Koha circulation
Last updated on: 6th February 2025|9th October 2024 | Lucy Vaux-Harvey
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Getting started with Koha circulation
Check out / issue
To loan some items out to your patrons / users.
- See Koha manual
Check in / return
To check an item into the system or return an item from loan.
- Koha manual
- Checking in items (2024, 3min video) – Monday Minutes series
Renew
To extend a loan.
Placing a hold / reservation
To make a request to put aside an item for a specific patron / user when it is available.
All about circulation
All the functions mentioned above (and more) in a tour of basic circulation functions.
- Koha circulation (2024, webinar recording, last 15min) – PTFS Europe Koha webinars series
Explore more
Item bundles
To issue items grouped together.
- Koha manual
- Let’s talk bundles in Koha (2023) – Monday Minutes blog post and video
Managing holds
- Koha manual
- Holds to pull (2024) – Monday Minutes blog post and video
- Holds queue (2024) – Monday Minutes blog post and video
- Holds management (2024) – Monday Minutes blog post and video
Bookings
To make a reservation for specific dates.
- Booking developments in Koha (2023, 9min video) – What’s On Our Mind series
Curbside pickup
To manage a click and collect service.
Circulation and fine rules
To control what each patron / user category can borrow under which conditions.
- See Koha manual
- Day loans in Koha (2025, 2min video) – What’s On Our Mind series
Transport cost matrix
To prioritise reservations between libraries depending on how difficult or costly it is to ferry the items.
- Koha manual
- Using Koha’s transport cost matrix (2020, 16min video) – Sally Healey, Cheshire Libraries Shared Services
Self-checkout
To allow patrons / users to issue items to themselves.
- Self-checkout and return options in Koha (2024, 7 min video)
- Self-checkout module: using dedicated computers in the library – Koha manual
- OPAC self-checkout: users can checkout when logged in to the OPAC – Koha manual
System preferences
All circulation system preferences.
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