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Records for items expected to arrive from Southeast Asia on the NPAC plan (usually for Echols) are entered solely to prevent duplication by firm orders.  A purchase order should be created and that will serve as a placeholder for Requestor or Receiving instructions. 

1. Create a new purchase order.
2. Select “Approval” from the TYPE field. 
3. In the ORDER LOCATION, SHIP TO and BILL TO fields, select “LTS Approvals”. 
4. Enter the vendor code as NPAC
5. Import the bibliographic line item.
6. Leave the price at $0.
7. Select “ECHO”as the item location.
8. In the fund code field, enter LOOK.
9. Enter the requester information in the REQUESTOR note field. Example REQ:bm123@, Bat Man.
10. Approve the PO but do not print or send it to vendor via EDI. This PO does not need to be sent to the vendor.
11. In the Holdings screen, add a subfield “x” after “Ech” in the 852 field, and  type ‘XBO REQ see PO’.