Standing Orders

An Overview and Explanation of Standing Orders: 

"standing order (STO):   An order placed by a library with a publisher, jobber, or dealer to supply each volume or part of a specific title or type of publication as published, until further notice. Unlike subscriptions, which must be paid in advance, standing orders are billed as each volume is shipped. Sometimes used synonymously with continuation order.

continuation order:   An order placed by a library with a publisher or vendor to automatically supply until further notice each succeeding issue, volume, or part of a serial or series as published. If a continuation order does not specify a maximum price, it is assumed that the item may be shipped regardless of price. Some publishers offer a discount on continuation orders (usually 5 to 10 percent). Annuals (example: Literary Market Place) and reference serials are often purchased in this way. A special order record is created and maintained to track receipt of individual items. Sometimes used synonymously with standing order "

   Reitz, Joan M.  ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science.  ABC-CLIO.  http://www.abc-clio.com/ODLIS/searchODLIS.aspx

"Standing orders (an open order for all titles fitting a particular category) are best for items that are serial in character and the library is confident it wants all the publications as they appear. Some examples are a numbered or unnumbered series from a publisher that deal with a single subject area. Another broad category is the irregular publications of a professional society, memoirs and special commemorative volumes, for example. The library places the order for the series or items rather like it places a journal subscription. The supplier (vendor or producer) automatically sends the items as they appear along with an invoice. [...] The greatest drawback to standing orders is their unpredictable nature in terms of numbers and cost. Certainly, there is no problem about numbers for the regular series, but their cost per item may vary. When it comes to publishers' series or irregular series, a library may go years without receiving a title, then receive several in one year."

     Evans G, Weihs J, Intner S. Introduction To Technical Services [e-book]. Santa Barbara, Calif: Libraries Unlimited; 2011. Available from: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA. Accessed May 20, 2014.

Teri Oparanozie:  Head of Acquisitions (ext. 41613)

Coordinate the ordering, receipt and payment of print and electronic serials and standing orders

Co-Supervisor to Jermie Aldridge

Zach Valdes:  EBooks Acquisitions Librarian & Cataloger  (ext. 42512)

Coordinate order, receipt and cataloging of eStanding Orders

Trina Walker:  Technical Services Library Associate (ext. 41622)

Coordinate the ordering, receipt and payment of print monographs and standing orders

Liaison between monograph publishers/vendors and bibliographers

Supervisor to Lucinda Carnegie

Lucinda Carnegie:  Library Assistant II (ext. 43837)   

Order and receive standing orders in SIRSI

Jermie Aldridge:  Library Assistant II (ext. 41624)    Email Jermie

Set-up any new standing orders as databases (format change).