PowerPAC Settings Reference

Specifies whether 3M™ Public Access Management System "smart cards" are used at public access workstations in the library. Requirement: Set Single Logon: Enable to Yes in PowerPAC Profiles. List workstation with readers in the In-House IP Addresses table.

Allows users to log on to PAC using network credentials (Active Directory logon) instead of the Polaris patron record barcode/username and password.

Determines whether Aeon special collection item requests are enabled for the organization.

Specifies the Aeon URL prefix. Polaris uses this prefix to construct the URLs that submit special collection item requests to Aeon.

Note: Contact Innovative to determine your Aeon OpenURL prefix.

Determines whether users must be registered patrons to send a question to the library by email, using the Ask Us feature. If set to Yes, patrons must log in with a barcode and password to use Ask Us. If set to No, the Ask Us log-in page displays a Guest button that bypasses log-in.

For Polaris PowerPAC and Mobile PAC, sets the display order of branches in the Switch to another branch list if you allow patrons to switch connection branches. This profile also controls the display order of branches on the PowerPAC search options page, the self-registration page, and the donations page. The setting for the current connection branch is used. The profile also controls the display order of the list of pick-up libraries for requests, but in this case the setting for the patron’s registered branch is used. Set the profile to Yes to display the branch names in ascending alphabetical order by name. Set the profile to No to display the branch names in ascending numerical order by internal organization ID. In either case, the system organization is always first.

Determines whether the Switch to another branch list is displayed on Polaris PowerPAC pages. The Switch to another branch list allows patrons to select another library in the system. If set to Yes, the Switch to another branch list is displayed in Polaris PowerPAC.

Determines whether PowerPAC displays the cookie policy message.

Determines how frequently the cookie policy message appears for external patrons.

Sets the default display of most lists (Web parts) on the dashboard to expanded or closed. Patrons can select the title bar of any list to expand or close the list. If set to Yes, the dashboard lists are expanded by default.

Controls whether the Narrow Web part is displayed in the dashboard for search results, and what search filter elements are listed for the Web part.

Controls whether the Related Web part is displayed in the dashboard for search results, and what related search elements are listed for the Web part.

Allows you to assign specific Web parts to specific pages in Polaris PowerPAC and Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition.

Limits the length of lists that appear for Polaris and third-party Web parts.

Allows you to view the available user-defined fields (UDFs) for your system, to set up the possible options for drop-list UDFs, and to convert UDFs from one type to the other.

Specifies a user account for recording and reporting statistics. Leave this profile at the default setting.

Specifies whether Did You Mean search suggestions are displayed in Polaris PowerPAC and Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition. When set to Yes, the suggestions are displayed.

For Polaris PowerPAC, specifies whether Did You Mean search suggestions are displayed with search results (Y), or only when a search returns no hits (N). Profile does not affect Polaris PowerPAC Children’s Edition.

Determines whether the system logs information about transactions (such as hold requests and self-registration) initiated in PowerPAC.

Allows you to set up and enable enriched content about a title in PAC search results that is delivered by a third-party vendor ChiliFresh. ChiliFresh.com provides patron reviews and ratings in Polaris PowerPAC and Mobile PAC.

Allows you to set up and enable enriched content about a title in PAC search results that is delivered by a third-party vendor LibraryThing. LibraryThing for Libraries offers tag "clouds" and similar tagged titles to patrons, available from the product page for a title in PowerPAC search results.

Allows you to set up and enable enriched content about a title in PAC search results that is delivered by a third-party vendor NoveList. NoveList automatically provides the appropriate links for your NoveList contract.

Allows you to set up and enable enriched content about a title in PAC search results that is delivered by a third-party vendor OverDrive. OverDrive supplies enriched data including: reviews, cover images, summaries, star ratings, samples, and other content.

