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Binding Schedules for Monographs and Serials
Binding information for monographs
Binding information for serials/periodicals
Binding Information for Monographs
In the Online Catalog, you will find only the notation AT BINDERY. To see this information go into the Catalog. Search for the title you are interested in. Note the STATUS "at bindery".
Example:
| LOCATION | CALL # | STATUS |
|---|---|---|
| SCIENCE 3rd FLOOR | QC355 .S82 | AT BINDERY |
For more detailed status information use Millennium to search for the title you are interested in. In Millennium, in the item record there are 4 status codes used (fixed field 20), "j", "k", "l", and "". Each indicates where a shipment is in the binding shipment cycle.
A regular shipment is sent to the bindery bi-weekly on Fridays. The regular binding shipment cycle is approximately 25 days.
Rush books (those rush ordered and cataloged as well as those sent for binding from reference departments) are sent out with the next bi-weekly shipment cycle, either "j", "k", "l" or "y". The rush binding shipment cycle is approximately 15 days.
Intersession rush binding is a special binding shipment sent during the May and December intersessions. The shipment consists of items from reference and other special collections.
For more information, please contact Monographic Processing, 965-3949.
For return date information on status D, E, or F, please go to the
Government Documents binding schedules page, or contact Government Documents.
Binding Information for Serials/Periodicals
In the Online Catalog or Telnet, staff mode, to find out if a serial or periodical was sent to the bindery, go into the Catalog. Search for the title you are interested in. Click on the link for that title. Click on Latest Received. Look for the notation, TO BIND. The date following TO BIND on denotes the date of the shipment to the bindery. A shipment is sent to the bindery bi-weekly on Fridays. These issues are unavailable, even if the date you see is a future date.
Serials/periodicals requiring rush binding are sent out with the next bi-weekly shipment cycle. The rush binding shipment cycle is approximately 15 days.
Intersession rush binding is a special binding shipment sent during the May and December intersessions. The shipment consists of items from reference and other special collections.
Example: Issues sent to the bindery will be designated by the notation TO BIND in the corresponding boxes.
When the shipment has returned, the books are processed and the status is changed from TO BIND, to BOUND. The date in the box then reflects the date the shipment returned.
For more information, please contact Serials Holdings Maintenance, 965-6024.
Page last modified: August 16, 2007
