Section III, Chapter J
Rush and Notify Items
1. RUSH CATALOGING
1.1 Arrival and distribution
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1.2 Approvals and Firm orders
Rush request for an item which has been received on approval or as a firm order is distributed to a number of designated staff members via email.
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After the item is cataloged it is hand-carried to the Marking Table. All formats of a rush mixed media item should be delivered together to the Marking Table. If no Preservation staff member is available at the time of delivery, rush items are delivered to the designated Copy Cataloger (morning), the Database Management Associate Catalogers , the Metadata/Copy Cataloging Team Lead (afternoon), the designated Senior Copy Cataloger, or the Preservation Librarian, all of whom are cross-trained to mark materials in all formats.
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For items which require commercial binding, use the following procedure: catalog as usual; pencil the control # a few inches above the bottom edge of the t.p. and affix barcode to back inside cover. Write (in pencil) above barcode: "Send to Commercial Binding when discharged." Needs to go in CIRC NOTE in the Item Record. Deliver item as instructed in section 1.4, as though it were a RUSH hardback. Once item has been returned to Circulation and checked back in it is sent to Commercial Binding.
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After the item is cataloged it is delivered to the high priority shelf by the Marking Table.
Prepared by: Jiun Kuo
Last updated: September 20, 2011
Index Terms: Rush cataloging, rush items, notifies