Receive a serial issue
Discover how to locate and receive a serial issue in WorldShare Acquisitions.
Once you've found the serial (via Discover Items), then:
- Use the Issues screen to manage and receive issues from current subscriptions.
- Use the Item Copies screen for a comprehensive view of your serial holdings and the ability to edit them.
Note: Serials data migrated from an ILS into WMS does not show up on the Issues screen, so all current subscriptions must be manually added via Manage Issues.
Serial issue workflow
- Create (add) issue
- Created by any WMS Acquisitions library
- Start receiving
- Indicates you plan to start receiving
- Triggers claiming notices
- Set publication pattern
- Receive issue
- Received by any WMS Acquisitions library
Before receiving
- You must have a copy (local holdings record) for the title to receive issues. You can add copies (local holdings records) on the Copies screen. See Create copy (local holdings record) for more information.
- The issue must appear on the Receive Issues tab. If it does not, it must be added. Add issues on the Manage Issues tab.
Note: When you add issues using Manage Issues, this becomes global data. See Manage global issues for more information.
Receive issue
- Search for the serial in Discover Items in the left navigation.
- From the search results, click the serial's title.
- On the Issues screen, click the Receive Issues tab.
- Locate the issue you want to receive. In the issue's Action column, click Receive.
- The Receive Issues window appears, listing the library's shelf copies (local holdings records) for the title.
- On the Receive Issues window, there are two ways to receive an issue:
- Enter a barcode, which automatically receives the issue.
- Check the Received box without entering a barcode.
- Click Save.
- The Copies Received column shows the copy has been received.
- An issue is created for the copy (local holdings record), which appears on the Issues and Copies screens (under Holdings for Selected Copy).