Proposal UB Leipzig and SLUB Dresden

Outline

• Description:
  • The receiving of periodicals is time consuming, because the caption and other metadata values must be entered manually for each issue (item).
• Proposals:
  • The receiving of periodical issues should be supported by the automatic creation of the caption and by the integration of standard metadata per subscription.

General description

• Automatic creation of caption value by the “subscription caption information” in the app Orders (02 Abonnement-Verwaltung (Zeitschriftenbearbeitung) - Funktionsanalyse)
• Automatic creation of additional metadata value by the “subscription standard information” in the app Orders (02 Abonnement-Verwaltung (Zeitschriftenbearbeitung) - Funktionsanalyse)
  • Basic call number, Loan type, Location …
• Enable configuration of table titles according to the subscription information in the app Orders
  • Each institution should configure the columns according to its specific demands
• Integration of additional notes (inventory, order notes, …)
  • Title notices: Include notes in the instance, which are valid for all subscriptions and to avoid redundant information in the subscriptions
  • Improve the field “Receiving note”: It should be possible to structure the notes to enhance the interpretation of several notes
• Integration of warning messages
  • For each subscription it should be possible to define warning messages to inform users about very important information.
  • For example:
    • to alarm users that the last issue of a year has been received and that the expected issues for the next period  needs to be created
    • individual warnings, that the subscription needs to be renewed for another instance. In Germany, there is a catalog for periodicals which determines, if a new instance is created.