Koha-Library-Management-System/C2/Add-Subscription-in-Serials/English
Visual cue | Narration |
Title Slide | Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on How to add Subscription in Serials. |
Learning Objectives | In this tutorial we will learn:
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To record this tutorial, I am using
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Pre-requisites |
To follow this tutorial, learners should have knowledge of Library Science. |
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Pre-requisites |
You should have Koha installed on your system.
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Narration only | In an earlier tutorial, we had learnt How to catalog Serial subscriptions
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Show Koha interface
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Login with the Superlibrarian user name and the password. |
As explained in an earlier tutorial:
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As explained in an earlier tutorial, create a new vendor for the serials subscription.
I will give the name Mumbai Journals Supplier. Then I have added an email id - mumbaijournals@gmail.com Remember to check the check-boxes for-
These details will be used later in this tutorial. Likewise, you have to fill in the details of your vendor. |
Pictorial representation of the Journal
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Here is the screen-shot of the Journal that we have to subscribe.
All details shown here are the ones I will be entering in my Koha interface. |
Koha interface | Let us go to the Koha interface. |
On the Koha homepage, click on Serials | Now on the Koha homepage, click on Serials. |
Click on ‘+New Subscription’. | On the page that opens, click on ‘+New Subscription’. |
Cursor on Add a new subscription (1/2)
(One of two) |
It will open another new page that says Add a new subscription (1/2)
Here, we will be prompted to fill some details. |
For Vendor-
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For Vendor-
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Now click on the OK button on the right side of this field.
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The same page, Add a new subscription re-opens.
Do not close this page as this will be used again later in the tutorial. |
Cursor on Record
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Next is Record-
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Cursor on
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Under these blank boxes are two tabs:
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Cursor on Search for record
Cursor on Create record |
In case, the record already exists, then click on Search for record.
Else, click on the tab Create record to create a new entry for the respective serial. |
Click on the tab Search for record. |
In an earlier tutorial, we have already cataloged a serial with the title-
Indian Journal of Microbiology
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Cursor on Catalog search
For Keyword enter Microbiology Click on Search |
A new window, Catalog search opens.
In the field for Keyword, enter Microbiology. Then, click on Search button at the bottom of the page. |
Cursor on Search results from 1 to 1 of 1,
Cursor on Title- Indian Journal of Microbiology Publisher- Springer ISSN-0046-8991 |
A new page, Search results from 1 to 1 of 1, opens.
It has the following details as entered earlier: Title- Indian Journal of Microbiology Publisher- Springer ISSN- 0046-8991
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Click on Choose
Cursor on number 33. |
Next, click on Choose button at the right corner of the table.
The same window closes and the details entered appear on the page- Add a new subscription (1/2), in the field for Record
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Cursor on
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Moving on, I will leave the following as they are. |
Narration Only | Note that by default, Koha selects
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Cursor on
When there is an irregular issue: Skip issue number Keep issue number |
Next, I will also leave the following as they are. |
Narration Only | Note that by default, Koha selects: Keep issue number |
Cursor on Library
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Let’s proceed.
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Cursor on
Public note Nonpublic note |
If required you may fill in the-
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Cursor on Patron notification:
From the drop down select Routing List |
Next is Patron notification:
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For Location: >> select On Display | For Location: from the drop-down, I will select On Display. |
Grace period: >> select 15 day(s) | For Grace period: I will select 15 day(s) |
Number of issues to display to staff >> 4
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For Number of issues to display to staff: enter 4.
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Click on Next | After entering all the details, click on Next button at the bottom of the page. |
Cursor on Add a new subscription (2/2), | A new page, Add a new subscription (2/2), opens. |
Cursor on Serials Planning:
Subscription start date: >> 01/01/2017 Subscription end date: >> 01/12/2017 Numbering pattern: from drop-down, select Volume and Number Locale: >> English |
For the section, Serials Planning, enter the following-
Subscription start date: enter 01/01/2017 Subscription end date: enter 01/12/2017 Numbering pattern: from the drop-down, select Volume and Number
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Cursor on table for Volume and Number
Pause the video and fill the details |
Next, enter the following for the table for Volume and Number.
Begins with: Number= 1 Inner counter: Number 4 |
Click on Show/Hide advanced pattern | However, if you want to change the pattern-type, then click on Show/Hide advanced pattern |
Cursor on Modify pattern
Pause the video and fill in the entries |
To edit the entries, click on Modify pattern button at the bottom of the Advanced prediction pattern table.
Note that Pattern name should be: Volume, Number Numbering formula should be: Vol.{X}, No.{Y} |
Point to the table entries as per narration | In the table Advanced prediction pattern,
Koha, by default, selects values for 1. Label:
2. Begins with :
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Click on the Test prediction pattern button. | Now, click on the Test prediction pattern button at the bottom of the page. |
Cursor on Prediction pattern. | Prediction pattern will appear on the same page towards the right side. |
Cursor on
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Prediction pattern will show the details of-
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Click on Save subscription button. | Lastly, click on Save subscription button at the bottom of the page. |
Cursor on-
Subscription for Indian Journal of Microbiology. Cursor on-
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A new page Subscription for Indian Journal of Microbiology
with the following details opens:
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Click Planning | Click on the tab Planning |
Volume = 57 and Number= 1
Volume=99999 and Number=4 |
Check the following
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Next click the tab Issues
Cursor on
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Next click the tab Issues
This will show the following details-
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Narration Only | With this the Journal subscription is added successfully. |
Narration only |
Purpose of adding Subscription of Serials is for keeping track of-
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Log out from Koha
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You may now log out from Koha.
Click on Spoken Tutorial Library and select Log out from the drop-down |
Narration Only | This brings us to the end of this tutorial. |
Summary slide.
In this tutorial we learnt:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learnt:
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Assignment
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Assignment
Add a new Subscription for Journal of Molecular Biology |
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Acknowledgement
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This is Bella Tony from IIT Bombay signing off.
Thank you for joining. |