Ordering workflow

  1. New serial subscriptions are initiated by library specialists
  2. Library specialists complete and submit the New Print Continuation Request form
  3. Serial Acquisitions Unit member picks up form from Outlook mailbox: Serials Orders
  4. Unit member places order with vendor or publisher
  5. Export record from OCLC
    1. If no record exists in OCLC, then create a PROVISIONAL record
    2. Overlay with OCLC record
  6. Open record in ACQ module using OCLC #
  7. Create Holding record
  8. Create Acquisition Order record
  9. Create Subscription record for serials and annuals (if Order type is Serials)
  10. Wait for Item(s) to Arrive
    1. Create pattern in CAT Holdings record
    2. Expand pattern in SER
    3. "Arrive" issue(s)
  11. Future Issues Arrived using Periodical Arrival workflow

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