This section discusses settings for circulating items that are not cataloged.
Evergreen offers two ways to circulate an item that is not in the catalog:
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Pre-cataloged items (also known as on-the-fly items) have a barcode, as
well as some basic metadata which staff members enter at the time of checkout.
These are represented in Evergreen with an item record which has to be manually
deleted or transferred when it is no longer needed.
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Non-cataloged items (also known as ephemeral items) do not have barcodes,
have no metadata, and are not represented with an item record. No fines
accrue on these materials, but Evergreen does collect statistics on these
circulations.
