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Tips of the Week
OhioLINK PCIRC - Tips of the Week (Innovative)
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Tip of the Week - #001 (Cancel holds after 2 days with re-request)
Tip of the Week - #003 (How to lend materials through PCIRC/InnREACH)
Tip of the Week - #004a (Cancel holds with no re-request)
Tip of the Week - #004b (Different due dates in batch checkouts to off campus borrowers)
Tip of the Week - #005 (Inserting missing barcodes in virtual items - barcodes are essential)
Tip of the Week - #006 (Using the locations served feature to print notices)
Tip of the Week - #007 (Packaging Recommendations)
Tip of the Week - #008 (Receiving materials at the borrower's library)
Tip of the Week - #010 (No automatic selection of lender - multi-volume set?)
Tip of the Week - #012 (Transfer a request to another copy)
Tip of the Week - #013 (PCIRC statistics - where do they come from?)
Tip of the Week - #014 (Reporting "broken" records)
Tip of the Week - #015 (Handling items with multiple parts)
Tip of the Week - #016 (Multiple paging slips -- how to tell a hold notice from a paging slip)
Tip of the Week - #018 (Re-creating OhioLINK paging slips)
Tip of the Week - #019 (Correct Way to Band a Book)
Tip of the Week - #020 (What to do with those lovely blue envelopes)
Tip of the Week - #022b (Use only OhioLINK Approved Book Bands)
Tip of the Week - #023 (Paging slip counts)
Tip of the Week - #024 (Damaged in Transit)
Tip of the Week - #026 (Checking Out Items to Visiting Patrons)
Tip of the Week - #028 (What Happens If a Patron Returns a PCIRC Book Directly to the Owning Library?)
Tip of the Week - #031 (Marking Items as Non-Requestable in the Central Catalog)
Tip of the Week - #033 (Those Darn Microfiche!)
Tip of the Week - #034 (Patron Privacy)
Tip of the Week - #035 (Doing a Claims Return on a PCIRC Item)
Tip of the Week - #036 (Alternative Tip for Maintaining Locations Served Tables)
Tip of the Week - #037 (3 Digit Numbers)
Tip of the Week - #038 (Local date due cards removal)
Tip of the Week - #039 (Returning PCIRC Items to Their Owning Library)
Tip of the Week - #040 (Priority Dispatch courier issues and complaints)
Tip of the Week - #041 (Paging Slip Etiquette)
Tip of the Week - #042 (Returning PCIRC Items)
Tip of the Week - #043 (What is a Distance Learner and How Do I Serve Them?)
Tip of the Week - #044 (Waiting for the HOLD Book to Show Up)
Tip of the Week - #045 (What to Do with CD's in the Back of the Book?)
Tip of the Week - #046 (What the "Heck" is PCIRC and Other Terms?)
Tip of the Week - #047 (Checking out to Patrons)
Tip of the Week - #049 (Timing of the Requested Too Long List)
Tip of the Week - #050 (Managing OhioLINK materials on the Hold Shelf)
Tip of the Week - #051 (Shipping to Non-OhioLINK Libraries)
Tip of the Week - #052 (Renewing Items Past the 3 Week Loan Period)
Tip of the Week - #053 (What to Do with Multiple Paging Slips for the Same Book)
Tip of the Week - #054 (Requested Item, Different Version)
Tip of the Week - #055 (What Does Re-Request Mean?)
Tip of the Week - #056 (Handling Those Paging Slips)
Tip of the Week - #057 (Use Those Numbers!!)
Tip of the Week - #058 (Naked Books)
Tip of the Week - #060 (Please Don't Over pack the Bubbles & Bags!)
Tip of the Week - #061 (PCIRC Grace Periods)
Tip of the Week - #062 (The status of a PCIRC item on a patron record is 'returned'. What does this mean?)
Tip of the Week - #063 (No Copies Available)
Tip of the Week - #064 (Packaging Media Materials)
Tip of the Week - #066 (Annual Reconciliation: NO Invoicing)
Tip of the Week - #067 (Packing for Pickup Anywhere Versus Regular PCIRC)
Tip of the Week - #068 (No Barcode for a Pickup Anywhere Item At Pickup Location)
Tip of the Week - #069 (Procedure for HOLD SHELF for Media)
Tip of the Week - #070 (Accompanying Parts)
Tip of the Week - #071 (Renewing Pickup Anywhere Books)
Tip of the Week - #072 (Bubble Bags and Canvas Bags -- Knowing When to Let Go)
Tip of the Week - #075 (Adding new itypes, ptypes and status codes)
Tip of the Week - #076 (Non-library uses of the courier)
Tip of the Week - #077 (How do holds work at the Central Catalog?)
Tip of the Week - #078 (Can PCIRC books be put on Reserve at another OhioLINK Library?)
Tip of the Week - #079 (Damaged Books)
Tip of the Week - #080 (Rules of Etiquette for Removable Labels)
Tip of the Week - #081 (Handy Dandy List of Policies)
Tip of the Week - #082 (Banding PICKUP ANYWHERE)
Tip of the Week - #086 (Handling Visiting Patron Checkouts)
Tip of the Week - #089 (Hold Shelf Timing)
Tip of the Week - #090 (Using 3-Digit Location Numbers on ALL Bands)
Tip of the Week - #093 (Where to find all "Tips of the Week" and even more PCIRC Information)
Tip of the Week - #094 (Returning Pickup Anywhere Items)
Tip of the Week - #095 (Putting Local Information on Bands)
Tip of the Week - #096 (Guidelines for Usage of OhioLINK-supplied PCIRC Supplies)
Tip of the Week - #098 (Heavy Packages)
Tip of the Week - #099 (Patron Block Table)
Tip of the Week - #100 (Subject Wording for PCIRC Messages about Supplies)
Tip of the Week - #101 (Labels for Canvas Bags)
Tip of the Week - #102 (Checking out to Patrons)
Tip of the Week - #103 (Virtual Record Cleanup)
Tip of the Week - #104 (Bed Bug Procedure for OhioLINK books)
Tip of the Week - #105 (How to properly band materials before packaging)
Tip of the Week - #109 (Do Not Seal Bubble Envelopes)
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