loan periods for different categories of borrower, eg: no limit on length of loan period for borrowers with disabilities

• the scale of fines may vary with the different classes of borrower, eg: no fines for concessionary borrowers.

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