Summary: This procedure outlines how catalogers working on Special Collections (SPC) materials can page already cataloged materials from SPCs for review at their desks when needed for cataloging purposes.
Creating a request
- Using the library's OPAC, navigate to the bibliographic record for the item(s) you'd like to request.
- Under "Status" click the purple "Get It" button.
- Clicking the "Get It" button will redirect you to a webpage with a summary of the bibliographic information and a link in green that says, "Request the item."
Ignore the text above the link that mentions "viewing in the SPC Reading Room" as this overridden by Covid protocols and the fact that it is a cataloger requesting the materials for use at their desks.
- Clicking the "Request the item link will prompt you to login in. Select the logon option for MSU Students, Faculty, and Staff using your MSU NetID and password.
This procedure was composed by Special Collections staff in fall 2021 for use in the Sierra-backed OPAC during COVID-19 protocols. It may be temporary and is subject to change.
Materials are checked out to the individual cataloger in SPC's Aeon system. Each cataloger is responsible for the care and return of materials to SPC.
Return envelopes, call number flags, and all associated paperwork with the materials to SPC, even if those need to be updated because of a change in call number, etc. as SPC reuses these materials.