Beginning November 2000 books began receiving special barcode IDs that help us streamline the backlog procedure while also bringing our backlog into line with the backogs of other teams in the library. We continue to arrange books by date. In addition these sequential barcode numbers speed up the process because staff no longer need to sort books by the final four digits of the barcode. Finding an individual book is much easier because we can look in Orbis to retrieve the barcode ID and see when the book was sent to the backlog. Soon, as we continue to re-search books, the older arrangement will disappear.
Oversize books receive special treatment.
The provisional copy holdings record should appear. If the bibliographic record should be retrieved, press F5 to get the copy holdings record. This quick key command tells the computer to make changes in the copy holdings record that indicate the book's current status in the backlog. Repeat numbers 1-3 for each book. 5. Date Starting call number.