Overview

Description:

Return/check-in 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:

finds the item #
finds the loan transaction record (see Alternate Workflow when no loan transaction record)
determines that there is no request # in the loan transaction record (when there is, see Alternate Workflows below)
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.

Workflow

Use cases

S.No	UseCases
1	Perform check-in of an item for a patron at a circulation desk
2	Validate item bar code
3	Calculate overdue fee
4	Print overdue bill
5	Print check-in note
6	Perform partial check-in
7	Damaged item check-in
8	Maintain multiple item check-in session
9	Override option while performing check-in with replacement fee or item lost
10	Resetting date/time for check-in
11	Turning off fine/bill payment/collection
12	Validate patron or item barcode format (Configurable)

Wireframes

Class Diagram

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