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Collection Management Procedures: Serials - Checkin

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Checkin Box Statuses

Status (from Sierra Help Overview of Checkin Card Fields)

(Box) The Status of a particular issue. Status values for an issue are stored in the 963 field, subfield 1. Possible values are:

E "EXPECTED" - The issue has not yet arrived at the library. Expected issues can display as:
  • "LATE" if the value of Days before claim has been exceeded. If a number appears immediately after the word "LATE" (e.g., "LATE1", "LATE2"), it is an indication that the late issue has been claimed that many times.
  • "CLAIMED" if the issues have been claimed. The number following the word "CLAIMED" is an indication of how many claim letters have been sent for the issues.

Note that issues displayed as "LATE" or "CLAIMED" still have a Status of "EXPECTED".

A "ARRIVED" - The issue has arrived in full and has been checked in.
P "PARTIAL"- Not all of the expected copies have arrived and been checked in.
M "MISSING" - The issue was checked in but is no longer in the library's collection.
B "BOUND" - The issue has been bound. This status may have a number indicating how many copies have been bound, e.g., "BOUND 2".
T "TO BIND" - This issue has been sent to the bindery.
S "BIND PREP" - The issue is in the binding preparation area.
R "REMOVED" - The issue was checked in but is no longer in the library's collection.
O "OUT OF PRINT" - The issue is no longer in print.
U "UNAVAILABLE" - The issue is unavailable.
L "NOT PUBLISHED" - The issue has not been published.
N "BLANK" - The issue has not been checked in and is not expected, e.g., the issue may not have been published. If the checkin card has a Status of "BLANK", the Note field displays in the checkin card in place of the Status field.