Overview of Tasks
Serials includes many of the tasks found in other Horizon processes, but works specifically with periodical publications. These are the main tasks that you can perform in Serials:
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Create copy records. Serials Control must have an entry for every subscription to a title. |
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Create prediction patterns. Horizon helps you keep track of when and how many issues should arrive. If certain issues do not come in as expected, you can use that information to make a claim for lost or missing issues in a shipment. If a shipment is late, Horizon can automatically generate a claim for each overdue subscription. |
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Checking in issues. As shipments of serials arrive, you can use Serials to check in the issues and make their information part of the database. This helps you track those issues as they are placed in the library and checked in and out by patrons. |
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Track inventory. You can generate a current inventory of all your serials holdings. |
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Track vendors. You can use Serials to keep information about vendors in your database. If you need to change serials subscriptions, the vendor information can help you contact the vendors who can change the subscriptions for you. |
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Acquisitions link. Serials lets you view purchase order information from Acquisitions and use that information in Serials to start predicting arrival of new issues. You can attach and detach information from purchase orders directly in copy records. |
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