Re: Check in/maintain/catalog serials Lisa Pate 27 Apr 2011 18:15 UTC
Thank you for the suggestion! I will look into this further and see if it is something that could potentially fit into our budget. Lisa On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:28:26 +0000 Barbara Dietsch <barbara.dietsch@DUKE.EDU> wrote: > Hi there, > > You might try a stand-alone check-in system such as >Surpass . I used it at my last job, and for the most >part, it was bug free. It's not too expensive. See >http://www.surpasssoftware.com/ I don't know if they >still offer the check-in package. Take a look. > > Barb > > *************************************** > Barbara Dietsch > Acquisitions Manager > Duke Medical Center Library > Box 3702 > 103 Seeley Mudd Bldg > Durham, NC 27710 > tel: (919) 660-1110 > fax: (919) 660-1188 > barbara.dietsch@duke.edu<mailto:barbara.dietsch@duke.edu> > *************************************** > > >From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum >[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilma Dague > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:21 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Check in/maintain/catalog >serials > > Another option is to use Ebsco's local check-in feature >if the is your vendor. > > Best regards, > > Wilma Weant Dague > Serials Coordinator > Benedictine College Library > St. Benedict's Abbey Library > Atchison, KS 66002 > > wdague@benedictine.edu<mailto:wdague@benedictine.edu> > >From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum >[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Anne >McCaffrey > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 1:09 PM > To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU > Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Check in/maintain/catalog >serials > > I agree with Judith. I used to check in serials on the >Kardex until we went to Innovative Interface Systems. >Their checkin module for serials is excellent and, as >JUdith stated, your information is immediately updated >and one can claim missing issues. Why not try it? There >is nothing to lose. > > Regards, > Anne > > > Anne McCaffrey > Advanced Senior Library Assistant > Library/Technical Services > extension 5024 > fax 3374 > >>>> "Koveleskie, Judith" >>>><kovelesk@SETONHILL.EDU<mailto:kovelesk@SETONHILL.EDU>> >>>>04/26/11 1:27 PM >>> > Why resist using the ILS? I had a system similar to >yours when I started > here and couldn't see the advantage to setting up the >module for check-in > on the ILS. After I did it, I can't imagine going back. >Your OPAC is > instantly updated, a list of potential claims is >generated, and overdue > issues can be projected. I also took the "trouble" to >update the > cataloging using OCLC. It will take some time, but I >say, "Go for it!" > > > Judith A. Koveleskie, MLIS, MA > Periodicals Librarian > Seton Hill University > Reeves Memorial Library > 1 Seton Hill Drive > Greensburg, PA 15601-1548 > kovelesk@setonhill.edu<mailto:kovelesk@setonhill.edu> > 724-838-7828 > This document may contain confidential information and >is intended solely > for the use of the addressee. If you received it in >error, please contact > the sender at once and destroy the document. The >document may contain > information subject to restrictions of the Family >Educational Rights and > Privacy and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Acts. Such >information may not be > disclosed or used in any fashion outside the scope of >the service for > which you are receiving the information. > > > > > > > > On 4/25/11 9:16 PM, "Lisa Pate" ><lpate@UNM.EDU<mailto:lpate@UNM.EDU>> wrote: > >>Hello everyone, >> >>I have just started a serials manager position in a small >>academic library that currently does not use the ILS to >>check in serials. We are currently using a series of >>cards for each periodical/newspaper. As such, these >>serials are not cataloged similarly to the rest of our >>holdings. I am wondering: (1) What methods other small >>libraries use to keep track of serials? (2) Is there a >>better, automated method of keeping track of these >>serials >>outside the ILS? (3) Any suggestions as to getting our >>serials collection into a simpler, electronic system? >> >>Thank you, >>Lisa Pate >>Library Information Specialist II >>UNM Valencia Campus Library >>505-925-8992 Lisa Pate Library Information Specialist II UNM Valencia Campus Library 505-925-8992