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ACS Workflows: Acquisitions

Premarking at Time of Receipt

Receiving staff will begin pre-marking books as needed to expedite cataloging workflows.

This includes:

  1. Edge-stamping on top of spine
  2. Edge-stamping on bottom of spine
  3. Applying security strips

Locations that should NOT receive pre-marking include:

  • Ricker Art & Architecture books
  • Illinois History & Lincoln Collections
  • Rare Books
  • Music
  • S-Collection Children's Award winners
  • Maps – note: Atlases and "book" forms are still pre-marked and cataloged in Acquisitions