Staff must verify availability of the item, avoid duplication and ensure timely receipt. Once received, they are sent to Columbia where they are cataloged and processed. Returned to Spartanburg, they are checked, stripped and stamped, and put on the New Books shelves. Most books for the Spartanburg collection are cataloged in Columbia, however, records are updated in-house. New additions to serial holdings are added, for instance, and books are also withdrawn.
Archival material is evaluated here and pre-processed.
In addition, books that need attention are evaluated and if possible, repaired in-house. If in-house repairs are not possible, they are sent to the bindery. Serials include periodicals, newspapers, annuals, numbered monographic series and others. USC Spartanburg subscribes to approx. Keeping track of title changes, suspensions, cancellations, gifts, and missing issues is an additional challenge.