Abstract
The computer-based acquisitions procedures which have been developed at the Library provide more efficient and more effective control over fund accounting and the maintenance of an outstanding order file. The system illustrates an economical, yet highly flexible, approach to automated acquisitions procedures in a university library.
Highlights
The computer-based acquisitions procedures which have been developed at the Library provide more efficient and more effective control over fund accounting and the maintenance of an outstanding order file
The Fund Accounting System of the Brown University.Library was initiated on the basis of a program developed in April, 1966
The primary objective of the project was to establish more efficient and more effective control over the approximately 150 fund accounts administered by the Order Department of the University Library
Summary
Fund Record fields a, b, c, d, e, h and k initially are taken from the corresponding fields in the Fund Balance Forward Card. Preset to zero or taken from the fund card. Net Available is determined by the difference between Cash Balance and Amount Encumbered
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