Is there a way to track library items that are used in-house?
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In-house loans are recorded when an item is scanned but not checked out (a non-circulating item that is used by a patron, then scanned and re-shelved by staff, for example). A typical workflow for in-house use stats include staff members scanning in books that have been found on tables but not checked out of the library or on loan. When staff members return an item that does not have a loan, Alma indicates as such:
Each time a return is made for the item that does not have a loan, an in-house use is registered:
It is also possible to retrieve the information pertaining to in-house use in Alma Analytics:
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