Simpson Library Technical Services

Placing items on Repair Status

This is important so that items unavailable due to repair will not display as available.

1. In Alma with the desk set to “Simpson Library – Main Circulation Desk” press Ctrl+Alt+S(this opens the scan in items page).
2. Set “Work Order Type” to Book Repair. Keep “Set Status To” as Repair.
3. Scan in each item that needs to go on repair in the “Scan item barcode” field.
4. Place item on green incoming book repair cart.

Setting and Removing Missing Status to items

Items that cannot be located should be set to Missing Status

Items set to missing will appear on the Missing List and will also display as unavailable

1. In Alma you'll need to set your search to either "All titles" or to "Physical titles" to access the missing status option. Search for your item and select items at the bottom of result: 
   
2. On the list of items page Select the ... button at the end of the row
3. Select the "Toggle Missing Status" to update the status. When status is already set to Missing, selecting "Toggle Missing Status" will remove Missing status from the item.