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Set loan lengths, renewals, and overdue fines

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 8 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to set loan lengths, renewals, and overdue fines

  1. 1Click Settings under Administration in the sidebar
  2. 2Open the Library & barcodes section
  3. 3Click Edit rules next to Circulation rules
  4. 4Click Add rule
  5. 5Set Applies to, Borrower, and Category
  6. 6Set Loan days, Renewals allowed, and Max items out
  7. 7Set Grace days, Fine per day ($), and Maximum fine ($)
  8. 8Click Save rule

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