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This page represents the RA SIG's thought process and is NOT a model for current FOLIO functionality.

  1. Location Hierarchy
  2. Loan Periods
  3. Item Statuses
  4. Circulation components


Location Hierarchy 

Object

Use Cases

Consortia

-          Use cases being worked by Consortia SIG.  See current thoughts on v1 here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Yf81Xmfwj40gT_sd2AE5ZdiYeDmJp3W4No1X7fNOEYc/edit#gid=1046755404

Institution

-          Each institution has own FOLIO configuration (enabled apps, organizational settings etc)

Campus

-         Can refer to a specific, semi-independent campuses within a large institution (e.g. Indiana University Bloomington vs. Indiana University Kokomo)

-         Can refer to a single institution with some geographic diversity (e.g. Duke's East Campus vs. Duke's West Campus)

Library

-          Libraries are a mechanism for grouping shelving locations so you can differentiate between, say, Reading room (Law library) and Reading room (Main library)

-          You should be able to do reporting on all the physical items in a given library

Collection

-          Collections can be spread across multiple shelving locations within a library or they can all be located in a single shelving location

-          More than one collection can reside in a single shelving location

-          Collections often (but not always) have the same loan rules so it would be nice if there was a way to create loan rules at the collection-level rather than at the physical location level

-          Since more than one collection can reside at a single shelving location, there needs to be a way to create separate loan rules for them

-          Floating collections are collections of physical items that have no home.  Wherever they are checked in is where they are going to live for the time being.

Shelving Location

-          Libraries have physical locations where items (e.g. books, newspapers etc) reside

-          Loan rules for physical items are associated with physical locations

Circulation Desk

-          Circ desks need to be associated with physical locations in such a way that, when an item is checked in, the system knows whether it is “home” or if it needs to go in transit back to the physical location it calls home

-          There can be 2 or more circ desks serving one physical location but most ILSes don’t support this – there are work arounds for this, but would be great if FOLIO could make this possible  (can a many to many relationship work without causing additional problems)

-          There can be 2 or more physical locations served by a single circ desk – this is very common and must be supported

-         Would it worth differentiating between circulation desks and processing locations (e.g. bindery or ILL office)?  Would we have a use for this if the system provided a decent workflow engine?

 



Loan Periods 

itemnotescomments/questions (please include your name for follow-up)

loan period

 Do we need to include a loan interval variable (as well as a loan period)? Do we want to allow for Indefinite Loan (which has no loan period or interval)? (JL)
renewalY/N, #, time frameAlso allow for renewal point-of-reference date: renew from today's date, or from the date that the book had been due (JL)
grace periodY/N, time frame 
requeststype (hold, recall, delivery), # 
hold shelf life clock starts ticking from when the item is actually placed on the hold shelf (JL)
fines fine amount and fine interval as variables; might want to make fine interval NOT automatically tied to loan interval (JL)
fees service fees; penalty fees (JL)
pick-up location limitation is this loan policy or patron permission?? (Andrea) I think patron permission (JL)
proxy limitation is this loan policy or an item permission?? (Andrea) I think this is loan policy (JL)
notice configurationwhich notices, at what intervals, how many times 
calendar connectionsinclude/exclude closed dates /timeswhere do we handle default due time? is it here, location or a calendar? (Andrea)   I think here; but to clarify, this would be the default rule that would take effect in the case of a missing rule for a particular circ situation, true? (JL)
override defaultpre-set date/time interval for overrides 
Time to hold shelf  does this belong here or is it tied to pick-up location?? (Andrea)  Does this need to be a standard setting at all? Can't it be however long it takes the book to reach the destination hold shelf? (JL)
   
   

 

 

