Mark Item Missing

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• To mark an item missing, click on MISSING, HOLD... on the Common Tasks menu.
• Enter your agency 3 letter abbreviation + MISSING in the User ID text box and press Enter on your keyboard.

• Enter the Item ID and press Enter on your keyboard.
• By checking the item out to an agency missing account, the current location of the item will be LOST.

Hold Placed on Item???

• If a hold has been placed on the book, you will need to override the hold and check out anyway.
  • After you enter your User and Item ID, a window will appear stating that a hold has been placed on that item.
  • Type the letter o in the text box and click on Override & Checkout Item.
  • You are telling the computer to override the hold and checkout to the agency missing account.

• If a title level hold was placed on the item, then the hold will automatically appear on the next owning agency's pick list.

Item Found???

• If you find an item that is currently marked missing, just Discharge it.
• Because you "checked out" an item to an agency MISSING account, you Discharge it to return it to its home location.
• Click on Discharge/Checkin on the Common Tasks menu and scan the Item ID.

What Items Are Currently Missing???

• You can easily find out what items are missing that belong to your agency.
• Click on MISSING, HOLD... on the Common Tasks menu.
• Enter your agency 3 letter abbreviation + MISSING in the User ID text box and press Enter on your keyboard.
• You will see the Current user checkouts.

• This lists all items that have been checked out to your agency's missing account.
• You can resort the list by clicking on the column headings.