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Creating a vendor record

Contributed by jls
updated by Mary Gilbert: 6/23/08
  1. Open the Acquisitions/Serials module.
  2. Click on the Administration node in the left pane. This has the pencil holder icon on it.
  3. A list of functions will appear in the left pane. Click on Vendors. The vendor panes will appear in the upper and lower right panes.
  4. The upper pane, or Vendors, will allow filters to be set. To see only your campus filters, type your campus location code with an asterisk in the Sub–library field. For College Park, this would be CP*, for example. Click Go; this will reconfigure the list so that only CP vendors will appear.
  5. Click the New button in the upper right pane.
  6. This will open a vendor template in the lower pane, which is now the active pane.
  7. Type the new vendor information in the appropriate fields. Don't forget to use all three tabs, as necessary. Click Update.
  8. Move to the upper pane. The new vendor code should already be in the search field. Click Go.
  9. The new vendor should now be highlighted at the top of the vendor list. Click the Address button.
  10. Fill in the appropriate fields and/or address tabs. Click ADD.

Remember: all vendor codes must start with the two character sub-library prefix.

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