[Evergreen-general] Documentation for item status

[Benjamin Kalish]

Hi, folks!

I've been unable to find documentation of how item statuses work! Could
someone point me in the right direction?

I know there is a list of item status and instructions for adding new
status at Evergreen docs / System Administration From the Staff Client /
Item Statuses
<https://docs.evergreen-ils.org/eg/docs/3.8/admin/copy_statuses.html#:~:text=To%20navigate%20to%20the%20item,of%20items%20in%20your%20system.>,
but it leaves some fundamental questions unanswered:

   - Besides staff editing an item directly, what are the other conditions
   that cause the item status to change, and how do they change?
   - Do all items get reshelving status on check in?
   - When reshelving status expires, what determines the new status?

I'm particularly interested in how items with status custom statuses (we
use In Library Use, Display, and Storage a lot at my library) change on
checkin, but I feel like all of this should be well documented in some easy
to find place.

Benjamin Kalish
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