Item Statuses 

statusnotescommentsBucket
availableNot checked out / available / on shelf Availability
chargedchecked out Availability
lostwe don't know where this is (1 level)not requestable; May trigger coll.dev./acq processesAvailability
lost and charged

so overdue that we assume the patron has lost it and we are billing them

depending on internal processes, it could also be a status of "lost" and a patron status of "charged" for that fee (DB and CW).Availability
lost and paidpatron has paid the feedepending on internal processes, it could also be a status of "lost" and a patron status of "paid" for that fee (DB and CW).Availability
missingwe don't know where this is (another level)not requestable; May trigger coll.dev./acq processesAvailability
missing/requestedpatron has expressed interest in a missing titleMay trigger collection development/acquisition processAvailability
claims returnedcharged to a patron who swears they've returned itremain on loan???
recently returnedrecently checked in (either from patron use or in-house use)  
in transiten route from one library location to another ????
requesteda patron has asked for this item that is currently NOT checked outshould this status also cover items that are checked out and requested but not recalled? (TF)Request
on holdavailable for pick-up Request
recalleda patron has asked for this item that is currently checked outspecial kind of request that demands a return by current borrower (shortens their loan time) (and possibly also increases the fine rate and hastens progress through overdue-lost-billed sequence TF)Request
in transit / requesteden route from one library location to another to fulfill a request

Info about location status: Permanent location / Current location / shelving location (e.g. new materials shelf) (if relevant here - see ARL's comment below) (CW)

???/Request
withdrawnwithdrawn from the collection (record retained for historical purposes)not requestableavailability
on orderordered but not receivedshared with TS; usually triggered by ACQ processesworkflow / availability
in processreceived but not yet ready for patron useshared with TS; usually triggered by ACQ processes; often requestableworkflow
overduechecked out + late being returned availability
circulation reviewitem has a circulation issue that requires review by circulation dept.flag rather than status?workflow
cataloging reviewitem has a circulation issue that requires review by cataloging dept.flag rather than status?workflow
damageditem has known damage (and next patron shouldn't be blamed)

flag rather than status? 
May trigger coll.dev./acq processes

condition
on reserveitem is on reserveis this a location or item status - or both?  Not requestable? I think of it as a combination of location and (usually temp) item type rather than a status (ARL) (TF - I've worked in places where reserve items are requestable tho not recallable, to create a waiting list for an in-demand item) (TF - I tend to think of "on reserve" as a status that is contingent on/triggered by being attached to an active course/reading list, with other statuses layering on top like "checked out" or "on hold" or "overdue." But I'm ready to think about it differently if needed) 
missing piecesmulti-part item is missing a part condition
    

 

 

Check-in challenges/exceptions

LabelDescriptionCommentsQuestions?
Not on loan returnDischarge of item that wasn't charged to a patronUsed for tracking in house use, triggering workflows, and tracking inventory 
Transfer requiredItem is housed at a location other than where it was returned.  
RequestedOutstanding patron request for the item at the return location  
Transfer for holdItem fulfills a hold, recall, etc. request with pick at (or delivery from) another location.  
Lost + chargedItem is charged to a patron and has aged to 'lost'needs to be able to trigger various workflows, depending on institution, such as waiving outstanding lost item fee, calculating overdue fines, etc. 
Lost, missing,etcItem is lost, missing or otherwise unavailable - but not charged to a patron  
Missing piecesItem is flagged as having missing pieces.  
Multi-partItem has multiple partsneeds to inform operator of number of pieces and description of pieces, e.g. "parts: 3" description: "2 DVDs and 1 insert" 
Internal requestItem has been flagged for internal workflow.e.g. need for additional cataloging or for repair has been noted in the workflow engine. ideally should offer multiple departments to route item to 
fees + finesincurred costs for this item (e.g. overdue fine)  
Backdatingitem checked in but needs to be treated as if checked in at an earlier time (for purposes of overdue fines, etc.)system needs to capture and be able to display both actual system time of check-in as well as the bacdated, override time 
internal routing alertstext alert to operator on checkin at the shelving location levelused to give staff an alert at the most granular shelving location level to tell them how to route a given location internally within a library. The item is home and recently returned, but needs special handling, like a reserves collection or a reading room collection 

 

Cross module functions   - Examples/User Stories of circulation staff needing to do work in cataloging and acquisitions

 

Use cases for a workflow engine - Examples/User Stories of how a workflow engine would assist circulation / access services work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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