TITLE>Holdings Procedures

Cataloging Practices Manual	[CPM-580]

ROUTING MATERIAL USING TRACKING NOTATION CODES

Holdings Procedures

BACKGROUND

Use this procedure to route material to another processing or acquisitions department, or within a department.

PROCEDURES

Item is being rerouted to another department or is being returned to an acquisitions department
1. Overtype existing tracking notation code with the code for the receiving department.
  Go to List of Tracking Notation Codes
2. Do not routinely change the priority unless asked to do so by a selector.
3. Do not add initials of any staff in the receiving department.
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	Examples:

		MPS discovers that an item needs original cataloging


        	        NOTES   MPS1  -----> OSMC1


	    	MPS discovers that an item is a duplicate.


                	NOTES   MPS2  -----> MAS2
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Item is being held for a period of time within a processing department--Add the initials of the person holding the book after the tracking notation code and a brief description of the problem.
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		Examples:
                	NOTES	 MPS3/dc/imb call no. check

                	NOTES    MPS3/imb - problem
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