Created attachment 99707 [details] Screendumps Checkout https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/master/circ/circulation.pl Row #420ff has this code: my $materials = $item->materials; my $descriptions = Koha::AuthorisedValues->get_description_by_koha_field ({ frameworkcode => $biblio->frameworkcode, kohafield => 'items.materials', authorised_value => $materials }); $materials = $descriptions->{lib} // $materials; Checkin https://github.com/Koha-Community/Koha/blob/master/circ/returns.pl Row #277ff has this code: my $materials = $item->materials; my $descriptions = Koha::AuthorisedValues->get_description_by_koha_field ({frameworkcode => '', kohafield =>'items.materials', authorised_value => $materials }); $materials = $descriptions->{lib} // $materials; This makes a difference if you assign an authorized value to 952$3 "Materials specified" in a bibliographic framework At checkout it shows the description, e.g. "Bokpåse - åtta böcker" At checkin it shows the authorized value, in this case "8"