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Generic Users

Generic users are used to assign material with an intended purpose, such as to a department for display or storage. Generic users can also be used to serve system functions, such as designating items for discard or lost.

The naming convention follows the format: XXX DESCRIPTION, where XXX refers to your library's 3-letter agency code. The user ID field follows a similar format DESCRIPTIONXXX. If a user listed does not have "XXX" included below it indicates it is a single system-wide user.

Generic Users that modify the current location to anything other than CHECKEDOUT are modifying the item. Current locations are displayed in both WorkFlows and the online catalog. Modifying items is reserved for the owning library; you should only checkout your items to these users.

Name

User ID

The purpose is to check material out:

Assigned Location in WorkFlows(Code/Status)

Aspen Status & Label

XXX Adult Services

ADULTSERVXXX

to adult services staff.

ADULT_SERV /Adult Services Staff

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Ask Staff Items

ASKSTAFFXXX

to communicate to patrons to ask staff for access.

ASK_STAFF/Ask Staff

Available: On Shelf

XXX AVAIL_SOON

AVAILSOONXXX

that will be available soon to the public, but is still in processing.

AVAIL_SOON/Available Soon

Unavailable: Coming Soon

XXX Bindery Items

BINDERYXXX

that is being sent to the bindery.

BINDERY/Materials at the bindery

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Book Discussion

BOOKDISCXXX

to your book discussion group. Refer to the Book Discussion Best Practices documentation for more information

BOOK_DISC Profile for Book DiscussionSTATUS=CHECKEDOUT

Unavailable: Checked Out

XXX Book Club Adult

BOOKCLUBAXXX

to your book club for adult readers.

BOOKCLUBA/Adult Book Club

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Book Club Young Adult

BOOKCLUBYXXX

to your book club for young adult readers.

BOOKCLUBY/Youth Book Club

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Cataloging

CATALOGINGXXX

that is be cataloged.

CATALOGING/Material being cataloged

Unavailable: In Processing

XXX Circulation Desk

CIRCDESKXXX

to your circulation desk or department.

CIRCDESK/Circulation Desk

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Claims Returned

CLAIMSRETDXXX

for processing material that a patron claims to have returned. Follow the Claims Returned instructions for more information.

CLAIMSRETD/Item is claims returned

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Clean

CLEANXXX

that needs to be cleaned.

CLEANING/Sent to be cleaned

Unavailable: Currently Unavailable

XXX Curbside Pickup

CURBSIDEXXX

to temporarily remove active holds so patrons were not seeing an available status when a hold was trapped for them. Refer to documentation on using Curbside User.

CURBSIDE/Curbside

Unavailable: Checked Out

XXX Damaged Shelf

DAMAGESHELFXXX

to your damage shelf.

DAMAG_SHLF/Damaged Shelf

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Discard items

DISCARDXXX

to charge material out that is ready to be discarded. Refer to Discard Processing for more information on the DISCARD user and to Discards for information on the overall discard process.

DISCARD/Withdrawn from the collection

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Display

DISPLAYXXX

to your display user.

DISPLAY/Display

Available: On Shelf

XXX Hold Lower

HOLDLOWERXXX

to a library's lower level holds shelf.

HOLD_LOWER/Hold Shelf Lower Level

Unavailable: Checked Out

XXX Hold Upper

HOLDUPPERXXX

to a library's upper level holds shelf.

HOLD_UPPER/Hold Shelf Upper Level

Unavailable: Checked Out

XXX Holds Shelf

HOLDSHELFXXX

when manually checking material out to be placed on your holds shelf.

HOLDSHELF/On the holdshelf

Unavailable: Checked Out

XXX Homework Items

HOMEWORKXXX

to check material out to your homework shelf.

HOMEWORK/Homework Shelf

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX IT Department

ITDEPTXXX

to check material out to the IT Department.

IT_DEPT/In IT Dept.

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Library Use Items

LIBRARYUSEXXX

as the library sees fit.

