Sorting and Updating Items Leaving Collections Services Workflows
Scope: Describes sorting and updating Alma transit status for items leaving Collections Services (CS) Smith Warehouse workflows and going to Duke University Libraries and Divinity School Library shelving locations.
Contact: @Natalie Sommerville
Unit: Resource Description
Date last reviewed: Nov 19, 2025
Date of next review: Dec 12, 2025
Lilly, LSC New, Perkins/Bostock (non-Rush)
Place item on relevant book truck
No further action needed. Monograph Acquisitions staff move items out of the work order when trucks fill up and are ready for shipping.
Divinity School Library, East Asian Collection, LSC Returns, Music Library (non-Rush)
Update transit status by moving item out of CS work order; e.g. by scanning item to “Done”
Refer to last section of the documentation for Changing Item Status with Scan In for how to do this item-by-item
All locations (Rush)
Place item on rush book truck
No further action needed. Monograph Acquisitions staff move rush items out of the work order after completing shelf preparation.