Librarian Info

Adding books

1. Add the book to Library Thing
   • Username: Pumpingstationone
   • Password: ps1frocks
2. Look up the Library of Congress Classification
   1. Sometimes it is listed in Edit Information on Library Thing
   2. Or you can look it up on the Library of Congress website
   3. Or you can see what other libraries have tagged the book at the WorldCat website.
3. Type the call number in an office program. They are left-aligned 14pt Times New Roman.
4. Print it out, cut it out, and attach it to the book with packing tape.
5. If the book is to be used by a class or still belongs to someone else, put a red dot sticker on it and add it to the Library Red Dots page.

Removing Books

1. In Library Thing, move the book to the Removed collection.

Shelf Reading

Keep the books in order.

http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml

Tracking

1. When someone checks out a book, move the book in Library Thing to the Checked Out collection.
2. Check the cards to make sure people have not kept the books for more than 30 days. If they have, send them an email.
3. If anyone has returned a book to the basket
   1. Move the book in Library Thing back to the correct collection.
   2. Take the correct card out of the basket
   3. Cross out the name and date, and write the current day's date over the crossed out info
   4. Put the card back in the back of the book
   5. Put the book back on the shelves in the correct order

Library Use Statistics

The librarian must figure out a way to keep statistics on what books people are interested in.

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