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Acquisitions Abbreviations

 

This list is primarily for reference; staff should spell out notes in Voyager whenever possible. Do not use any abbreviations that have not been generally accepted by the whole department. The below abbreviations do not include MARC 21 coding definitions, such as series treatment codes in a series authority record. For those definitions, see the Cataloging Index.

ac added copy
appl approval
AV added volume
bo backordered (vendor report)
c.1 copy 1
cl claimed (sometimes seen as variations like cl;t, cl:d) (obsolete)
ct class treatment
ct=anal class treatment analyzed
ct=cst class treatment is class separately, traced
ct=mvset class treatment is multi-volume set
firm firm order
MARCIVE cataloging data from government printing office, depository records
msg missing
nd no due date (vendor report)
nlw no longer wanted (obsolete)
nosl notification slip
nyp not yet published (vendor report)
,n notify
oc order cancelled (obsolete)
OCLC recon retrospective conversion of cataloging data; lower quality cataloging
od order data, in the format od=123456 (Voyager record number)
op out of print
os out of stock (vendor report)
osi out of stock indefinitely (obsolete)
repl replacement
repr title being reprinted (obsolete)
rept report, in the format (rept:YYYYMMDD), date that of report document
req requester
RW related work
sso series standing order
top title out of print (obsolete)
vco vendor cancelled order (obsolete)
VE variant edition
WOR withdraw on replacement

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