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See also: /wiki/spaces/LibraryTechServices/pages/59104220

Background

In order to check items back in ("return items"), and for other functions, Alma requires users to change their "Currently at" circulation location to match the Library ownership of the item being processed. For example: when returning WID items, the operator must select Widener Library - WID Circulation from the location list in the upper-right hand corner of Alma. Due to the nature of shared services and pseudo-libraries, many users must therefore have access to multiple library circulation desks in order to fulfill work functions. The need to switch locations for certain pseudo-libraries has created workflow issues and processing delays in some cases (FAL-RUB; LAM-DOC,POE,MIC) where the libraries/locations in question are actually functionally managed by a different library.

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