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17 Item information

Request
17
Response
18
Set
core
Position in BX
10

With this command a device asks what it needs to know about an item before doing anything with it: what it is called, where it belongs, whether it is charged out, whether it may be handled at a unit at all. Nothing is booked.

A return unit asks this to recognise before check-in whether an item belongs in a sort bin or on its way to another branch. A self-checkout unit asks it to refuse reference stock before the patron packs it away.

Request 17#

17<timestamp><AO...><AB...><AC...><XK...>
Field Length Required Content
timestamp 18 yes date and time on the device
Identifier Required Content
AO yes institution identifier
AB yes item identifier
AC no terminal password
XK no type of item identifier: BAR, ACC or UID

Type of item identifier#

As with the patron card, an item can be named in three ways:

Value Content of AB
BAR barcode number as per the barcode specification
ACC accession number as held by the library system
UID serial number of the RFID transponder in the item

If XK is missing, the setting configured in the library system applies. The information matters especially with RFID: A device reads both there – the printed barcode number from the label and the UID of the transponder – and only the device knows which of the two it is currently sending.

Response 18#

18<circulation status><security marker><fee type><timestamp><AB...><AJ...>
  <AH...><AQ...><CK...><CH...><AF...><AG...><XZ...>
Field Length Required Content
circulation status 2 yes state of the item, see below
security marker 2 yes type of security, 00 unknown
fee type 2 yes type of any fee incurred, 01 other
timestamp 18 yes date and time on the library system
Identifier Required Content
AB yes item identifier from the request
AJ yes short title, optionally preceded by the author
AH no due date if the item is charged out
AQ no location the item belongs to
CK no media type
CH no item properties
AF no message for the screen
AG no message for the receipt
XZ no transaction number of the item

The circulation status#

Value Meaning
01 other, state not further determined
02 on order
03 available
04 charged
05 charged, not to be recalled until earliest recall date
06 in process
07 recalled
08 waiting on hold shelf
09 waiting to be re-shelved
10 in transit between branches
11 claimed returned
12 lost
13 missing
14 not lendable at all
15 not lendable at a unit, only at the desk

Values 01 to 13 come from SIP2. The last two are extensions of this profile, and for a practical reason: SIP2 has no value for "must not be issued in self-service". Without it, reference stock would have to be reported as 03 available and the checkout refused only in the next step – by which time the patron would already have packed the book.

Value What the device does
14 refuse the item, show "reference stock"
15 refuse the item, refer to the circulation desk

Example#

1720260728    143012AOBVS|AB1140360000123|XKBAR|AY3AZF37B<CR>
1803000120260728    143012AB1140360000123|AJEnde, Michael: Momo|AH25.08.2026|AQCentral library|CK001|CH|AF|AG|XZ12345|AY3AZDE11<CR>

The item is available (03), is called "Momo" and belongs to the central library.

Whether the author travels along in AJ is a setting of the library system. If it is set, the author precedes the short title, separated by : – SIP2 has no field of its own for it. The colon separates unambiguously, because a subtitle is not part of the short title. Without the setting, and where no author is recorded, the field holds the title alone.

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