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   - Click [**Update**] to write all changes into the database.\\ \\   - Click [**Update**] to write all changes into the database.\\ \\
   - Scroll down to the [**Item HID Formats**] group and expand it. Select the [**Standard**] format and repeat the process for your item barcode (Accession number) format. Make special note of your body length - this is often slightly longer than the body length used of readers.   - Scroll down to the [**Item HID Formats**] group and expand it. Select the [**Standard**] format and repeat the process for your item barcode (Accession number) format. Make special note of your body length - this is often slightly longer than the body length used of readers.
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 +====== Reader Groups ======
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 +Reader Groups (variously addressed as Tutor Groups, Classes etc.) are ways in which you can identify sub-sets of your readers. They can be used in displaying groups for editing, and for running reports.
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 +  - Scroll to [**Reader Groups**] (possibly labeled 'Agent Groups'​ on your installation) and expand it to display the Groups already in place.\\ \\
 +  - Click [**Create**] in the [**Items**] toolbar menu group to create a new entry in the group on the left-hand side of the dialog. Select it to display its details.\\ \\
 +  - We have decided that our tutor groups are named after birds, so we will change the text to '​**Chaffinch**'​. You may change the tutor group to reflect a group which you are using on your local installation.\\ \\ {{:​pergamonmu:​quickstart:​quickstart-config-tutor-groups.png?​direct&​100|Tutor Groups}}\\ \\{{:​pergamonmu:​quickstart:​quickstart-config-tutor-groups-advanced.png?​direct&​100|Tutor Groups}}\\ \\ 
 +  - Click [**Advanced Edit**] in order to edit settings associated with tutor groups.\\ \\
  
 ====== Circulations Configuration ====== ====== Circulations Configuration ======
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   - The [**Duration**] value is the total number of days in this closure sequence. For a weekend closure therefore, the duration is always going to be 2.   - The [**Duration**] value is the total number of days in this closure sequence. For a weekend closure therefore, the duration is always going to be 2.
   - The [**Repeat**] value describes how, if any, this definition repeats itself. By selecting [**Weekly**],​ we are able to create a definition for all weekend closure, ad infinitum, beginning on the [**Start Date**] used.   - The [**Repeat**] value describes how, if any, this definition repeats itself. By selecting [**Weekly**],​ we are able to create a definition for all weekend closure, ad infinitum, beginning on the [**Start Date**] used.
 +  - For practice, we will create a non-repeating Bank Holiday from 2017.
 +  - Select the [**Closure Days**] group, the click [**Create**] in the [**Item**] toolbar icon group. A new lookup item should display in the **Closure Days** group in the left hand list. Select it to display the details.\\ \\
 +  - Edit the [**Text**] field to read '​**August 2017 Bank Holiday**',​ then click [**Advanced Edit**].\\ \\ {{:​pergamonmu:​quickstart:​quickstart-config-closures-example-a.png?​direct&​100|August Bank Holiday}}\\ \\
 +  - Leave [**Workstation**] as '​**All**',​ then enter the standard data as 28th August, 2017. The easiest way to do this is to click the [**?**] button after the field to display the Calendar. Enter 1 as the [**Duration**],​ and as this is a single one-off holiday definition, leave the [**Repeat**] value as '**No Repetition**'​.\\ \\ {{:​pergamonmu:​quickstart:​quickstart-config-closures-example-b.png?​direct&​100|August Bank Holiday}} \\ \\
 +  - Click [**Update**] to save the Closure Day definition into the database.
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