LIBRARYUSE/Library Use

Available: Library Use Only

XXX Lost and Paid

LOSTPAIDXXX

to check material out which was lost and now paid for so selectors may review.

LOST-PAID/Lost and paid for

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Magazine Display

MAGDISPLAYXXX

to your magazine display.

MAGDISPLAY/Magazine Display - Current Issue Non-Circulating

Available: Library Use Only

Missing from Hold Shelf Items

MISSHLDSHLF   

which has been missing from the holds shelf. Refer to the Manage Hold Shelf Wizard instructions.

MISSHLDSHF/Items missing from hold shelf

Shadowed in the catalog

Missing in Transit

MISSTRNSIT

that have been in transit for more than 30 days are automatically checked out to the MISSTRNSIT generic user. Refer to the documentation on the MISSTRNSIT Shelf Check Report for information about this user and processing the material checked out to it.

MISSTRNSIT/Item Missing in transit

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Missing Items

MISSINGXXX

to check material out to that is missing. Refer to the documentation for On-Shelf Items with Holds (Pick List, Pull List).

MISSING/Search in progress for item

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX OCLC In-State

OCLCINSTATEXXX

to check your material out for outgoing In-State OCLC loans. Material is checked out to this generic account for request from Illinois libraries and recipient library is monitored within OCLC WorldShare ILL.

CHECKEDOUT/Normal checkout for circulating material

Unavailable: Checked Out

XXX OCLC Out-Of-State

OCLCOUTSTATEXXX

to check your material out for outgoing Out of State OCLC loans. Material is checked out to this generic account for out of state requests and recipient library is monitored within OCLC WorldShare ILL. State 

CHECKEDOUT/Normal checkout for circulating material

Unavailable: Checked Out

XXX On-Order Items

ONORDERXXX

to check material out that is on order.

ON-ORDER/Being acquired by library

Unavailable: On Order

XXX On-Search

ONSEARCHXXX

ONSEARCH/On Search

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Program Items

PROGRAMXXX

for a library program.

PROGRAM/User for a Program

Unavailable: Currently Unavailable

XXX Quarantine

QUARANTINEXXX

that needs to be quarantined. Refer to the documentation using the Quarantine User.

QUARANTINE/Quarantine Before Checkin

Unavailable: Checked Out

RB/ILL Loss Patron System-wide

LOSS_RB_ILL

to a billable location; these items are debited to the Checkout Library. Items checked out to this user will be processed in Quarterly Billing and can be checked out to the item library’s discard user following reimbursement. Refer to Damaged & Unusuable Items for information on when to check material out to this user.

RB_ILL / RB/ILL

Shadowed in the catalog

RB/ILL Unusable system-wide

UNUSABLE_RB_ILL

received from another library which is not able to be circulated in its current condition. This user acts as a place holder until it returns to the home library and final disposition is determined. It gives items a shadowed location and is not considered by the Quarterly Billing reports. Refer to Damaged & Unusuable Items for information on when to check material out to this user.

DMG_RBILL / Damaged RB/ILL

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Repair Items

REPAIRXXX

that is in need of repair.

REPAIR / Being fixed/Mended

Unavailable: Currently Unavailable

XXX Reserves

RESERVESXXX

your reserves shelf.

RESERVES/Reserve Desk

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Staff Use

STAFFUSEXXX

for staff use only.

STAFFUSE/Staff Use Only

Available: Library Use Only

XXX Storage

STORAGEXXX

to place in storage.

STORAGE/In Storage

Available: On Shelf

XXX Shadowed Storage

STORAGESXXX

to place in storage that you also want shadowed.

STORAGE_S/In Storage - Shadowed

Shadowed in the catalog

XXX Technical Services Department

TECHDEPTXXX

to your technical services department.

TECH_DEPT/In Technical Services Dept.

Unavailable: In Processing

XXX Teen Staff

TEENSTAFFXXX

to teen services staff.

TEEN_STAFF/Teen Services Staff

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)

XXX Youth Services

YOUTHSERVXXX

to your youth services department.

YOUTHSERV/Youth Services

Checked Out (if home location does not match the current location)