Applicability Date

This date represents the date when Serials should begin predicting issues, not the date when the title was first published or the date when you first started receiving the title. This means that you should enter a date that makes sense for Serials to use to predict future issues. (For example, if you started receiving a monthly title on 06/15/2003, then you should enter “01/01/2003” as the applicability date from which Serials should begin predicting issues.) To display holdings for issues received before the applicability date, edit the summary of holdings display. (For instructions, see Editing Summary of Holdings .) These are the most important factors about applicability dates:

If a title has more than one run, the runs should have the same applicability date.
If the publisher changes the frequency at which they publish the title and you need to edit the prediction setup, create a new prediction setup and enter a more recent applicability date. This new date will override the existing date and cause Serials to use the new prediction setup.
Remember that the applicability date is not necessarily the date when the title changed frequency or the date when you started receiving the title with the new frequency. This is the date that makes sense for Serials to use to predict future issues.

 


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