I am also interested in how SIRSI handles serials procedures.  We currently
have DRA and since TAOS is dead, we are looking at new systems, including
SIRSI.

Buddy Pennington
Document Delivery Librarian
Kansas City Public Library
md_buddy@kclibrary.org
816-701-3552

-----Original Message-----
From: Diane Brown [mailto:dbrown@SCLD.LIB.WA.US]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:08 PM
To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
Subject: Pattern setup, was Re: Hooray for pub patt change

Gerre Wescott (WESCOTT@LYCOMING.EDU) wrote: "...in Library Solutions, I can
go into the serial record editor and under 'regularity pattern' pick '
omitted' 'every month' 'fifth Wednesday'.  This is after I have previously
picked a 'count' of '24' and a 'frequency pattern' of 'weekly'..."

Steve Black (blacks@MAIL.STROSE.EDU) responded:  "...the "omit" feature is
only present in Voyager in some patterns.  Many, including all the weekly
patterns, do not have "omit" or "combine" programmed in..."

Can anyone tell me how Sirsi's Unicorn handles this?  Or how the serials
client works in general?  Likes/dislikes?
--Diane
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Diane Brown
Catalog Librarian
Spokane County Library District
dbrown@scld.lib.wa.us

*This is not an official communication. All opinions are my own.*