Serial Cancellations for 2008

SAS has placed a spreadsheet for submitting cancellations for 2008 in the Shared Directory (U share). The folder in the Shared Directory under TSAD 0607 with the title, “Cancellations for 2008.” Please submit titles as soon as you know you would like to cancel. This will help spread the workload of canceling throughout the year. […]

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SAS Pending Work

SAS is now making information available about the orders and material on hand in the Department. The data will be updated weekly and will include information about the orders and material to be processed as well as the problem reports submitted. Please let us know if you would like to see additional information on this […]

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New Database Trial: Mass Observation Online

Mass Observation Online From the publisher: The Archive of Mass-Observation, a pioneering social research organisation, has been described as a “treasure trove”, “an invaluable resource for sociologists and cultural historians” and “a fascinating source of precious data for researchers across the widest range of disciplines”. It has been used by anthropologists, cultural and social historians, […]

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Online Order Forms

We have had a number of requests to allow selectors to submit minimal information in the title field of the online order form while supplying an OCLC number in the notes fields.  We’re looking at the processing for these online order forms in an attempt to accomodate that change. Although we think it will be […]

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SAS Manual

The Serials Acquisitions Services Manual has been posted on the TSAD webpages. Please let Chris Lentz or Alan Schaplowsky know if you have any comments or would like to see another procedure listed there. The URL is: https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/staffweb/units/tsad/sas/manual/index.html […]

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Head, MAS Search

With all of the strategic planning and the changes in processing and acquisitions models that we have been discussing, I have decided that it would be best to step back to get a broader perspective on our needs in acquisitions and technical services. It would be best to have many of the issues under discussion […]

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