A status "Available in library" (or "Received") should be useful to better monitor the progress of the transaction As I understand it, the current workflow (if you check out ILL items) is : - NEW : new request created by a patron or a librarian - REQ : request validated by the library and send to a document provider - CHK : document received by the library and checked out to the patron - RET : document checked in by the patron - COMP : end of transaction. document sent back to the document provider I think it could better be : As I understand it, the current workflow (if you check out ILL items) is : - NEW : new request created by a patron or a librarian - REQ : request validated by the library and send to a document provider - AVA : document received by library, availalable for check out => at THAT stage we can send a message to the patron asking them to come to the library - CHK : document and checked out to the patron - RET : document checked in by the patron - COMP : end of transaction. document sent back to the document provider
This new status could be associated with a reception date, that could be made visible in the requests table. It would be useful.
I second this request. We are using the ILL module to track our workflow in the library and having an "available" status would be very helpful in knowing that a book is here waiting to be picked up by the patron.
Yes, this would be great. We have a similar workflow for INNReach and Rapido backends, but it would be nice as an option for the standard backend: I've but the standard equivilents/closest in () - B_ITEM_REQUESTED (NEW) Item is requested to the owning library - B_ITEM_SHIPPED (REQ) Item is shipped (record and item are created, hold placed for patron, pickup location is home/holding library of item or the branch we have set for ILL patrons) - B_ITEM_RECEIVED (AVA) Item has been received. We don't separately use CKH, we just treat it like any other hold. - B_ITEM_IN_TRANSIT (RET) Item has been returned and put in transit. The bib and item are deleted. - B_ITEM_CHECKED_IN (COMP) Item has been checked in at the owning library.