Scope: Receive truck from the Shipping Room (Shipping Room staff may deliver packages to the front Acquisitions bar too).
Contact: Lisa Maybury
Unit: Monographs Receiving
Date last updated: 08/11/2022
Date of next review: August 2023
BEFORE PLACING BOOKS ON THE SHELVES:
* Correlate the invoice putting the total page on the top.
* EDI vendors will have EDI slips.
Place the slip with the invoice in the stack of books.
After receiving the books and paying the invoice this EDI slip can be tossed.
* Check the books against the invoice and verify everything was received that should have
been. Put the books in the order they are listed on the invoice.
* The information sheet needs to be date stamped and initialed. The amount of stacks or
books [i.e. 2 stacks] or [i.e. 3 books]. Type of order [i.e. Firm or Standing Order] & whether
or not it's an EDI invoice.
MONOGRAPHS:
* Regular FIRM orders with EDI invoices or not go on the shelves labeled "FIRM" in the
center of receiving.
MSOs (Monographic Standing Orders):
* ALL MSO's go on the standing order distribution shelf nearest to the receiving table.
SERIALS:
* WITH INVOICES - go on the shelves next to the MSOs
* WITHOUT INVOICES-go on the shelf in front of the Serials sorting table.
MAPS:
* Give ALL Maps directly to the Receiving Unit Supervisor.
* Give ALL Maps directly to the Receiving Unit Supervisor.
APPROVAL PLANS:
The Approval Coordinator handles ALL approvals with the exception of "specialized
languages"-see below. These books should not come on the receiving truck but occasionally
do. If they do, direct them to the Approvals Coordinator on the shipping label or
invoice. (These will be labeled with Approval Plan or Blanket Order). Watch especially for the
following vendors:
* Arthur Clark
* BERNAN
* Corner House Publishers
* Coutts
* Huntington Library
* Iberbook-Approvals only
* Lindsay & Croft
* Manhattan
* OECD
* RAND
* World Bank
HEBREW PUBLICATIONS:
Direct ALL Hebrew publications to the Hebrew specialist.
SLAVIC PUBLICATIONS:
Direct ALL Slavic publications to the Slavic specialist.
Direct ALL Slavic publications to the Slavic specialist.
PREPAYS, VIDEOS, DVDS, MICROFILM & MICROFICHE:
Give to the Receiving specialist. Watch especially for the following vendors:
* Amazon
* UMI (University Microfilms)-Proquest blue books & invoices
* ASME
* Asian Development Bank
Give to the Receiving specialist. Watch especially for the following vendors:
* Amazon
* UMI (University Microfilms)-Proquest blue books & invoices
* ASME
* Asian Development Bank
Lastly, when putting these on the appropriate shelf be sure they are in date order (oldest being
on the left hand side of the shelf). Shift to the left when needed.