[Koha-bugs] [Bug 31168] New: Temporary Item Locations

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=31168

            Bug ID: 31168
           Summary: Temporary Item Locations
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           Product: Koha
           Version: 21.11
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Cataloging
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: cbrannon at cdalibrary.org
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org
                CC: m.de.rooy at rijksmuseum.nl

There is a needed item field when it comes to locations.  Right now, if you put
in a permanent location, if an item is returned, the location is temporarily
changed to the cart location, and then back.

However, there are other scenarios that are getting overlooked.

Sometimes an item lives on a new books shelving location.  Sometimes it lives
on a display.

These locations are temporary, and these items eventually have to make their
way back to their permanent shelving location.

There is no field for a temporary location, so we end up using the permanent
location.  And because we do this, we are unable to automate the process of
setting it back to its regular shelving location when it is time, because there
is nothing for the automatic item modifications by age tool to look at to
determine what the permanent shelving location needs to be changed too.

I propose that a temporary shelving location field be added, where we can
select from the shelving locations the place that it will live for a little
while, and the permanent shelving location can be set where it will usually
live.  We can then use the automatic item modifications by age tool to set this
back after a set time.

Ideally, it would be better if we could automate this from the record itself,
perhaps setting a temporarily shelving location cutoff date.  Otherwise, the
temporary shelving location is only good as long as a rule exists for it in the
tool.  Having the cutoff date in the item record would make this extremely easy
to use.  Maybe fore a little extra, we could have a couple buttons next to the
field with pre-defined (in preferences) lengths of time.  For example, one
button for New Books, and another for Displays.  Click whichever button, and it
would set the date x days from today based on the pref.  Or you could manually
pick a date from a date picker as to when it would revert back.

Once that date comes around, that temporarily location can either be cleared or
remain, but the permanent shelving location is displayed past the date.

If a date is not entered, the temporary location is used indefinitely.  And of
course, if there is no temporary shelving location, the permanent location is
used.

Some of this could be done in stages, if not all at once, but this would be a
fantastic step forward for libraries that utilize temporary placement and
shelving.

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