Overdues in Koha

Koha has a mechanism to generate auto emails for those books which are overdue.Koha will frequently check for overdues and generate it automatically.

Overdue Notices and Triggers

Goto Tools -> Overdue Notices and Triggers

This screen will appear and here the Overdue dates and Type has to be set in the fields.make sure that the Library is the Home Library

Notices and Slips

Goto Tools -> Notices and Slips

This screen is used to edit the Email format for various issues such as Overdues, Quick Slips,etc.

You can also copy the Content to your home library.

Checking for Overdues

Goto Circulation -> Overdues

It will list out all the Overdue list as shown below,

Checking through SQL Queries

Goto Reports -> Build from SQL

We have the list of Reports Library here

And we also have the SQL Reports Library for OverDues here

Just copy the SQL and paste the code in the SQL Box shown above, Save -> Run the Report

Enabling Patron for OverDues

Goto Administration -> Patron Categories -> "Any Category"

The Overdue Notice option should be Yes

These are the processes of dealing with Overdues in Koha.