Visiting Patron Checkout

Occasionally someone who is not affiliated with Mount Carmel, but IS affiliated with another OhioLINK institution will come to the library wanting to check a material out. Since we are also an OhioLINK institution they can absolutely do this. However, the process for checking the book/books out to them is slightly different than it is when checking a book out to one of our patrons. Please follow the steps below on how to correctly check out one of our books to a visiting patron.

1. In Sierra under the "Function" drop down menu select "INN Reach- Visiting Patron Check-Out"
   
2. This will open a new screen that looks like the one below:
3. You will then have to pick their home institution from the drop down menu first, and then enter in their barcode.
   
4. At this time the patrons information will pop up in the correct fields. 
5. IMPORTANT: AT THIS TIME CHECK A PHOTO ID FOR THE PERSON MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRST AND LAST NAMES MATCH THE ACCOUNT AND THAT THE PERSON IN THE PICTURE IS THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU. -- if the information does not match let them know that you will be unable to check the material out to them at this time.
6. If all of the information matches you can then scan the book, a due date will appear and the book will be checked out to them
7. give the patron the book and make them aware of the due date

As always please let Kaitlyn or Noreen know if you have any questions or concerns.