Recently ordered titles

I got a question today from two members of our staff:

"A guy came to the desk looking for the Jan. 2006 copy of Addiction. In ALADIN, it gives no info on our holdings and says we have 1 copy ordered as of 8-10-05. What's up with that?"

If you look up Addiction in the catalog, it shows you this:

Title: Addiction
Publisher/Date: Blackwell
ISSN: 0965-2140
Primary Material: Periodical
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Location: AU: LIB Periodical Stacks
Call Number: No call number available
Order Information: 1 Copy Ordered as of 08-10-05
Number of Items:
Status: No information available

Addiction is a new title. It has been ordered, but we have not received any issues yet. Had we received any issues, the catalog would have shown some holdings. There was a problem with this order, which is why it hasn't arrived. You can tell the patron that it is on order but has not arrived yet.

Don't forget to do an e-journal search if we do not have something in print. In this case, the Jan. 2006 issue of Addiction is not available, but we do have older issues of the journal.

Never be hesitant to ask your supervisors these kinds of questions. If we are not around, just send us an e-mail.

Shifting!

We will be shifting the entire periodicals collection soon! Stay tuned.

You will need to see how the compact storage unit works. If you have not already done so, ask David or Harvey and we will show you how it works.

Desk Statistics Part II

We will be collecting additional statistics at the desk for the next two weeks. There is a separate form for these statistics. There are two columns in the form. The first column, People Helped, corresponds to the Total Patrons column in the original statistics sheet. The People Who Required Desk Specific Services column should be a count of all of the patrons who require services that are only provided at the Periodicals Desk. This is a count of people, not checkouts. Ask if you have any questions.