Newsletter for Reference Student Assistants

This past week or so the Reference Folio has undergone some changes.

The atlases are now all in call number order and everything that has the location "Ref Folio" is located on the ranges back by the librarian offices. This means the Books of Lists are no longer by the college catalogs and phone books, and atlases are no longer kept on the display stand by the Reference Desk. This also means everything that belongs in Ref Folio either says "Ref Folio" on the call number tag or has a sticker that says "FOLIO" next the to the call number tag.

Special thanks to Fredacille for helping me arrange these bad boys!

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The new look of Ref Folio

Tips to remember:

1. Please remember to shelf read the folio section when you get to the end of the Reference Collection.

2. Since atlases are very large, they are shelved on their side. Arrange them horizontally so that if you stood them up they would be in call number order.





3. When you sweep the Reference Room for pick-ups, leave this World Atlas on the counter so people can browse it.





4. Atlases are no longer kept on the display on the NW side of the Reference Desk. New art books are displayed there instead.

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Thanks guys!

That old question: "I'm looking for this book but I can't find it."

Well, thanks to some innovations from the Circulation Department, we hope to hear that question a lot less.

The name of their new program that attempts to combat not being able to locate a book is tentatively called "24 hour reshelving program." This is how it works:

A book is returned, it is checked-in two times ("double scanning"), and then it is taken directly to the stacks and shelved. This new method cuts out the sorting areas on the second and third floors, so you will no longer have to instruct a patron to look on the sorting shelves or one of the carts by the sorting shelves if they can't find a book.

A "missing" book should always be at 1 of 3 places: at the Circulation Desk, on a cart actively being shelved, or on the shelf.

But, like in the past, if the "missing" book in question is not in one of those three places, tell the patron to put a search on the book at the Circulation Desk.

During the summer this may not work since there are less student workers then; I will keep you posted. This new reshelving program also does not cover other materials such as Government Documents, maps, etc.

Let Kelci know if you have any questions!