Bug 23207 added the ability for an item type to be automatically returned at the end of its checkout period. However, in some cases libraries want to record a use but not have any loan period at all -- essentially a local use, but tied to a patron.
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This is an interesting one. I was looking at this in the context of the self-checkout and at the time I thought a regular in-house use would work but in hindsight maybe it wouldn't as maybe it wouldn't be tied to the borrower.
Can be solved using a plugin and the checkout hook if someone runs into this as a requirement.