Allows you to set up and enable enriched content about a title in PAC search results that is delivered by a third-party vendor Syncetics. OverDrive supplies enriched data including: cover images, annotations, author biographies, "look inside book" feature, awards, recommendations, reader and professional reviews, other formats, tag clouds, video/music profiles and video game profiles, and other content.

When set to Yes, a history section is displayed. It includes date, type, amount, payment, and staff name for a selected fine or fee when a logged-in patron clicks the information icon for a fine or fee in the Fines & Fees page of the patron account in Polaris PowerPAC. The setting for the patron’s registered branch controls the display.

Allows you to enable the Map It! feature in Polaris PowerPAC and/or Mobile PAC. This feature provides a visual guide to the location of items linked to titles in the patron’s search results list. The Map It! feature includes the zoom, pan, satellite and map imagery available on Google’s hosted mapping site.

Enables the Google Preview (book viewer) feature on the product page for a title in PowerPAC search results. When set to Yes, Google Preview button is displayed for titles that have previews in Google Book Search.

Enables the Google Preview (book viewer) feature on the initial search results pages. When set to Yes, the Google Preview button is displayed on the initial search results page for titles that have previews in Google Book Search.

Determines whether titles with at least one local item are highlighted in search results. When set to No, no titles are highlighted.

When set to Yes, the organization’s Hours page includes a formatted schedule derived from the settings for the Patron Services parameter Hours of operation.

Allows you to specify the message that is displayed on the Polaris PowerPAC Hours page and the Mobile PAC Hours & Contact Info page.

You can use this dialog box to control how a workstation’s in-house status is determined for e-source access.

You can use this dialog box to control how a workstation’s in-house status is determined for PowerPAC patron actions (patron inactivity timeout and Recently Viewed Titles).

Specifies whether the Item Availability display includes item status information more detailed than Not Available. Set the profile to Yes to displays the detailed item status description. Requirement: Detailed item status descriptions are specified in the Circulation Statuses table (Database Tables).

Specifies whether the Item Availability detailed item status display includes the item’s due date. Requirement: The PAC profile Item availability: Display detailed item status must also be set to Yes to display the due date

Specifies whether the Item Availability display includes the last circulation date of the item.

Determines whether all system holdings are displayed in one list (setting is No), or local and system holdings are displayed in separate lists (setting is Yes).

Offers options for item/issue public notes display: hover over icon to display note text, display text, or do not display.

Specifies whether the Item Availability display includes the item shelf location (for example, New Arrivals or Children’s Center).

Specifies whether the Item Availability display includes item availability status.

Offers options for displaying serials textual holdings notes: hover over/tap icon to display note, display text or do not display.

Specifies whether the Item Availability display includes the material type (for example, books or audio cassettes) from the item record.

Sets the default item availability display to expanded or closed for non-serial items (those with no holdings statement for the branch). Patrons can select branch and collection controls to expand or close the list of items under each branch and collection. When set to Yes, branches and collections in the item availability display are expanded by default.

Sets the default item availability display to expanded or collapsed for serial items (those with a holdings statement for the branch). Patrons can select branch and collection controls to expand or collapse the list of items under each branch and collection. When set to No, branches and collections in the item availability display are collapsed by default.

Specifies whether availability information appears in the PAC for integrated eContent titles.

Allows patrons to send a call number by text message from the item availability view in PowerPAC or Mobile PAC search results.

Displays (default) or suppresses the Librarian’s View (MARC record view) in PAC search results when the patron clicks the format icon for a title in PowerPAC, the Librarian’s View option on the product page for a title in PowerPAC, or the Librarian’s View link for a title in Mobile PAC search results.

Specifies whether patrons can browse-search the local (item-level) call number index only, or browse-search the Dewey or LC call number indexes for bibliographic records, as well as the local call number index. When set to Yes, allows patrons to browse-search the local item-level call number index only, and suppress the Dewey and LC bibliographic record choices. Set at the system level, when Polaris PowerPAC users are connected to the system organization, this setting suppresses all call number options for browse searching. When set to No, provides choices for call number browse searches: local (item-level), LC (bibliographic record level), and Dewey (bibliographic record level). Set at the system level, when Polaris PowerPAC users are connected to the system organization, this setting offers the Dewey and LC bibliographic record choices for browsing call numbers.

