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About Acquisitions

Find an overview of the interface and the features available in WorldShare Acquisitions.

WorldShare Acquisitions facilitates the ordering, receiving, and processing of physical and electronic items. WorldShare Acquisitions supports the following functions:

  • Discovering items to order (including adding copies of and placing holds on items)
  • Pedir artículos físicos y electrónicos
  • Recepción y facturación de artículos
  • Managing budgets and funds
  • Managing vendors

WorldShare Acquisitions se integra con las demás funciones de WorldShare Management Services (WMS) de OCLC.

The WorldShare interface, with the Acquisitions module selected. All of the Acquisitions menus are visible. These menus are listed in order below the screenshot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

  • Discover Items: Search for, order, and add copies of an item. Place holds on an item.
  • Discover Collections: Search for, order, and add copies of an e-resource.
  • Local Resources: Search for, order, and add copies of a local resource.
  • Purchase Requests: Search for and request items, and view pending and approved purchase requests.
  • Pedidos: Crear, buscar o examinar pedidos.
  • Números de serie: Rastrea y reclama los números de serie perdidos.
  • Receive and Invoice: Receive items and create invoices. Process open invoices. Download labels for received items.
  • Facturas: Crear y editar facturas. 
  • Budgets: Create and edit budgets and funds.
  • Vendors: Create and edit vendor information.
  • Trabajos automatizados: Cree y edite trabajos automatizados para la recuperación e importación de archivos.
  • Mis etiquetas: Crea y edita etiquetas de lomo y listas de impresión de etiquetas.
  • Legal Deposit Receipts: Create and manage legal deposit receipts.
  • Settings. Manage institution settings, user preferences, custom fields settings, administrative settings, and exchange rates.