{"id":248,"date":"2018-02-14T14:43:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T21:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.108.8.11\/?page_id=248"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:51:53","slug":"material-processing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/library-how-to\/material-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Process only items are:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>External purchased items and not purchased through Parkland <em>(Purchased process only)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Donations to the library <em>(Donation process only)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Before sending items to Parkland:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Stamp or otherwise identify the item with your library&#8217;s name<\/li>\n<li>Flag each item with a Process only flag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Guidelines &amp; Flags<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Process-only-guidelines.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Process only guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If your item is a purchased process only item, please use the Purchased flag. If your item is a donation process only, please use the Donation flag. Both of these flags can be found in the Q Drive here: Q:<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">\\In-System Transits and Van Runs\\PRLS Flags and Labels\\All other transit flags.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Mylar<\/h5>\n<p>Libraries can send books, with their book jackets, to Parkland to have the item encased in a plastic mylar cover. Make sure to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mylar-Flag.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mylar flag<\/a> and include the library code, so items can be returned to the correct library.<\/p>\n<h5>Rush items<\/h5>\n<p>If you have an item for processing that needs to be done as soon as possible, please <a href=\"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/forms\/contact-prls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact Collections and Cataloguing<\/a> to discuss the available options.<\/p>\n<h5>Adding Items to the Catalogue: How-To Video<\/h5>\n<div id=\"mi3ldvu2jp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Process only items are: External purchased items and not purchased through Parkland (Purchased process only) Donations to the library (Donation process only) Before sending items to Parkland: Stamp or otherwise identify the item with your library&#8217;s name Flag each item with a Process only flag Guidelines &amp; Flags Process only &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5580,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/248\/revisions\/5580"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.prl.ab.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}