Diane,

I will try to answer your question from a SIRSI stand-point. I was
thrilled like others to see The Christian Century become more regular in
their distribution. To do a pattern set-up for SIRSI, go under Modify a
Serial Control, put in title, select pattern, go down to publication
pattern, and click on the "gadget box" For Christian Century, choose Week,
put 2 in the box, and click on Sunday. When you click OK, you will see
your choices and have the option to go back if you do not like your
results.  Then with a actual copy in hand, ( just to be safe) go into
predictions and put in the information for the actual copy and choose
create predictions.

In general, SIRSI is pretty good with serials. The only problem may be
with custom holdings or patterns, which is where I lack experience.

Feel free to contact me if you have questions.

On 16 Jan 2002 at 15:08, Diane Brown wrote:

> 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
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Diane Brown
> Catalog Librarian
> Spokane County Library District
> dbrown@scld.lib.wa.us
>
> *This is not an official communication. All opinions are my own.*

Jean Moats
Patron Services, ILL and Serials Specialist
Everett Library
Queens College
moatsj@rex.queens.edu
704-337-2494