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Scope: This document outlines the process that Library Technical Services (LTS) serials receiving staff follow when receiving an issue or a volume of a serial title. This procedure does not apply to RMC serials.
Contact: Paul Heckathorn Joanna Cerro
Unit: Serials Management
Date last reviewed: 2023.01.27
Date of next review: 2023 Sept. 092026
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A. Newspapers
B. Periodicals (published at least twice a year)
C. Serials (published annually or less frequently) and Monographic Series cataloged as serials
D. Special Formats
E. Cheat Sheet (Excel spreadsheet with check-in and physical processing information)
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A. Newspapers
Mark nsp on the upper left corner of the front page. Place on the Newspapers-Maps/Microforms LTS distribution shelf for Acquisitions Services.
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B. Periodicals (published at least twice a year)
Titles for the stacks of Olin/Uris, Asia, Icelandic, Maps, and Olin/Uris Reference:
-Mark in pencil the location and call number of the title on the upper left corner of the front cover. If the cover is of matte paper, mark directly on it; otherwise, apply and mark on an adhesive label. Place on the LTS distribution shelves for Acquisitions Services.
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Titles for Mann Library:
-As noted in check-in record for selected Mann items: mark inside front cover, barcode, create item record and send to bookmarking.
Titles for JGSM Current Periodicals section/Hotel: Latest issues held in:
-Write ILR and call# on sticker,insert printout of Receiving note and highlight portion that says "Latest note/flyer to indicate latest issues held in Management
Library, Sage Hall."
-These periodicals should go straight to Sage Hall rather than to ILR first (as of Oct. 2021)., or Nestle Library.
Titles for the Rare & Manuscript Collections:
-Check-in. Do not mark. Send directly to the Rare & Manuscript Collections in a campus envelope
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C. Serials (published annually or less frequently) and monographic series that are cataloged as serials
Soft cover titles for the stacks of Olin, Asia, Icelandic and Uris:
- Mark in pencil the location, call number and coverage on the upper left corner of the cover.
- Do not send to be bookmarked; place on the LTS distribution shelves for Acquisitions Services..
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Spiral bound titles for all locations:
-Follow the same procedure as for the hard cover titles.
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D. Special Formats:
CD-ROM processing (for CD's included with book when the book is being barcoded):
- With permanent marker, write call# and enum/chron on CD. Place back inside book.
- On bookmarking slip, write "CD in book." Barcode/create item record for book itself, but not for CD. Place on serials bookmarking cart.
E. Cheat Sheet (Excel spreadsheet with check-in and physical processing information)
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