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Current situation or problem: Libraries would like to be able to create custom item statuses to support specific workflows. This feature is meant to encompass work for custom item statuses specifically for check in workflows.
In scope
- An item's status controls whether an item can be checked in. If the item is not allowed to be checked in, the app presents an appropriate modal.
- An item's status controls whether an item check in must be confirmed. If the item allows check in with confirmation, the app presents an appropriate modal, and the FOLIO staff user must click the appropriate button to continue the check out transaction.
- An item's status controls whether a warning is presented if the item is suppressed from discovery. If the item is suppressed from discovery, and the option is chosen to notify the FOLIO staff user, the Check in app presents an appropriate modal when the item is checked in, and the FOLIO staff member must click the appropriate button to continue the check out transaction.
Out of scope
- Change in circ rule behavior. Currently, if the circ rule allows something but the item status doesn't, the item status wins. If the circ rule doesn't allow something but the item status does, the circ rule wins. Essentially, a conflict defaults to not allowing.
Use case(s)
- A library wants to implement a custom item status to indicate that an item was lost and the patron provided a replacement copy. They call this item status "Lost and replaced." Essentially, once this happens, the patron "owns" the lost and replaced item and the library doesn't want it back. In these cases, if the book happens to reappear and be scanned in the check in app, the library wants to deny check in and present an appropriate message to the library staff member so they know what is happening and why.
- A library implements an item status for controlled digital lending. When an item is out on controlled digital lending, the physical copy is held in inaccessible storage since the digital copy is "circulating." When the CDL loan is complete, the library wants the physical item to become available again, but they also want to make the staff member confirm the check in of the item so that they are consciously choosing to change the item status to "Available".
Proposed solution/stories
Links to additional info
- This work and associated stories was broken off from the original feature
UXPROD-1535
Draft
so that the circulation work and the inventory work are represented separately. When the inventory work is done in
UXPROD-1535
Draft
, this work should be assessed as the stories are likely not complete.
Questions
- Permission controls for the confirmation piece - how could they be implemented?
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