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Date:         Tue, 21 May 1996 11:07:04 -0500
From:         Louise Diodato <ldiodato@ACS.STRITCH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Claiming late issues: hints for a manual system?

In addition to checking once a month, have your check-in person 'flag' a
card that needs claiming attention.  You can purchase little color flags
that slide on the card, but paper clips work well too.  Then your claimer
can look for the 'flags' and know that these need attention.  Good luck!

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On Tue, 21 May 1996, Liz Hardley wrote:

> Our serials receipt is not yet automated, and we subscribe to over
> 1000 journal titles. The serials assistant checks the cardex files
> each month for items we should claim for, but often we find we should
> have claimed sooner, or have failed to be alerted quickly enough that
> an issue hasn't arrived. We can't dedicate the serials assistant to
> checking the cardex more frequently because of all the other jobs he
> is doing. Until we become automated has anyone got any handy hints on
> the quickest way to be alerted to claims in a manual system.?
>
> Liz Hardley
> Collections Librarian
> Philson Library, School of Medicine
> University of Auckland
> Private Bag 92019 Auckland NEW ZEALAND
> Phone: 64-9-3737599 extn: 6126 Fax: 64-9-3737491
> l.hardley@auckland.ac.nz

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Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 12:21:23 EST
From: "JANET P. HEATH" <janhea@hsl.hsl.ecu.edu>
Organization: ECU Health Sciences Library
Subject: Re: Claiming late issues: hints for a manual system?

Liz:

   One thing I used was:  I don't know how your kardex check-in cards
are, but ours had the month at the bottom where you could see what
month it was without lifting up the individual cards, so I got hold of
some red colored plastic clips and everytime I checked-in an issue I would
move the clip to whatever month the next issue was due in.  That way
you could look down an entire drawer and tell at a glance what was overdue.
Whenever I claimed an title I would indicate it with a blue clip.

Hope this helps!!

Janet P. Heath
janhea@hsl.hsl.ecu.edu
Health Sciences Library
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC  27858-4354
919-816-2234; FAX 919-816-2224