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is

the

process

when

a

borrower

returns

a

borrowed

library

item

under

varying

circumstances.

A

check-in

consists

of

removing

the

temporary

link

between

the

item

and

the

borrower

that

exists

in

the

loan

transaction

record

(see

Checkout

Item).

A

check-in

session

begins

with

the

identification

of

the

item

being

returned

and

ends

when

all

the

items

to

be

checked

in

have

been

processed.

Check-ins

utilize

item

ba-rcode

numbers

as

the

primary

identifier

to

begin

processing

a

check-in

transaction.

For a checkin session to begin, the library staff operator physically retrieves items that have been returned to the library, typically from a drop-off bin. Borrowers may also returned borrowed items directly to a staff operator.

The staff operator--already logged into the system at a specific Circulation Location and displaying the checkin screen--types or scans an item’s barcode number into the system. The system then:

1. finds the item #
2. finds the loan transaction record (see Alternate Workflow when no loan transaction record)
3. determines that there is no request # in the loan transaction record (when there is, see Alternate Workflows below)
4. determines  the due date/time in the loan transaction record

An exhaustive description of the process is available in JIRA under the ticket OLE-3274.