If an item is lost, you are at the stage where libraries will be charging replacement costs and looking at replacements – thus you really want to go to the permanent location of the item. Which, might be the item effective location for many cases, but not always.

EG, if I’m at the main library and put an item on reserve from the Science Library, and someone borrows the item and doesn’t return it, the Science Library is ultimately the one who should get the money to replace it.

It might be possible to address those scenarios through reporting, but you’d be asking libraries with multiple branches to be doing more outside manual labor to track those scenarios.

My two cents.

-Erin

From: folio-ra@ole-lists.openlibraryfoundation.org <folio-ra@ole-lists.openlibraryfoundation.org> On Behalf Of Cate Boerema
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Subject: RE: Fee/Fine Owner for lost items

Is there a strong reason not to use Item effective location? Item effective location is used for circ rules, routing etc. It feels odd and potentially confusing to look to Holdings permanent location to drive other functionality.

From: folio-ra@ole-lists.openlibraryfoundation.org <folio-ra@ole-lists.openlibraryfoundation.org> On Behalf Of Erin Nettifee
Sent: 30 January 2020 10:19 PM
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Subject: RE: Fee/Fine Owner for lost items

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I think that would work. An item should always have a Holdings Permanent Location, that value is required AFAIK for physical items.

I could see scenarios where libraries were making uses of holdings temporary location for things like renovations…. But as long as the behavior was clearly documented, I think that’s the right choice. It’s certainly more consistent than trying to parse when one might apply over the other.

-Erin

From: folio-ra@ole-lists.openlibraryfoundation.org <folio-ra@ole-lists.openlibraryfoundation.org> On Behalf Of Holly L. Mistlebauer
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 4:14 PM
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Subject: Fee/Fine Owner for lost items
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Hi RA SIG! Quick (I hope) question for you...

When an item is overdue, the overdue fine is “owned” by the Effective location for item. If an item is lost, the lost item fee should be owned by the owning library rather than where it may happen to have been shelved when it was checked out. Would that location be the Holdings location Permanent location? (See Item Location section screen print below.)

Thanks,

Holly

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