RE: question about order numbers

["Marcia Lewis" <LewisM@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Since the ISBN number is used for ordering books and must/should be
accurate, we usually search by ISBN when an item is received to find the
short bib and order record that the catalogers will overlay. If there
are problems then we try by title, etc. If the acquisitions librarian
sees problems or discrepancies, she will write down the bib or order
number down but usually catalogers find it faster to search by ISBN.
Marcia Lewis
Loveland Public Library


-----Original Message-----
From: Merry, Lois [mailto:lmerry@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:58 PM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: question about order numbers

Hi,

Beginning this fiscal year, we will be using Millennium Acquisitions.
It looks like we will have to write the order
number on a slip of paper for each book as it is received so that
cataloging can overlay it with the OCLC record.
This is the step we chose, but it seems a cumbersome task for our
acquisitions department and we were wondering whether 
anyone had devised a faster, more efficient way to match each book and
its order number.  What is your work flow for materials 
as they move from acquisitions to cataloging?  We could use some
alternative ideas.  Thanks.  

Lois Merry                                      lmerry@xxxxxxxxxx
Head of Technical Services              603 358-2738 
Mason Library
Keene State College
229 Main St.
Keene, NH  03435-3201


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