When purchasing serials for Houghton—whether on a yearlong subscription, or for individual issues—we use the PO Line Type: Print Journal One Time. The rationale for this is that we don’t process our very few serials on a rolling basis with system-generated prediction and claiming mechanisms.

All other aspects of the process follow typical patterns, including the addition of the object code 7023 for special collections serials.

When paying a serials invoice, do not “receive” the material in Alma unless it is in fact physically present.

An individual issue ordered and physically received with an invoice is received, but a subscription payment is not. The first issue of a serial received serially is given the item record created in the ordering process, with the receiving date indicated.

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