Item Status is a special item attribute that includes useful information about where an item currently is and what’s happening with it. Some statuses can be added and updated by editing the item record, and some are maintained by the system as part of circulation activity.
Most Common Item Statuses
- Available: The item on the shelf and ready for checked out
- Checked out: The item is currently checked out
- Reshelving: The item was returned less than 6 hours ago (After six hours, the status automatically changes to Available.)
- Long Overdue: The item due date is between 42 days and one year ago, and the patron has been billed the cost of the item.
- Lost: The item is was due between 1 and 5 years ago. (Lost items are not visible in the public catalog, and will be purged at five years.)
- Missing: The item status was changed by library staff because the item could not be found. (Items marked missing are purged at 1 year.)
- Claims Returned: The patron says they returned the item
- In Transit: The item is in the delivery system, traveling to a library to fill a hold or to return it to its owning library.
- Cancel Transit: The item is no longer needed to fill a hold, the transit has been cancelled and the item is returning to the owning library
Other Statuses
- Bindery: The item has been sent out for binding
- Cataloging: The item has been routed to the library’s cataloging department