BTECH minutes - 11/2/95

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BERKELEY TECHNICAL SERVICES DISCUSSION GROUP
MEETING MINUTES
November 2, 1995

Recorder: Pam Daniels
Guest: Tonette Mendoza

Announcements

INNOPAC RELEASE 9 will be available on Monday, November 6.  During the
installation on Saturday, the system will be unavailable for use.
Information on what new enhancements are available will be distributed on
the listserv for CHECKIN.  Please share this information with your
colleagues.

Judy Walker and Linda Turitz will be contacting branches to determine
individual needs for training in serials technical processing.  If you
have any specific questions relating to serials processing, contact Judy
or Linda.

Interested staff members are encouraged to attend the next training
workshop "Computers at Work" offered by the University Health Service in
the Tang Center.  Barbara Pottgen,  the course instructor,  will review
the health concerns associated with computer use as well as protective
measures to prevent computer-related health problems.  Handouts are
available regarding exercises to relieve computer-related aches and pains
as well as how to step up a user-friendly workstation.  Sue Miller
recommended that these handouts be available on the Web.  A brief
discussion relating to NEC printer problems and INNOPAC busy records was
held.  Comments on the issues addressed will be directed to the Systems
Office and to the Technical Services Department.

Requests to be added to the listserv for CHECKIN and the reflector for
BTECHGRP can be directed to Pam Daniels via e-mail.
Agenda

Training session (Creating Boolean lists in INNOPAC) - Pam Daniels
There are five slots available for the November 6th session at 1pm.  If
you haven't reserved your seat,  contact Pam Daniels via e-mail..  Staff
are reminded to name Boolean lists,  including "sav till" a particular
date with your initials.  Expired files will be deleted..  The training
sessions will go over the basics to creating as well as explain how to run
a complex Boolean searches.  Karen Murphey suggested that the procedure
for Renaming Boolean files be included in the BRANCH PROCESSING MANUAL.

Introduction of Circuit Rider - Tonette Mendoza
Tonette explained her role as Circuit Rider for monographs being similar
to the roles of Judy Walker and Linda Turitz for serials.  Tonette will be
available for GLADIS training, problems,  and explanations on how the
systems work.  If you encounter a database problem,  send a message via
e-mail to datmain@library (DATABASE MAINTENANCE) for urgent requests for
corrections.  For other requests, send a printout of the problem via paper
directly to Tonette.
There was discussion regarding PromptCat workflow and procedures.  Records
for books ordered through PromptCat are recognized by information entered
in the V/C as the *c (charged) or as the *u (discharged) subfield as
"pcat" in the GLADIS BRIEF DISPLAY.  See below:

Your search for the Title: SELECTED TOPICS IN APPROXIMATION
retrieved 1 title.
===> br
FORMAT: BK    LEVEL: t    ISBN: 0195080599  GLADIS#: 84241463H
LANG: eng     CNTRY: nyu  LCCN:             MOD: 951102/PCT

ME:	Kowalski, Marek A., 1953-
TI:	Selected topics in approximation and computation / Marek A.
	Kowalski,
	Krzysztof A. Sikorski, Frank Stenger
IM:    New York : Oxford University Press, 1995
CO:    p. cm

	CALL: QA221.K69 1995
	 MATH 
	  ORD: *n648010 *o09-14-95 *vACBC *p66.19
	  V/C: *upcat 951102 *lC05362511

Records that are level "f" are full level records..  Records that are
level "t" are low level records, waiting for record upgrade via OCLC
service BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTIFICATION.

Any problems encountered when reviewing new book receipts from the Catalog
Department via PromptCat should  NOT  be corrected by branch staff.
Report all problems to Armanda Barone,  Copy Cataloging Division.

Branch Processing Manual (BPM) on the Web - Pam Daniels
Four procedures of the Serials section of the BPM are nearly completed.
Procedures on  "Requests for New Serials Cataloging",  "Successive
Entries",  "Post-Cataloging Processing"  and  "Check-in"  will be the
first sections to be mounted.  Some images of check-in records, check-in
boxes,  and forms used for serials processing still need to be scanned and
added to the document.  Once all the HTML markup work is complete and the
documents mounted,  the URL address will be announced.

Steve Mendoza recommended that a section on Uncataloged Titles be added to
the procedure on "Requests for New Serials Cataloging".  At present,  the
cataloging decision "Uncataloged" is not an option.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 a.m.