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Circulation Home Page: Financial Functions

Circulation procedures and policies to be used by student employees and staff.

Making Change

To make change for patrons hit the NS button on the cash register. 

DO NOT make change for twenty dollar bills or larger.

DO NOT cash checks.

The Deposit

On weekdays at 9:00 a.m. the deposit is done by taking the blue, locked bag to the Campus Financial Services Center in 1st floor Wickes.  Once there a representative will use the deposit slip inside the bag to decipher how much money should be deposited in to each of our accounts and what types of change are needed.  They will then put the change and receipts in the bag which should be returned to the supervisor on duty.

Paying Fines by Credit Card

Patrons may pay their own fines by credit card.  To do so they must login to "My Library Account" from the library web page.  Fines must be at least $1.00 to be paid online.  This is an unmediated transaction as fines can only be paid by cash or check at the Circulation Desk.

Collection Fines in Sierra

1.  Open the fines portion of the patron record from the menu on the left.

2.  Select the fine or fines to be paid.

3.  Click on Collect Money.

4.  Enter the amount to be collected (by default the total amount is displayed) and click OK.

5.  If the amount being payed is less than the total amount click No when asked to waive the remaining fines.

6.  Click OK at the Payment Data screen.

7.  "X" out of the Print Fines screen.

8.  Put the money collected in the cash register:

      a.  Key the amount of the fine (do not use the decimal key, $1.00 should be entered 100).

      b.  Press Fines.

      c.  Press #/TM/SBTL.

      d.  Key the amount given and press CA/AT.

      e.  Return change as needed.

9.  Write a receipt.

  • Make sure to list the date, the patron's name, the amount, your initials and the fact that it is for Fines.
  • Give the patron the white copy of their receipt if they want it and leave all other copies (yellow and pink) in the book.

Adding Print Balance Money

1.  Double-click on Print Management icon on desktop.

2.  Log in using your SVSU username and password.

3.  Enter the patrons username in the box.

4.  Enter the amount they wish to add.

  • Cost is $0.05 per page (20 pages for $1.00).

5.  Type "Library" in the Comment box.

6.  Click on Deposit.

7.  Enter the payment into the cash register.  Use the directions above except press Print instead of Fines.

8.  Write a receipt.  Use the directions above except list Print Management in the "For" section instead of fines.