Adding an Item

Here’s how you can add an item to a bibliographic record that’s already in the system, and that’s new to your library. (The process is slightly different if you’re inputting additional copies to for a title you already own.)

Step One:
Search the catalog and select the record.

From the bib record screen, click on the Add Volumes in the upper left corner of the screen:

Step Two:
This brings up the Unified Editor.

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The first thing we are going to do is to take care of the volume part of the screen to add our call number and barcode.

• This book is nonfiction, so for this library the Classification Type is Dewey
• This call number does not have a prefix
• The system pulled the Dewey classification number in from the bibliographic record. You can replace it or edit it to match your library’s call number
• This item’s call number does not have a suffix
• The number of copies we are adding is 1, which is the default
• You enter the barcode

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Step Three:
Now we’re going to select a template and apply it

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The template set the values for all the fields that display in green. We can click on any of these to make changes.

Step Four:
Click on Create Volumes/Items to save the record. This will leave you on the bib record screen. Reload to see your new item.

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