If you set an opac description for a lost authorized value it only shows on the detail page - the results says 'lost' no matter what you set as the opac descriptions.
This is the same for 'not for loan'.
Hi Nicole, I think there is no way to tell the "right" description from the authorised values as the value that displays in the result list is a summary - it's a group description for the number of items in the various lost or not for loan status on the record.
Hm, I think I misunderstood (it's terribly late...) - you meant the admin area?
No, I mean the OPAC search results - it says lost instead of 'missing' if that's the description. But then when you click the title you'll see missing instead of lost in the holdings table.
What I meant is that you have a record with lots of items and about five different status of 'not for loan' between them, it will say 5 'for reference' in the result list - because it's a count of all of them, independent of the individual description.