Unlike a claim, which is generated only after the next issue is received, a late warning is not dependent on a subsequent issue's arrival. Instead, it is issued after a set number of days for each frequency category has passed without the expected issue(s) being received. The defaults for the common frequency categories are:

 FREQUENCY LATE DAYS     FREQUENCY   LATE DAYS 
 --------  --------      --------     --------
 Annual         500      Triennial         300 
 Bimonthly      120      Weekly             27 
 Biweekly        30      BBA Frequency      30 
 Daily            3      Irregular         120 
 Monthly         60      Irregular (7/yr)   65 
 Monogr. Series 365      Irregular (8/yr)   65 
 Quarterly      180      Irregular (3/mon)  21 
 Semiannual     365      Biennial          800 
 Semimonthly     30      Cancelled or Dead 999 
  

The number of Late Warning Days for a given copy of a title displays and can be edited for an individual title by using the function Edit Copy.

If a frequency value for a title was not entered, a late warning value of 37 days is used. If a title is either dead or cancelled, a frequency of Cancelled or Dead can be assigned in Function Serial Copy to disable the late warning processing for that title. Cancelled or Dead titles will NOT display on claims or late warnings lists.

When the late warnings are initialized, the late warning value assigned to each frequency is loaded into each title with that particular frequency.

If there is a need to make the late warnings value for a title different than that of the assigned frequency, use function [Edit Copy] and edit field Late Warning Days. This function allows changes of the late warning day to any number between 1 and 998 (999 is reserved for Cancelled or Dead items and cannot be used). If the Permanent flag is selected, the new number will not be affected by the late warning initialization process.

This process may take several minutes, depending on the number of journal holdings being processed.