There are valid cases for aborting a transit and usually aborting the transit function is available on the action list when an item record is displayed on the screen.
Aborting a Transit from within the Transit List screen.
From the Transit List screen select the transit(s) you wish to cancel. Select Actions for Selected Transits → Abort Transits.
The transit is canceled. It will still display in the list, but if you re-click Retrieve Transits the screen will be refreshed and the item will no longer display as a transit, and the item will have a status of Reshelving.
Cancelling a Transit at Checkout
If an item with status of In transit is to be checked out, you can override the block by clicking Abort Transit then Checkout.
Notes: Sometimes mis-scanning happens when you check in an item. Occasionally the mis-captured barcode number happens to be a valid item of another library. This sends the item in transit wrongly. To correct these mistakes libraries need to regularly access their Transit List and abort the invalid transits.
It is good practice for libraries to inform the owning library if an item with special status, e.g. checked out, missing, lost etc., is sent in transit by mis-scanning.
Some transits can not be cancelled/aborted, such as items with a previous status of Missing. Such items have to be checked in at the owning library.