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− | ==Responsibilities== | + | == Responsibilities == |
− | ===Adding books=== | + | === Adding books === |
# Add the book to Library Thing | # Add the book to Library Thing | ||
#* Username: Pumpingstationone | #* Username: Pumpingstationone | ||
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# 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. | # 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=== | + | === Removing Books === |
There is not a lot of space in the library. Sometimes, books need to be removed to make room for new ones. | There is not a lot of space in the library. Sometimes, books need to be removed to make room for new ones. | ||
# Check the library use statistics to see if people have been using it. If not, continue. | # Check the library use statistics to see if people have been using it. If not, continue. | ||
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# Move the book to the wut zone. | # Move the book to the wut zone. | ||
− | ===Shelf Reading=== | + | === Shelf Reading === |
Keep the books in order. | Keep the books in order. | ||
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml | http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml | ||
− | ===Tracking=== | + | === Tracking === |
# When someone checks out a book, move the book in Library Thing to the Checked Out collection. | # When someone checks out a book, move the book in Library Thing to the Checked Out collection. | ||
# Check the cards to make sure people have not kept the books for more than 30 days. If they have, send them an email. | # Check the cards to make sure people have not kept the books for more than 30 days. If they have, send them an email. | ||
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## Put the book back on the shelves in the correct order | ## Put the book back on the shelves in the correct order | ||
− | ===Library Use Statistics=== | + | === Library Use Statistics === |
The librarian must figure out a way to keep statistics on what books people are interested in. | The librarian must figure out a way to keep statistics on what books people are interested in. | ||
− | ==Supplies== | + | == Supplies == |
− | *Top Notch Library Cards, White http://www.quill.com/top-notch-library-cards-pack/cbs/241881.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=JV37967 | + | * Top Notch Library Cards, White http://www.quill.com/top-notch-library-cards-pack/cbs/241881.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=JV37967 |
− | *Top Notch Pockets, Manila | + | * Top Notch Pockets, Manila http://www.quill.com/library-cards-pockets/cbs/221074.html?effort_code=901&promoCode=400090199&find_number=JV34625 |
− | *Elmer's® Rubber Cement, Acid-Free | + | * Elmer's® Rubber Cement, Acid-Free http://www.quill.com/elmers-rubber-cement/cbs/018003.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=E904 |
* Avery® Removable Color Coded Dot Labels http://www.quill.com/avery-05051-neon-red-removable-color-coded-dot-labels/cbs/046502.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=05051Q | * Avery® Removable Color Coded Dot Labels http://www.quill.com/avery-05051-neon-red-removable-color-coded-dot-labels/cbs/046502.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=05051Q |
Revision as of 00:16, 18 March 2014
Responsibilities
Adding books
- Add the book to Library Thing
- Username: Pumpingstationone
- Password: ps1frocks
- Look up the Library of Congress Classification
- Sometimes it is listed in Edit Information on Library Thing
- Or you can look it up on the Library of Congress website
- Or you can see what other libraries have tagged the book at the WorldCat website.
- Type the call number in an office program. They are left-aligned 14pt Times New Roman.
- Print it out, cut it out, and attach it to the book with packing tape.
- 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
There is not a lot of space in the library. Sometimes, books need to be removed to make room for new ones.
- Check the library use statistics to see if people have been using it. If not, continue.
- Attach a tag to the book saying that it is going to be removed in two weeks.
- Post on the mailing list that the book will be removed and why it will be removed.
- If someone gives a good reason why the book should not be removed, consider it.
- In Library Thing, move the book to the Removed collection.
- Move the book to the wut zone.
Shelf Reading
Keep the books in order.
http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml
Tracking
- When someone checks out a book, move the book in Library Thing to the Checked Out collection.
- Check the cards to make sure people have not kept the books for more than 30 days. If they have, send them an email.
- If anyone has returned a book to the basket
- Move the book in Library Thing back to the correct collection.
- Take the correct card out of the basket
- Cross out the name and date, and write the current day's date over the crossed out info
- Put the card back in the back of the book
- 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.
Supplies
- Top Notch Library Cards, White http://www.quill.com/top-notch-library-cards-pack/cbs/241881.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=JV37967
- Top Notch Pockets, Manila http://www.quill.com/library-cards-pockets/cbs/221074.html?effort_code=901&promoCode=400090199&find_number=JV34625
- Elmer's® Rubber Cement, Acid-Free http://www.quill.com/elmers-rubber-cement/cbs/018003.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=E904
- Avery® Removable Color Coded Dot Labels http://www.quill.com/avery-05051-neon-red-removable-color-coded-dot-labels/cbs/046502.html?promoCode=200200555&Effort_Code=901&Find_Number=05051Q