Allows you to set a limit on the number of times a patron can attempt to log in to the PAC without success. At the first attempt, the system begins timing the login attempts. When the limit has been reached or 5 minutes have passed from the first attempt with no successful log-in, a message appears, and the patron must wait 5 minutes before trying to log in again.

Allows you to adjust the relevance factor applied when Most popular sorting is selected for the PowerPAC or Mobile PAC.

Specifies whether patrons can use the Advanced search dialog box to create complex Boolean searches. If set to Yes, the Advanced option is displayed on the Search submenu.

Specifies whether patrons can send suggestions, questions, and comments via email message to the library. If set to Yes, the Ask Us option is displayed on the Library Info menu.

Specifies whether patrons can use the Common Query Language (CQL) syntax to create complex searches. If set to Yes, the Boolean option is displayed on the Search menu.

Specifies whether patrons can browse the heading indexes. If set to Yes, the Browse option is displayed on the Search menu.

Specifies whether patrons can access PowerPAC Children’s Edition from PowerPAC. If set to No, the Kid’s Catalog link is not available. Note: PowerPAC Children’s Edition is available by specific contract to your library. If your Polaris installation does not include PowerPAC Children’s Edition, this option is not available.

Specifies whether patrons can see their claimed and lost items. If set to No, the Claimed and lost items do not appear on patron's account. If the profile is set to Yes for the patron's registered branch, any claimed or lost items the patron has are displayed in their PowerPAC account.

Specifies whether patrons can search for course reserve records and reserve item records. If set to No, the Course reserve searching is not available.

Note: Polaris course reserve functions are available by specific contract to your library. If your Polaris installation does not include Polaris course reserves, this option is not available.

Specifies whether patrons can access E-Sources, which are non-Z39.50, proprietary databases that may require authentication for use. If set to Yes, the E-Sources option is displayed on the Search menu.

Specifies whether the Events page is available to patrons. If set to Yes, the Events option is displayed on the Library Info menu.

Specifies whether patrons can search the public catalog with the exact text (including stop words) shown in the Search box. If set to Yes, the Exact option is displayed on the Search menu.

Specifies whether patrons can view the fines and fees associated with their library accounts. The system uses the setting for the patron’s registered branch. If set to Yes, the Fines & Fees option is displayed on the My Account menu. Requirement: Set Navigation: Patron Account to Yes (PowerPAC profile).

Specifies whether the Hours page is available to patrons. If set to Yes, the Hours option is displayed on the Library Info menu.

Specifies whether patrons can view the items checked out to their library card. If you allow renewals from the PAC, patrons select the items on this page. The system uses the setting for the patron’s registered branch. If set to Yes, the Items Out option is displayed on the My Account menu. Requirement: Set Navigation: Patron Account to Yes (PowerPAC profile). To allow patrons to renew items, set Patron Access: Renew permitted to Yes (PAC profile). You can block renewals under certain circumstances.

Specifies whether patrons can do a keyword search. If set to Yes, the Keyword option is displayed on the Search menu.

Specifies whether patrons can view their library account information. For example, if you allow patrons to update their registration information, change their passwords from the PAC, or manage reading histories, this page provides the appropriate links. If set to Yes, the My Record option is displayed on the My Account menu. Requirement: Set Navigation: Patron Account to Yes (PowerPAC profile).

Specifies whether patrons can access the Polaris-supplied Help page. If set to Yes, the Help option is displayed on the main menu.

Specifies whether patrons can access their patron accounts. If set to Yes, the My Account option is displayed on the menu bar.

Specifies whether patrons can search the public catalog based on a phrase. If set to Yes, the phrase option is displayed on the Search menu.

