Finding the History of an Item
These instructions are for when you need to view the detailed history of an item; when an item was last checked out, and where it was checked back in.
Required Role: Any library staff
1. Search for the Physical Item. You can search by barcode, title etc…
2. From the Physical Item record, click the ellipse button, and select Items from the drop-down menu.
3. Open the History tab from the Physical Item Editor screen. You can also limit the history to just fulfillment activities with the radio button. This will identify who checked the item out.
View of all Item changes:
Important note: The detailed history from Aleph will not move over to Alma.
Basic usage counts will transfer:
- Number of loans
- Last loan date
- Number of in-house uses
- Last in-house use date
All are in the Physical Item record.
To view basic usage counts:
Click on the Other details link at the bottom of the Physical Item record.
The highlighted data will include usage from Aleph.
