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Checking and Sorting Student catalogusmai Searching--Check, Null

Check the following on each order:
  • Stamping and notations should have been done correctly. Catalogusmai searching should include notations with the date and initials.

  • Fund Codes must be correct.

  • Priority orders must have a purple priority flag.

  • Bookis the only format. Move any that are for non-book materials (DVD, VHS, Microform, plays, music CD, cassette, CD-Rom, DVD, and music scores) to the appropriate tray.

  • BIB Check, Dup null is recorded on the order. Move any that fit another category to the appropriate box.

  • Complex Searching / Special Handling itemsaren't included with these. This includes: reprints, replacement orders, added volume orders, and added copy orders. Put anything you find in the Complex Searching / Special Handling tray.

  • Special notations written onto the orders or included in the order, such as "only if no other edition" or "paperback," should be examined to insure that they have been appropriately considered. Re-search if necessary.

  • Problematic searching should be re-done. This includes orders with punctuation included in the title, with ampersands in the title, orders with typos in the title, and with very common titles.

  • Numbered series appearing on the order, must be searched using the Series Searching Procedure at Series Searching.

  • The work of new students must be examined even more carefully, to insure that they understand and are doing the work correctly. Re-do an additional random selection of their searching to insure that it has been done correctly.

  • Follow the Instructions for Specific Types of Book Orders at Specific Types of Book Orders.


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