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Oliver Configuration

Oliver is the school's Library booking system and can be accessed at https://library.lvc.org.

There are configured admin accounts for all support staff using their LVC logon credentials. All of the following tasks require you to be logged in as an administrator.

Most sections of the admin system are accessed from a menu that opens from the left when you hover over a right facing arrow.

Roles

To view the roles, use the menu at the left and go to 'System -> User Roles'. Each role has associated privileges assigned to them. You can click the edit icon next to a role to see what privileges the role has been assigned and if you want to look at the privileges in detail then these can be viewed from the menu 'System -> User Privileges'. It is unlikey we will need to change any roles or privileges unless someone needs specific access to something. There are various pre-configured roles within the system. The main ones to know about are:

• Administrator - This role allows users to change any settings in the admin system.
• Librarian - Purely for the employed Librarian of the school
• Circulation Desk - This role allows users to check books in and out of the system
• OPAC only - This role allows users to search for books and is assigned to all students (except a select few who have been allows Circulation Desk privileges)

Users and Assigned Roles

All Student users are syncronised from SIMS but any staff members or other users that need access have to be added manually. All users are authenticated against AD so usernames must match.

To view or add users you need to go to 'Circulation -> Borrowers' from the menu at the left. From here you can search for users using part of the username or you can choose to browse all users from the icon at the top (hover over the icons for descritpions). You can also add new users from an icon in the same location. When you add a new user you will be asked for an alias and a borrower type. The alias should be the username of the user in AD and the borrower type is one of either 'Staff', 'External', 'Institution' or 'Student'. Once you have entered these details click 'Add' and a window will open to allow you to enter further details. This is the same window you would see if editing an account. If adding an account you should complete the 'First name', 'Last name', 'Username', 'Loan Category' and 'User Roles' fields. These fields are all self explanatory and the 'Loan Category' and 'User Role' fields are menus. Once finished, click the save icon at the top left of the edit box.

Enabling book reservations

Students and staff will have the user role of OPAC Only applied, but by default this doesn't enable book reservations. The OPAC Only is linked to the privilege group OPAC - Basic so this is where changes are applied.

• Go to System/User Privileges
• Locate the User Privilege labelled OPAC - Basic and click its edit icon (which looks like a pencil)
• Check the following options to allow the user to manage their own reservations

Access to 'Search'/Access to Search 'My Portal'/opac/myStuff/reserves/*
Access to 'Search'/Access to Search 'My Portal'/opac/myStuff/reserves/drop
Access to 'Search'/Access to Search 'My Portal'/opac/myStuff/reserves/edit
Access to 'Search'/Access to Search 'My Portal'/opac/myStuff/reserves/list

• Check the following options to enable the reservation button and confirmation page

Access to 'Search'/Display Search results/opac/result/reserve
Access to 'Search'/Display Search results/opac/result/reserve/list

• Check the following option to enable the reservation button on the book detail view

Access to 'Orbit' functions/Access to Orbit search result functions/Display the 'Reserve' button on the detail page

• Click the floppy disk icon at the top of the page to save the changes

Upgrading

Upgrades and instructions are available from https://transfer.softlink.co.uk/

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