Add "Mark Item Missing" to the Actions Menu
It would be useful to have a "Mark Item Missing" selection available in the "Actions" menu for Item Records. Not only would this be more convenient for staff who are unable to locate an Item that was not on the Picklist than navigating to the Details page and manually changing the status there, but hopefully this could be implemented in such a way that staff don't need the Item Records - Modify Header - Cataloging permission just to mark an Item Missing.
Phil Agnew
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Joy Houser
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This is critical. We currently have items that go unclaimed at the hold shelf and the only way to mark them missing now is to log in to that branch, check the item in, and then manually mark as missing. This takes so much time and it would be much easier to have this option from the Action menu, or as an option in the Holds section on the Patron profile in leap. Please consider this!
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Phil Agnew
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Hey, Gabrielle!
That's a big part of it, but it's also an attempt at streamlining the "Missing" process. Typically, circulation staff (who are the ones who notice when items are missing) open Item Records on the Circulation tab, even if they do have access to Modify Header, so it would reduce the number of clicks slightly. I suppose it would be even better if "Mark Item Missing" were added to the Actions menu on the Bib Record, so that staff could check a box next to their item and mark it "Missing" without needing to open the Item Record at all... or maybe even having a dedicated button for "Missing", since that action is likely to be performed by staff who don't regularly use the Actions menu for other functions. I took another screenshot of a Bib Record to demonstrate what I'm talking about there.
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Hi Phil,
To help me better understand the problem you're trying to solve: is the main priority of this enhancement to avoid giving staff the Modify Header permission when all they need to be able to do is change the circulation status?
