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2. Add the volume and year to the holdings statement in Inventory.
3. Click Save and close when done. Click the X in the upper left-hand corner to exit the holdings record, which will bring you back to the Instance.
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Creating an item record
1. From the Instance record, click on Add item.
2. Fill in relevant information including Barcode, Material type (required) and Copy number (this will generally be 1 for serials).
3. Scrolling down will bring you to Permanent loan type which is also a required field.
4. There is no need to fill in the Location field, since it will auto-populate once the item record is created. 
5. When done filling in the appropriate fields, click Save and close.
6. From the Instance record, clicking Chronology in the Item records display will allow you to sort chronologically. This will allow you to see the item record you just created.