Map NCIP medium types to item material types

Note:
These System Administration permissions are required to modify the NCIP Medium Types policy tables: Access administration: Allow; Access tables: Allow; Modify NCIP Medium Types: Outgoing - Allow; Modify NCIP Medium Types: Incoming - Allow.

NCIP supports a limited number of medium types, as shown in the table below.

NCIP Medium Type ID	Description
1	Audio tape
2	Blu-Ray
3	Book
4	Book with Audio Tape
5	Book with Compact Disc
6	Book with Diskette
7	Bound Journal
8	CD-Rom
9	Compact Disc (CD)
10	Diskette
11	DVD
12	Magazine
13	Microform
14	Video Tape

To map NCIP medium types to Polaris item material types for outgoing and incoming requests:

 

1. In the Administration Explorer tree view, open the Policy Tables folder for the system, and select NCIP Medium Types: Outgoing. The NCIP Medium Types: Outgoing policy table is displayed in the details view.

2. To map a Polaris item material type to an NCIP medium type, double-click the material type. The Modify dialog box appears.

3. Select an NCIP Medium Type from the list and click OK.

You can assign none, one, or more than one item material type to each NCIP medium type, but an item material type can be assigned to only one NCIP medium type. The default NCIP medium type is Book. If you select None for the Medium Type, the item material type cannot be assigned to that medium type and will not be eligible for ILL requests.

4. Select File > Save to save your changes.
5.  In the Policy Tables folder for the system, select NCIP Medium Types: Incoming. The NCIP Medium Types: Incoming policy table is displayed in the details view.

This table maps NCIP Medium types to Polaris item material types for incoming requests, and is used for requests where the Polaris library is the borrower. This table allows the library to create ILL items with different material types.

6. To map an NCIP medium type to a Polaris item material type, double-click the NCIP medium type. The Modify dialog box appears.

7. Select a Polaris item material type from the list and click OK.

The default item material type is ID 01 (typically Book, but your library may assign a different material type to ID 01 in the Material Types policy table; see Defining Material Types).

8. Select File > Save to save your changes.