[670] in ad-lib
Re: workflow problems--I mean, opportunites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sarah Mitchell)
Wed May 24 09:47:47 1995
To: Ann B Whiteside <abw@MIT.EDU>
Cc: ad-cat@MIT.EDU, bog-lib@MIT.EDU, fleish@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 May 1995 15:47:00 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:46:58 EDT
From: Sarah Mitchell <smitchel@MIT.EDU>
Carol Robinson and I talked about this after the open staff meeting.
I think this is both an ad-cat and bog-lib agenda. I don't know who
is empowered to make the final decisions since updating status for all
titles going through the system will have its impact on staff time wherever
it is done.
>
>BINDERY BACKLOG
>
>With overnight ftp-ing of OCLC records into Advance, we
>need to account for the time between cataloging a record
>and the item's stay in the bindery. Is there a need for
>temporary location information, to be updated on receipt by
>processing librarians in public service units?
>
>****Ray's point is well taken. Temporary locations will be changed via
>status and action codes. I have begun to look at status codes and
>have asked BOG to begin discussing how we should handle them. One of
>the big issues for public service people has been knowing where a book
>is at a given time during its processing and cataloging. I am not
>necessarily advocating that a book be updated at every point along its
>journey, but this issue is worth discussing, especially in light of
>the cross functional implications.
>Ann
