[Evergreen-general] Documentation for item status

[Terran McCanna]

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On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 2:10 PM Benjamin Kalish via Evergreen-general <
evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:

> Thanks, everyone! This is all super helpful. That said, the fact that no
> one has linked to straightforward documentation, while it makes me feel
> better about not finding it myself, does make me think that we need to
> improve our documentation here. Short of attending a DIG meeting, what is
> the best way of getting something on the radar of the documentation folks?
>
> Benjamin Kalish
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> On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 1:45 PM Paula Elliott via Evergreen-general <
> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> All of these status change to available when items are checked in.  If
>> someone lets a reference item be checked out to a patron, when the item is
>> returned the Library Use Only status disappears and changes to available.
>> Which is why you see reference items with this status.
>>
>> Paula
>>
>> On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 12:08 PM Benjamin Kalish via Evergreen-general <
>> evergreen-general at list.evergreen-ils.org> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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