Document processing – New Acquisitions

New Acquisitions started off the ‘Documents’ Path Optimization Implementation’ project in 2012 by checking the catalogued material less extensively. Descriptions already in use by other libraries will no longer be verified by the ‘checkers’.

In late 2012, Information and Collection specialists started assigning subject indexing (basic classification and possibly keywords) and location numbers during the selection phase instead of nearer the end of the process (i.e. after the cataloguing phase). The New Acquisitions team has started to add subject indexing and location numbers that were already available to the title description or the copy section.

In addition, preparatory work has been carried out in order to be able to assign serial numbers (as part of the location number) and generate labels, so that books and other material can be delivered shelf-ready (secured and labelled) to reading rooms and faculty libraries as of 2013.

These new procedures have also been adopted by the Periodicals Group.