Editing Subscriptions

Occasionally, it is necessary to edit a subscription to account for a changes in distributions, receiving templates, end dates or date offsets.

To make any of the following edits, first:

• Search the catalog for the relevant title
• From the Serials menu, select “Manage Subscriptions”

You may add a new distribution to a subscription if your library purchases an additional copy of a title as part of the same subscription. To add a new distribution:

• Click “Add Distribution”

• Select the “branch” the new copy will be “distributed at”; this will typically remain as the default value
• Add the appropriate “label”
• Choose the correct receiving template
• If the copy will be routed to a particular person or department enter the recipient in the box labeled “Send to” (optional)
• Save the new distribution

If there is a change in how a subscription's items are handled, the subscription may require a new receiving template. For example, if a serial was previously shelved in the reading room is moved to t he reference collection, a new receiving template would be needed. To change the template:

• Choose a new template from the “Receiving Template” dropdown menu

• Click “Save” to retain the changes

You may add, change or delete the subscription's end date at any time. To do so:

• Click on the calendar icon next to End Date
• Choose the appropriate date from the calendar
• Click to save the subscription

The date offset is the number of days before (-) or after (+) the scheduled publication date that you anticipate receiving each issue of a title. You may add, edit or delete this value by editing the field on the subscription page. For example, to indicate that the title is received 5 days AFTER the scheduled publication date, enter “+5 days.”

• Click to save the subscription