!Check+Ins


 * Checking-in Books - see page 6 of the Volunt **** eer Encyclopedia **

Do not check-in books if the circ desk is busy. This is the method you use for books/computer cards that people ask you to return or that you find in the book drop. If you are on a morning shift, you must turn on the computer monitors and open //Horizon//. Ask a teacher or volunteer for the password to open the program.

Password for Horizon: **circ**


 * There are four important steps that must be done to check in a book: **


 * 1) Click on the check-in icon and scan the barcode of the book. The barcode is a sticker that can be found on both sides of the front cover or both sides of the back cover. Make sure you are not doing an “in-house” or “book drop” check-in.[[image:3.png width="613" height="468"]]
 * 2) Look at the back of the book, and stick a new due date card if it is full or missing. Stamp a new due date, in order from left to right. Cross out old due dates with black marker.[[image:5.jpg width="278" height="363"]]
 * 3) Sensitize the book by sliding both sides of the book through the machine, along the spine. Make sure the switch is on “sensitize”



4. Put the book on the shelving cart in the right section – according to its genre. The sections are labeled.
 * For a computer card check-in: **
 * 1) Click on “check-in” and scan the barcode.[[image:3.png width="614" height="468"]]
 * 2) Replace the computer card with the student’s card in the pocket with the corresponding number.
 * 3) Give the student’s card back to the student.


 * At our library:**
 * 1) 1. Grab books from the **book drop cart** by the book return slot and remove the green due date card at the back.


 * 1) 2. On Horizon (book management software), make sure that the **check-in window is active** and "**Bookdrop**" is selected at the top of check-in window when you **scan the book's barcode.[[image:4.png width="592" height="454"]]**


 * 1) 3. Sensitize the book using the desensitizing machine. Be sure that you see the **red light go on** . If this does not occur, let a Teacher-Librarian know and put the book in the red crate underneath the HOLDS table (for processing).

-Don't forget to take out the Due Date Card from the back of the book.
 * 1) 4. Place on the shelving cart.

Not all of the items in the following video apply to our library, but some do. Take a look at the steps in shelving books: media type="youtube" key="JXTq0ctcW7k" height="315" width="560"