Specifies whether patrons can view the library policy page. If set to Yes, the Policy option is displayed on the Library Info menu.

Specifies whether patrons can view the portal page, which may include the quick search feature, content carousels and/or rotating book jacket, and custom content. If set to Yes, the Portal option is displayed on the Library Info menu. Select this option when you are using Polaris as the library home page.

Specifies whether patrons can see a list of their hold/ILL requests, and cancel or reactivate requests. The system uses the setting for the patron’s registered branch. You set conditions for requests from PAC, and whether they can be canceled and reactivated, with the Requests parameter Holds options. If set to Yes, the Requests option is available on the My Account menu. If set to No, patrons cannot review or cancel hold/ILL requests. The Requests menu option, summary information in the My Account dashboard, and option to go to list of requests when a request is placed are suppressed. Requirement: Set Navigation: Patron Account to Yes (PowerPAC profile).

Specifies whether patrons can access the links of interest page provided by the library in Polaris PowerPAC. If set to Yes, the Web Site option is available on the Library Info menu.

Specifies an address for the web page to display when a patron selects Web Site on the Library Info menu. The default website.asp page is displayed if this field is empty. The default page allows you to provide links to multiple Web sites. Requirement: Navigation: Web Site - Yes (PowerPAC profiles).

Specifies whether patrons can access and download OverDrive eContent on library computers designated as in-house workstations.

Specifies whether the OverDrive Sample button appears on the eContent title's full display in PowerPAC

Specifies whether the OverDrive Sample button appears on the search results page when the results are eContent titles from OverDrive.

Allows you to customize the header for all PowerPAC pages.

You can allow patrons to opt out of reminder notices.

Alows you to set up a receiving email address on the branch level, then enable the feature in PowerPAC, Mobile PAC, or both. You can require a patron logon, or bypass the logon and allow anyone to send a question via Ask Us.

Allows you to specify whether to display the "block me" and/or "allow me" settings for associated patrons in the PAC.

You can allow patrons to request updates to their patron account information in Polaris PowerPAC or Mobile PAC and opt out of receiving certain email reminder notices.

You can select the patron codes that can request account updates online.

Specifies whether the position of a patron’s request in the holds queue is displayed on the Requests page of the patron account, and whether the patron receives a message about the current number of active requests for the material when they place a hold. The profile setting for the patron’s registered branch controls whether the holds queue information is displayed.

You can allow patrons to receive an email message containing a time-sensitive link to reset their password.

You can allow patrons to set up and change usernames. A patron can enter their username instead of a barcode when signing in to use PAC functions such as viewing their account or placing a hold request. The username is displayed in the patron account in PAC, and the patron barcode is masked to display only the last four digits. The username is also accepted for signing in to third-party self-service devices (devices that rely on SIP or SIP2) and in Polaris ExpressCheck.

You can allow patrons to opt out of reminder notices.

You can allow patrons to opt out of reminder notices.

You can enable this option if you use Polaris Phone Attendant, and you allow patrons to log in by telephone to hear information about their accounts. Existing alphanumeric passwords will continue to work, but only numeric passwords are accepted when a new account is created or when a patron's password is changed from Polaris or from PAC.

You can allow patrons to change their notification method online. This option does not place a verification block on the patron account.

You can allow patrons to change their passwords online.

Allows you to specify whether Polaris validates phone numbers when they are entered in the Update Preferences page in Polaris PowerPAC or Mobile PAC. Libraries that require their patrons to enter an initial 1 with the phone number should leave this option cleared.

You can display a link to the library’s privacy policy (For more information on our privacy policy, click here) on the patron self-registration pages and at all patron log-in points when Single Login is enabled and the patron has not yet logged in. This option allows you to enter the complete URL of the library's privacy policy web page.

Enables you to display a link to the library’s privacy policy (For more information on our privacy policy, click here) on the patron self-registration pages and at all patron log-in points when Single Login is enabled and the patron has not yet logged in.

