Thank you for the suggestion!  I will look into this
further and see if it is something that could potentially
fit into our budget.

Lisa

On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:28:26 +0000
  Barbara Dietsch <barbara.dietsch@DUKE.EDU> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> You might try a stand-alone check-in system such as
>Surpass .  I used it at my last job, and for the most
>part, it was bug free.  It's not too expensive.  See
>http://www.surpasssoftware.com/  I don't know if they
>still offer the check-in package.  Take a look.
>
> Barb
>
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>From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
>[mailto:SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilma Dague
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:21 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Check in/maintain/catalog
>serials
>
> Another option is to use Ebsco's local check-in feature
>if the is your vendor.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wilma Weant Dague
> Serials Coordinator
> Benedictine College Library
> St. Benedict's Abbey Library
> Atchison, KS 66002
>
> wdague@benedictine.edu<mailto:wdague@benedictine.edu>
>
>From: SERIALST: Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum
>[mailto:SERIALST@list.uvm.edu] On Behalf Of Anne
>McCaffrey
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 1:09 PM
> To: SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SERIALST] Check in/maintain/catalog
>serials
>
> I agree with Judith.  I used to check in serials on the
>Kardex until we went to Innovative Interface Systems.
>Their checkin module for serials is excellent and, as
>JUdith stated, your information is immediately updated
>and one can claim missing issues.  Why not try it? There
>is nothing to lose.
>
> Regards,
> Anne
>
>
> Anne McCaffrey
> Advanced Senior Library Assistant
> Library/Technical Services
> extension 5024
> fax 3374
>
>>>> "Koveleskie, Judith"
>>>><kovelesk@SETONHILL.EDU<mailto:kovelesk@SETONHILL.EDU>>
>>>>04/26/11 1:27 PM >>>
> Why resist using the ILS? I had a system similar to
>yours when I started
> here and couldn't see the advantage to setting up the
>module for check-in
> on the ILS. After I did it, I can't imagine going back.
>Your OPAC is
> instantly updated, a list of potential claims is
>generated, and overdue
> issues can be projected. I also took the "trouble" to
>update the
> cataloging using OCLC. It will take some time, but I
>say, "Go for it!"
>
>
> Judith A. Koveleskie, MLIS, MA
> Periodicals Librarian
> Seton Hill University
> Reeves Memorial Library
> 1 Seton Hill Drive
> Greensburg, PA 15601-1548
> kovelesk@setonhill.edu<mailto:kovelesk@setonhill.edu>
> 724-838-7828
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> On 4/25/11 9:16 PM, "Lisa Pate"
><lpate@UNM.EDU<mailto:lpate@UNM.EDU>> wrote:
>
>>Hello everyone,
>>
>>I have just started a serials manager position in a small
>>academic library that currently does not use the ILS to
>>check in serials. We are currently using a series of
>>cards for each periodical/newspaper. As such, these
>>serials are not cataloged similarly to the rest of our
>>holdings. I am wondering: (1) What methods other small
>>libraries use to keep track of serials? (2) Is there a
>>better, automated method of keeping track of these
>>serials
>>outside the ILS? (3) Any suggestions as to getting our
>>serials collection into a simpler, electronic system?
>>
>>Thank you,
>>Lisa Pate
>>Library Information Specialist II
>>UNM Valencia Campus Library
>>505-925-8992

Lisa Pate
Library Information Specialist II
UNM Valencia Campus Library
505-925-8992