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