Controls whether patrons can renew items from Polaris PowerPAC and Polaris Mobile PAC.

Allows you to specify the default values for patron records created through self-registration.

Polaris creates a patron record when a patron registers for a new library account online from Polaris PowerPAC or Mobile PAC. You can enable patron self-registration. When this option is selected, patrons see a register now link on PAC logon pages, such as the Patron Account logon page and the Ask Us logon page. You can also specify a staff address for automatic notification email, enable a message regarding self-registration, and specify that certain user-defined fields are required.

Allows you to specify default values for user-defined fields (UDFs) on the patron self-registration pages in the PAC.

Allows you to specify which user-defined fields (UDFs) will be displayed on the patron self-registration pages in the PAC, and to specify that certain user-defined fields are required.

You can allow staff members to override a patron password so they can assist patrons who have forgotten their passwords.

Allows you to specify which user-defined fields (UDFs) will be displayed on the patron self-registration pages pages in the PAC, and to specify that certain user-defined fields are required.

You can allow patrons to choose to receive e-mail receipts, TXT receipts, or both for renewals from PAC. When enabled, the options are available from both patron self-registration and account updates from PAC. The patron’s registered branch must also enable eReceipts with the Patron Services parameter eReceipt options.

Allows you to set a period of inactivity after which a logged-in patron at an in-house workstation is automatically logged out.

Allows you to set the display text (maximum 255 characters). The same text is displayed for any library-assigned block you set to display in PAC, and when the patron record has a free text block.

Allows patrons to remove individual items from their histories.

Controls what happens when a cross-reference is selected. When this profile is set to Yes and a cross-reference is selected in the PAC browse headings index, the display is reset to the new location in the browse headings index. When this profile is set to No and a cross-reference is selected, the browse headings index remains at the same location, but the titles associated with the cross-reference are displayed.

Specifies the link to your content on the portal page.

Allow you to set up content carousels for the Polaris PowerPAC portal page. A content carousel is a rotating graphical representation of a list of materials in the local library catalog. The PowerPAC user can click any title in the carousel to launch a search for the title in the library catalog.

You can use this dialog box (Google tab) to enable Google Analytics 4 for Polaris PowerPAC or Polaris Mobile PAC and supply your Google Analytics 4 measurement ID. You need type only your measurement ID. Polaris PowerPAC and Mobile PAC pages already include the appropriate JavaScript.

You can use this dialog box to provide optional buttons with the quick search feature, instead of a search filter, on the Polaris PowerPAC portal page. The patron types the search text and selects a button to launch a particular type of search.

Specifies the reading level string that appears in PowerPAC search results. If the reading level match string you specify matches the data found in the bibliographic record 521 tag subfield $b, the reading level string appears in search results along with the reading level value specified in the 521 tag subfield $a.

The Recently Viewed Titles feature is displayed in the PowerPAC dashboard area on the product page for a title, and on any bibliographic record search and results page. When the user has viewed at least one product page for a title in the current session, the Recently Viewed Titles list displays the titles already viewed, including the cover image, title, author, format icon, and publication date. Use this dialog box to enable this feature by location. Check Enable for in-house workstations to make this feature is available at workstations in the library. In-house workstations are defined by the settings in the organization’s PowerPAC profile In-house access definitions.

The Recently Viewed Titles feature is displayed in the PowerPAC dashboard area on the product page for a title, and on any bibliographic record search and results page. When the user has viewed at least one product page for a title in the current session, the Recently Viewed Titles list displays the titles already viewed, including the cover image, title, author, format icon, and publication date. Use this dialog box to enable this feature by location. Check Enable for remote access to make this feature available to users outside the library.

The Recently Viewed Titles feature is displayed in the PowerPAC dashboard area on the product page for a title, and on any bibliographic record search and results page. When the user has viewed at least one product page for a title in the current session, the Recently Viewed Titles list displays the titles already viewed, including the cover image, title, author, format icon, and publication date. Use this dialog box to enable this feature by location and to specify the maximum number of titles that should appear in the list. The maximum is 99; the default value is 5.

