Check out process of a book in Koha!

   Koha is a very popular and most used library software. Almost every automated library uses Koha now a day. Although there are other automated library software available and many libraries still using those to handle there daily task, but this article strictly applicable for checkout a library book using Koha. When a library decides to use Koha to complete all the daily task of the library, then their library professionals should have the idea about the circulation process of Koha. This article describes the document checkout process using Koha.

Step - 1 : Login

Login to Koha with the credentials.

Step - 2 : Search the Library User via Card No.

In the search box type the card number of the user to find user profile.

Example : If user card number is "AH-101" then enter it in the search box and search for it.

Step - 3 : View Profile

This will brings the user profile and the borrowing details. Here, the card number AH-101 is belongs to Mr. Anirban Paul.





Step - 4 : Initiate Check out

In the "Enter Item Barcode" section, put the "Item Barcode / Accession Number" of the document and click on "Check out''.

Example : The Item Barcode is 10001.





Step - 5 : Check out result

Now the barcode matched with the book and successfully checked out to the user.




 Step - 6 : Printing Slip

Next step is to print the slip containing Check out details.

Click on Print opion and  next click on Print slip option. It will generate the print slip for printing.




Step - 7 : Slip

The printed slip will look same as below.