2:00 – 3:15 Thursday August 29th

 

Price per issue – there is a $50.00 limit.

If item is over $50.00 whose approval is needed to order the item? This is a gray area.

Carol believed it was Kendra, Doug believes it is collection management (selectors).

            Budget constraints probably prohibit this.

 

Workflow: Kendra creates request for backorder. Carol processes it. If Carol gets a response from the publisher, she then contacts Kendra with the cost of the item. Kendra then contacts the selector to see if he or she wants to spend the money on the item. If the answer is yes, Kendra forwards this back to Carol to reorder the item.

 

            Some sort of response to “request for backorder” would improve workflow.

 

Some items, when the backorder or claim comes in from publisher, are not marked as such.

 

When a claimed item arrives, Daniel will bring it to Doug to process it or put it in the Pres/Bind bin labeled appropriately for Kendra.

 

Kendra should try to differentiate between a binding claim (i.e. we have 1,2, & 4 and want to bind) and a non-binding claim.

 

Rule of Thumb

1 year old or more should be backordered.

Less than 1 year old should be claimed.

                       

Erasing backorder notes:

If resource services get the item, they clear the note. Doug said they would not do this in the future.

 

            Preservation pays for the preservation copy while the selector pays for the “main” and microfilm copy.

            This set up can be problematic for technical services: claiming can be a mess.

            We should investigate the possibility of ordering the Pres/Bind copy pre-bound.

Currently there are 80 – 90 items; if the test project works it will be expanded.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Robert Parker