[Evergreen-general] Documentation for item status

[Diane Disbro]

Hi, Benjamin -

I don't know about documentation but it looks like you are talking about
two different things: Status and Shelving Location. Reshelving, Missing,
Lost, In Transit are statuses. Display and Storage are locations.

???

Diane Disbro
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Circulation and Special Projects Coordinator
Scenic Regional Library
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Union, MO 63084
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ddisbro at scenicregional.org



On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 11:08 AM 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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