Acquisitions Information

• Flags
• Minimal Level Records
• OPR's

Flags are being placed in new monographs to indicate:

• Added copies
• Added volumes
• Browsing
• Hold & Notify
• Business Ref
• Math Ref
• Reference
• Science Ref
• Rush

Flags are no longer used for juvenile materials. Acquisitions codes the Copy Holdings record cl,ch

MINIMAL-LEVEL NOTIS RECORDS

The Acquisitions Department creates several types of minimal-level (brief) records in NOTIS:

1. Records to be used for cataloging when there is no appropriate record in OCLC.

These are the only Acquisitions minimal-level records which we edit. On the Copy Holdings Record they are coded STATUS a (for in process) or STATUS h.

Other minimal-level records used only by the Acquisitions Department are:

1. Blanket Order records
2. Membership records
3. Series Standing Order records

These three categories are used for acquisitions processes such as claiming. All three have the following characteristics:

On the Bibliographic Record: D/S S (to suppress the record in OPAC) DT/1 ???? On the Copy Holdings Record: STATUS c (not to be cataloged)

Cataloging Department