Nolo Titles

Revised November 1, 2004

Nolo titles are kept for two editions. The current title is shelved in Open Reserve, with one previous edition shelved in the circulating collection. As Nolo is notorious for changing titles frequently, all titles are cataloged as monographs.  If the title has been cataloged as a serial, we will change the format when the new editions arrive.

Serials
When a Nolo title is received on the serials truck, the serials check-in staff will determine first if it has a serial control. If it does, the control must be deleted. Write the call number on a Post-it note, stick the Post-it to the book and send the volume to Acquisitions. If there is no serial control, send the volume to Acquisitions.

Acquisitions
A monograph record for the new edition is downloaded. Acquisitions will move the line 1 standing order from previous edition and create a line 2 for payment/receiving information. Line 1’s from previous fiscal cycles attached to the bib record of the old edition should be removed (unless these are firm orders). When order record is complete, send to Cataloging.

Cataloging
New title is cataloged as any other item. Type: NONCIRC; Location: OPEN-RES.  Catalog as a monograph, providing LC classification number as appropriate. Pull previous edition if any and recatalog as a monograph if it was done as a serial, including reclassification. Type: LAW-STKS; Location: STACKS-2, STACKS-3, or BASEMENT as appropriate.

When a third edition is received, follow procedures similar to case books and pull previous editions. Titles frequently change for these materials, and it would sometimes be difficult for a shelver to identify and pull the correct volume. To minimize this problem, cataloging staff will take on this responsibility.