Item Reclaimation

Evergreen Indiana utilizes an automated profile called Item Reclamation to Transit

materials back to their owning library that have been transiting elsewhere for an extended period of time. This is to discourage multiple negative renewals, which is not a preferred practice for material not owned by the Circulating Library

The library which has checked out the item.

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The Process #

After an item has been circulating outside of its owning library for an extended period (approximately 6 mos.), a forced-level (F) Hold

will be placed on the item through the Evergreen Indiana Item Reclamation (ei-item-reclaimer) account.

The next time that item is checked in, a Transit

slip will be triggered for the owning library.

If the item is circulating and an attempt to renew occurs, it will tell circulation staff that the item has been requested to fulfill a Hold

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Checking a Reclaimed Item In #

If an item owned by your library is checked in with a Hold

from the Item Reclamation account, it will print a Hold

A request placed by staff or patrons for materials to be picked up at a selected location (see Pickup Library).

Shelf Slip.

To remove the Hold

and change the status of the item to Reshelving, you need to:

Access the Account #

You can use Patron

Search or the Check Out function and use the barcode: ei-item-reclaimer.

Go to the Holds Tab and Cancel the Hold

A request placed by staff or patrons for materials to be picked up at a selected location (see Pickup Library).

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Under the Holds tab, find your item and cancel the Hold

. Enter the cancel reason and an optional note.

Check the Item Back In #

Access the Check In screen and check the item in.

The item’s status should change to Reshelving, or may be captured for another Hold

request.