ACQNET: Cancelled orders reports

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:58:39 -0400
From: Nick Vincelli (UNC-Chapel Hill) <vincelli_at_email.unc.edu>
Subject: Cancelled orders (notifying bibliographers vs. reports)

Greetings:
We are considering ceasing the practice of returning order packs (i.e,
the original request from the selector coupled w/the order file copy of
the purchase order) to notify selectors that their orders have been
cancelled.  Instead, we are planning to train selectors to generate
lists/reports in our automated system (III Innopac, to be specific) so
they can identify which orders have been cancelled.     

We would like to know if other library acquisitions departments have 
adopted a similar approach--i.e., shifting the responsibility of cancelled 
order notification from acquisitions staff to the selectors (by requesting
that they generate reports from whichever automated system that is being
utilized) and your experience w/such an approach.  Thank you in advance
for your feedback.

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Nick J. Vincelli, Order Librarian
Davis Library, Acquisitions Dept. (CB #3902)
The University of North Carolina @ Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
(919)962-1120 / fax: (919)962-4450
vincelli@email.unc.edu / http://www.lib.unc.edu/
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