You can use this dialog to enable related words in Polaris PowerPAC search results. You can also specify a maximum number of titles for the search results. When you enable the Related Words feature, PowerPAC users can choose to add records containing related words as well as the literal typed search term to keyword and phrase search results. The Include related words link is enabled by default.

Sets the maximum number of databases that can be searched at one time. Valid values are 1-25; the default setting is 10. The system honors this limit when including remote databases to be searched by default. For example, if you set the maximum number that can be searched at once to 10, but select 12 to be searched by default, only the first 10 will be selected in PowerPAC.

Note: You cannot set a maximum number of databases searchable at one time that is fewer than the number of databases you have selected for follow-on searches. Conversely, you cannot select more follow-on databases than your setting allows for the maximum number that can be searched at one time.

If set to yes, it allows remote connections to Polaris PowerPAC. If you use Polaris PowerPAC as your PAC interface only in the library, and you do not offer remote PAC access, set this profile to No.

Specifies the time period during which the time-sensitive password reset link remains valid. If no email address is present in the patron record, the system displays an error message.

Controls when the eContent title is displayed in PAC search results for bibliographic records with Resource Entities that have associated Resource Groups.

Limits the number of records displayed in the PAC.

Allows you to set up rotating book jackets. When you are subscribed to an enriched data service, you can display book jacket images drawn from the enriched data source, randomly selected from the titles in the best-seller lists provided for dashboards.

Allows RSS feeds from Polaris PowerPAC.

Specifies how many titles should be listed in the RSS feed that the patron receives.

Allows you to display the specified languages as scoping options in the PowerPAC Search Options display.

Using the search agent, registered patrons can save searches for scheduled automatic runs. You can use this dialog box to enable the option to run a saved search monthly.

Using the search agent, registered patrons can save searches for scheduled automatic runs. You can use this dialog box to enable the option to run a saved search weekly.

Using the search agent, registered patrons can save searches for scheduled automatic runs. You can use this dialog box to turn on the search agent option in PAC.

Using the search agent, registered patrons can save searches for scheduled automatic runs. You can use this dialog box to specify the maximum number of titles after filtering for newness that any run of a saved search can return.

Using the search agent, registered patrons can save searches for scheduled automatic runs. You can use this dialog box to type the address that should appear on the patron’s notification e-mail.

Using the search agent, registered patrons can save searches for scheduled automatic runs. You can use this dialog box to specify the maximum number of searches a patron can have saved at a time.

Using the search agent, registered patrons can save searches for scheduled automatic runs. You can use this dialog box to specify the maximum number of times a saved search can be run. Patrons can set the number of times to run a saved search, up to the maximum you specify with this setting.

Specifies whether search terms such as an ISBN are displayed in the search box when the user clicks a link (for example, in the New Titles list) to launch a search. If set to No, only search terms actually typed by the user are displayed in the search box.

Places the Collections option on the More Search Options light box in Polaris PowerPAC.

Patrons can set various options for each type of search in Polaris PowerPAC. You can use this dialog box to specify default settings for the advanced search defaults. Advanced search default settings also apply to Mobile PAC.

Patrons can set various options for each type of search in Polaris PowerPAC. You can use this dialog box to specify default settings for the boolean search defaults.

Patrons can set various options for each type of search in Polaris PowerPAC. You can use this dialog box to specify default settings for the browse search defaults.

Patrons can set various options for each type of search in Polaris PowerPAC. You can use this dialog box to specify default settings for the exact search defaults.

Patrons can set various options for each type of search in Polaris PowerPAC. You can use this dialog box to specify default settings for the keyword search defaults.

Patrons can set various options for each type of search in Polaris PowerPAC. You can use this dialog box to specify default settings for the phrase search defaults.

