Circulation Documentation - Needs

Circulation Documentation - Needs

Don't worry about 

  • whether documentation already exists

  • whether a function is built out in FOLIO

  • duplicating a documentation need if it overlaps in different categories

We can figure that out as we go from the list. Just put down what comes to mind where you think it might fit!


App-Specific Documentation

Users

  1. Create a User

  2. Delete a User

  3. Change a user's barcode

  4. Renew an item on loan to a user

  5. Add / Delete Blocks

  6. How to change passwords for staff

  7. How Patron expiration dates work

  8. How to add service points to users

  9. How to add permissions to users

  10. How Inactive / Active Statuses work, what they do

  11. How do Custom Fields work - for statistical purposes

    1. examples from adopting institutions - what they've added and how they're used

  12. Waiving a fee/fine (full/partial) - RA will write

  13. Refunding a fee/fine (full/partial)- RA will write

  14. Accepting payment for a fee/fine (full/partial) - RA will write

  15. Setting up a proxy relationship between two users

  16. How to anonymize loans in users - the manual commands

  17. In-App reports - what's available, when you might run them, what's required


Users - RA SIG will write


Workflow Name

Existing Documentation or link to FOLIO DOCS

Needs a writer

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Workflow Name

Existing Documentation or link to FOLIO DOCS

Needs a writer

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Viewing a patron's fee/fine history

https://iris.docs.folio.org/docs/users/#feesfines







Waiving a fee/fine - full waive, partial waive









Refunding a fee/fine - full waive, partial waive









Accepting payment for a fee/fine - full/partial











Inventory (sent list to Jesse Lambertson 3-16-2021)

  1. How item statuses work

    1. Outline of the three part model so people know what's coming

      1. Item State in FOLIO

  2. How to change an item to ____ status

    1. Protections on item statuses

    2. Missing item statuses - adding notes

  3. How to record item damage

  4. How to search in inventory

    1. How to do CQL queries in Inventory - esp. examples of searches.

  5. How to find item histories

    1. When you might go to Inventory vs Circ Log vs. LDP

  6. How to edit / update item notes

  7. How to edit / update check in and check out notes

  8. How you can find an item in Inventory and then request it for a patron

  9. Change an item barcode

  10. In-App reports - what's available, when you might run them, what's required

  11. Handling long missing items 

Courses

Workflow

Existing documentation or DOCS Jira link

Apps Involved

Could this be a flowchart?

Workflow

Existing documentation or DOCS Jira link

Apps Involved

Could this be a flowchart?

Intro to Courses

  • How people use the app for different needs

  • Examples of use of the app from adopters



Courses



How to create a course

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/courses/courses/#creating-a-course

Courses



Create a course with cross-listings

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/courses/courses/#adding-a-cross-listed-course





Find a list of items on reserve for a course

https://iris.docs.folio.org/docs/access/courses/courses/#searching-for-reserves





How do temporary locations work on courses items

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/courses/courses/#adding-a-reserve-item-to-a-course

Courses, Inventory



How do temporary loan types work on courses items







Integrations with outside systems - LTI

LTI: Course Reserves - LTI connectivity





Integrations with outside systems - ARES







Reserve items - using processing statuses

  • how to set up values

  • tips for using, examples from adopters

https://docs.folio.org/docs/administration/settings/settings_courses/#settings--courses--processing-statuses





Copyright information in Courses

  • how to set up copyright status dropdown

  • what fields do or don't do

https://iris.docs.folio.org/docs/settings/settings_courses/settings_courses/#settings--courses--copyright-statuses





In-app reports: what's available, when you might run them, what's required to do so

There are no in-app reports for Courses and none are planned. 









Requests



Workflow

Existing documentation or Docs Jira

Apps

Could this be represented in a flowchart?

Workflow

Existing documentation or Docs Jira

Apps

Could this be represented in a flowchart?

How to request an item (place/process holds, pages, recalls)

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/requests/requests/#creating-a-request

Requests



How requests work for on-campus versus remote storage

https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/DOCS-154

Requests, Inventory?



How to run a page report

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/requests/requests/#generating-a-page-requests-csv-export

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/requests/requests/#printing-pick-slips

Requests



How to change a request pickup location (including restrictions based on request status)

https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/DOCS-20

Requests

No

How to run a daily unfilled requests report

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/requests/requests/#exporting-your-search-results-to-csv

Requests



How to cancel a request

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/requests/requests/#canceling-a-request

Requests



How to reorder a request queue

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/requests/requests/#reordering-the-request-queue-for-an-item

Requests



In-App reports - what's available, when you might run them, what's required

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/requests/requests/#exporting-a-hold-shelf-clearance-report

Requests





Check-In

Workflow

Existing documentation or DOCS jira

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Workflow

Existing documentation or DOCS jira

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

How anonymizing loans works if you do it in check in

https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/DOCS-23





How checking in works for items with multiple pieces

https://iris.docs.folio.org/docs/access/check-in/checkin/#pop-ups-that-can-occur-when-checking-in-an-item





How to backdate a check-in

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/check-in/checkin/#checking-in-and-backdating-an-item





In-App reports - what's available, when you might run them, what's required

There are no in-app reports for the Check-in app and none are planned.





Check-Out

Workflow

Existing Documentation or DOCS jira

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Workflow

Existing Documentation or DOCS jira

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

How to loan to someone who is borrowing as a proxy for another patron

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/check-out/checkout/#checking-out-to-a-proxy-borrower

Checkout, Users



How checkout works for items with multiple pieces







How to change a loan due date

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/check-out/checkout/#changing-the-due-date-of-an-item





How to override patron blocks







How to override item blocks







In-App reports - what's available, when you might run them, what's required









Circulation Log

Workflow

Existing Documentation or DOCS Jira

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Workflow

Existing Documentation or DOCS Jira

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Why you would use the circulation log vs. other FOLIO features

  1. troubleshooting scenarios where the circ log would be used

  2. what data is in the circ log and what data isn't

https://docs.folio.org/docs/access/circulation-log/circ_log/

Could maybe add these two extra things to the top under overview





How to look up item histories (and what you might find here that isn't in Inventory)







How to interpret circ log records that have proxy relationships







How anonymized data looks in the circ log







How to look for notice information







How to look at fee/fine information 









Cross-App Workflows

Workflow name

Existing Documentation or DOCS Jira?

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Workflow name

Existing Documentation or DOCS Jira?

Apps

Could this be a flowchart?

Handling items that have been in transit for too long



Inventory, Requests



Patron claims that they returned an item but it's still on their account (claim returned)



Users, Inventory



On-the-fly / Fast Add record creation, loaning items, considerations for use (Inventory vs. Courses vs. Check Out)



Inventory, Courses, Check Out



Handling fines - declared lost, aged to lost



Users, Export Manager, Inventory



Handling lost and paid items



Users, Inventory



Managing Patron Blocks - how to set them up on users, how to override



Users, Check Out



Remote Storage



Settings, Inventory, Check In, Check Out





Settings and Circulation Rules

Workflow name/description

Existing documentation or DOCS Jira

Needs a writer?

Apps

Could this be represented graphically / through flowchart?

Workflow name/description

Existing documentation or DOCS Jira

Needs a writer?

Apps

Could this be represented graphically / through flowchart?

Tags - how they work, plans for future development, suggestions for scenarios where they would be helpful





Settings, any app that has installed tags (many)



How to create permission sets

Done - on docs.folio.org site



Settings



Calendars - how to set up dates / times, how exceptions work

Google Doc - Settings > Calendar





Settings



Configuring Settings for Remote Storage





Settings