General Procedures
Unidentified receipts ("mystery titles")
Checking status of bill-later / standing order titles acquired through EBSCO
Alma Procedures
Ordering a new print subscription
Receiving print subscriptions (serials check-in)
Indicating enumeration and chronology in Alma
MARC holdings records (monographs and serials)
PO Line Maintenance
Manual vs. Auto renewal on PO Line
Special situation — periodical with regular supplements on same record
Special situation — parent / child periodicals paid on one PO Line
Special situation — memberships or combinations with multiple publications
Special situation — pocket parts and loose-leaf updates
Useful Links
SERIALST discussion list & archives
xISSN History Visualization Tool — From WorldCat, generates a chart showing the history of a journal with a given ISSN
ANSI/NISO Z39.71-2006 (R2011) Holdings Statements for Bibliographic Items