Patrons can set various options for each type of search in Polaris PowerPAC. You can use this dialog box to specify default settings for the quick search defaults. Quick search default settings also apply to Mobile PAC.

You can set automatic subsorting by title. This allows patrons to quickly find a known title in a large results set. It is set to No by default; you may want to leave this setting to preserve former behavior for patrons or if you find the automatic subsort impacts performance. When the profile is set to Yes, the records are first sorted by the selected sort option and then sorted alphabetically by title, ignoring nonfiling characters (respecting the value of the 245 second indicator). However, the setting does not cover the following search and sort types: any browse search; any multi-database search; and the following sort types - relevance, most popular, title, author then title, title then author, title then publication date, title then format, publication date then title, call number then title.

If this profile is set to Yes, a Log In/Register option is displayed in the My Account menu and in the page footer. A Log In link is also displayed at the top of the page. This allows a patron to log in once for a session, instead of each time a function requires identification. When patrons provide log-in information for the first time (for example, in requesting a hold), they remain logged in until they select a log-out option, or until the Polaris PowerPAC session times out.

You can use this dialog box to suppress request and availability options in PowerPAC and Mobile PAC search results for all records with a specific primary type of material (TOM), or only those with specific primary TOMs that have at least one 856$u in the bib record. By default, Electronic resources (elr) and Digital collection (dmc) are selected for suppressing request and availability options. The option Records with an 856 is selected by default except dmc, where All records is selected.

You can use this dialog box to select branches to suppress from list displays in PAC. For example, this feature is useful if you have a branch set up strictly for administrative purposes.

You can use this dialog box to specify item circulation statuses that should prevent an item from being displayed in Polaris PowerPAC and Mobile PAC search results. When a circulation status is selected, items with this status are not displayed in PAC even when Display in PAC is checked in the item record.

Sets the characters that are displayed instead of a title count for a "See" cross-reference entry when no titles are associated with a heading. The default characters are hyphens "--", but you can specify any other characters.

Set the position of the dashboard (Left or Right) for your selected theme.

Allows you to select a PowerPAC theme from the drop-down list.

Specifies the maximum number of characters of the Summary (Short) field that are displayed in the brief and full search results views for a title in the Polaris PowerPAC. Enter a value between 0 and 4000. When the value is 0, the number of characters is not limited.

Specifies whether patrons can send their title list as an email message from Polaris PowerPAC or Mobile PAC. If set to Yes, it allows patrons to send their title list as an email message. Requirements: Set Title List: Enable to Yes (PowerPAC profiles) and specify an email address for sender in Email Notification: Email address of sender (Parameters > Notifcation).

Specifies whether patrons can create a bibliography of titles they select from search results. If set to Yes, it allows patrons to add titles to a bibliography, and view and modify the contents of the list.

Specifies whether patrons can place multiple hold requests at once from PowerPAC working or saved title lists. If set to No, the Place Request button does not appear on PowerPAC working or saved title lists. Requirement: Set Title List: Enable to Yes (PowerPAC profiles).

Limits how many titles from working or saved title lists can be requested at once.

Specifies whether patrons can print their title lists. If set to Yes, it allows patrons to print their title lists to any printer available from the workstation. If set to No, the printer icon does not appear. Requirement: Set Title List: Enable to Yes (PowerPAC profiles).

Specifies whether patrons can save their title list to a file. If set to Yes, it allows patrons to save the contents of the title list to a text file. If set to No, the Save icon does not appear. Requirement: Set Title List: Enable to Yes (PowerPAC profiles).

Specifies whether patrons can use a virtual reference service from Polaris PowerPAC. This feature provides interactive, online reference services. If set to Yes, the virtual reference link is available in Polaris PowerPAC.

Specifies your virtual reference service provider. Requirements: Set Virtual reference: Enable to Yes (PowerPAC profiles) and Virtual reference: Configure - PowerPAC profile - specific settings for the provider you selected.