How to add a new holding type to the library?

> Library > Holding Type

The bibliographic items in which the information is stored in the library is termed as holdings.
These holdings can be of different types e.g; Books, Pendrive, DVD.

  1. Click at the right corner of the page. The Add Holding Type pop-up window will appear.
  2. Select an icon to depict the holding type.
  3. Enter the name of the Holding Type.
  4. Turn on the toggle for Auto Generate if you wish to have the accession numbers generated automatically for all the holdings added to that holding type.
    NOTE:
    Remember that each holding is identified by the unique accession number.
  5. Enter the Fixed Accession Number.
  6. Enter the Variable Accession Number.
  7. Select the Padding for the accession number from the drop-down menu. Depending on the padding, it will add zeros in front of the number.
  8. Click SAVE.

NOTE:

Click to edit and delete the created holding type.

[helpful]