I don't see how you can tell selectors they must fill a quota of book
orders each week.
If my in-basket gets very full, those orders I can't get to that week just
have to wait until the next week. There are some days I have very few
orders, and that works fine since that gives me time to do receiving or pay
invoices.
ELEANOR COOK wrote:
>
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:11:27 -0400
> From: Karl E. Debus <debus_at_library.wisc.edu>
> Subject: Order Submission Limits for selectors
>
> Hello,
>
> The University of Wisconsin Madison has recently instituted recommended
> weekly minimum and maximum order limits for our selectors to send to
> Technical Services.
>
> We've done this in order to ensure a constant, regular flow of orders to
> the acquisitions staff as well as to allow the materials budget to be spent
> evenly throughout the year. We are trying to ensure that our budget is not
> spent during an end of the year "crunch period."
>
> The limits were calculated by fund based on the numbers of orders sent to
> technical services last year. While our final numbers are not scientific,
> we did factor in the current strength of the dollar against other
> currencies as well as inflationary increases for our serials.
>
> The order staff are required to keep a count of orders by fund submitted to
> them during the course of the week and those pending at the end of the
> week. We also generate a weekly order report from our integrated library
> system that totals the number of orders placed by the staff by fund.
>
> If a selector does not meet the minimum threshold, I remind them to send
> more orders to Technical Services. If they flood us with orders, I remind
> them to regulate their order selection.
>
> I am wondering if any other libraries have explored minimum/maximum limits
> for order placement. Please tell me how you handle this and what successes
> or failures you've had.
>
> Thank you,
> Karl
>
> Karl E. Debus
> Acquisitions Coordinator
> General Library System
> University of Wisconsin - Madison Libraries
> Phone: (608) 262-2619
> FAX: (608) 262-4861
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