SCILS
South Carolina Information and Library Services Consortium


 

 

SCILS Policies


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

General Information

If you are looking for procedures/how-to's/step by step directions on HOW to do something that is under the SCILS Only( username and password required) page, under Sirsi Procedures.

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

Acquisitions policy for SCILS - Contains a glossary and policies on fiscal cycle, funds, vendors, orders, invoices, claims, cancelations, and year end roll over.

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 - Check in/out, renewals, bills, add a brief title, change item ID, mark missing/lost, deletions, and Ephemeral checkouts.

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
Serials Policy for SCILS - Cataloging and Bibliographic Standards for Serials; Format, Cancelling and/or Removing Serials, and Tab settings.


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


 


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