SCILS
South Carolina Information and Library Services Consortium
 


 

 

SCILS Policies
 


 General Information | Forms |Academic Reserves | Acquisitions | Cataloging | Circulation and ILL | Reports | Serials |
 

General Information

 

Forms

All forms are in Word 2003 format.

Adding or Changing Check-out Policies Form

In-transit Form-Sample 1(no item information)

In-transit Form-Sample 2(Item information)

Lost Book Form-Sample

 

Academic Reserves  

Reserves Policy for SCILS - General information; placing an item on reserve; searching for a bibliographic title record; what to do if a bibliographic title record already exists or does not exist; cataloging standards for entering a brief reserve title record; adding an item record; creating a reserve control record; adding reserve records; removing reserves.

Acquisitions
Coming Soon

 

Cataloging

Cataloging Standards for SCILS - Standards for original records; discovery of substandard cataloging; brief vs. on-the-fly records.

Searching the SCILS Database and OCLC - Finding the right record; what to do if a record exists in SCILS; how to look for records; copy cataloging standards.

Basic Marc Fields Policy for SCILS - Overview of basic MARC fields.

Format Specific Policies for SCILS - Format specific policies for videocassettes/DVDs, sound recordings, electronic resources, monographic serials, and mixed media.

Editing Records Policy for SCILS - Guidelines for revising, enhancing or correcting elements of a bibliographic record.  Explains what part of a record can be changed by whom (owning library vs. other library).  

Monographic vs. Serial Policy for SCILS - Defines monograph series; searching for records; special considerations.

Duplicate Records Policy - Required searches for duplicate records; how to determine if a record is a duplicate; serial vs. monograph records; deleting or transferring records.

Item Record Policy for SCILS - Locations and item types; class schemes for call numbers; creating call numbers.

Discarding or Withdrawing Records Policy for SCILS - Discarding or withdrawing records using the checkout wizard; reports concerning discards.

Authority Records Policy for SCILS - Overview of authority records and individual responsibility.

Smartport Settings for SCILS -Setting for when using Smartport in Sirsi
 

Circulation and Interlibrary Loan

Patron Policy for SCILS - New user registration; remove user; user search; patron extracts/loading; patron system purge.

Circulation Item Functions for SCILS - Coming Soon

Interlibrary Loan Policy for SCILS - ILL requests; how to check out ILL items.

 

Reports

Reports Policy for SCILS - Setting properties to view/print/email reports; choosing reports; templates; problems; deleting finished reports.

 

Serials
Coming Soon
 


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