Re: Cdate in order record

[Rich Aldred <raldred@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:47 PM 12/19/2000 -0600, Patricia Thompson wrote:
>This doesn't make any sense to me at all, because I don't see why we should
>have to update order records in order to make something "cataloged." But I
>need to find out from you all how you get that date in there. Has anyone
>found a fast and efficient way? Our catalogers normally work in Catalog
>Database Maintenance. In order to modify an order record we would need to
>be in the Ordering and Receiving Subsystem. How do you manage that? Do you
>run lists of cataloged titles and then rapid update the order records? 

Pat,

Our procedures here at Haverford College are that the Cataloger, in Update
Mode, fills in the CDATE in the order record.  This suppresses the
information from the public catalog.  It only takes a couple key strokes,
and it means we can notice any special instructions there.

Rich Aldred
Catalog Librarian
Magill Library
Haverford College
370 Lancaster Ave.
Haverford, PA 19041
raldred@xxxxxxxxxx
(610)896-1273 (phone)
(610)896-1102 (fax)
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