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Acquisitions done innovatively: streamlining workflows within the Acquisitions department

Husain, Amjad
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2017
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Acquisitions, Workflow, Efficiency, Load profiles, Saved global updates, PDA title de-duplication, Spine labelling, Weeding books, Bradford University, Library
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In the last 10 years the University of Bradford Library Acquisitions Department has shrunk from 13 members of staff to 5. This has led to us embracing new technology to help streamline workflows within the department. As well as utilising EDI functionality, changing processing workflows and using shelf-ready books, we have devised innovative ways of dealing with everyday tasks. Topics included cover: PDA deduplication; spine labelling on a large scale; the weeding of discarded books; using saved global updates on incoming MARC records and using load profiles innovatively.
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Husain A (2017) Acquisitions done innovatively: streamlining workflows within the Acquisitions department. Taking Stock. 26(1): 6-8.
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