MAS & SAS are continuing to pay invoices for electronic resources, serials & periodicals, and firm ordered material. We are not sending out orders, however, we are establishing orders for electronic materials. Please let me know if you have any questions. […]
Category: CERM Information
Orders on 2006/2007 funds
This is just a reminder that all orders for routine material to be ordered on 2006/2007 funds already should have been submitted to TSAD. You may continue to submit orders for Reserves, Rush/Priority 1, and Electronic Resources. These orders should be submitted using the paper forms. Please do not submit Reserves or Rush orders via […]
Vendor Assignments
There are many factors that go into the selection of a vendor for materials. This note does not attempt to be comprehensive about the issues taken into account but will highlight some of the important considerations. For domestic material, Columbia has agreed to send orders for current US imprints to our primary domestic vendor. In […]
Online Order Form
I am sorry to report that the online order form is not yet ready for general use. With Gary on the disabled list and Evelyn away on vacation, we are not in a position to handle the background processing required to put this service in place. Please bear with us as we work through the […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Online Order Form
We are in the final phase of testing the online order form. Paula has entered several order requests for us and we are walking these through the processing steps. Procedures are being written and staff will be working with orders in the coming weeks. We expect to have the form available to all selectors next […]
Fund Expenditures
The statistics regarding expenditures through 02/28/07 are posted on the TSAD website. The update included information about both format and ledger summaries. Please let Joyce know if you have any questions. https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/cu/libraries/staffweb/units/tsad/selectors/index.html […]
EBSCO Statistics password
The password for EBSCO statistics has changed (the old one was not working). The EBSCO interface in Meridian has been updated with the new password. […]