Serial Control

Overview

Serial Control wizards accomplish the main goal of serial control, which is to manage the receipt and status of the library’s serial collection. Constant updating of the records is needed, since record keeping is the basis of serial control. Serial Control WorkFlows uses the following types of information to manage serials: title records, serial control records, prediction records, receipt records, claim records, and routing records. The Serial Control Configuration wizards are used to create and modify pattern templates used for receiving serials, gather statistics about control records, and track claims and claim responses.

Serial Control Wizards

The following serial control wizards can be used to perform a variety of serial control functions.

Vendor Wizards

Serial Control wizards access vendor records. For information about creating and modifying vendor records, see the Vendor wizard topics.

Miscellaneous Wizards

The Item Search and Display wizard, Check Item Status wizard, and Help and Print buttons also appear on the toolbar.

Set Properties may appear as the first step of some wizards. Click OK to accept the default values.

Serial Control Records

The following types of records are used by the Serial Control module.

Related topics 

Getting Started in Serial Control

Duplicating a Serial Control Record

Linking Controls to Either Orders or Vendors

Receive a Different Issue

Receive a Predicted Issue or Different Copies

Receive without Prediction

Setting Up Serial Control Titles

Using Distributions

FAQs: Claiming Serials

Removing Serial Issues

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