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Technical Services : Cataloging

Physical Processing of Rare Books

Drop-off sites for materials

 Drop-off site

 Materials

 Delivering Dept.
 Circulation
 Table
 New items for Info. Desk or Hold Shelf;
 Existing items for re-shelving   
  Cataloging, Processing
 Labels Truck 
 Regular items ready for processing;
 repaired items needing processing
  Cataloging
 Re-shelving
 Desk 
 Shelf-ready repaired items
 (no processing needed)   
  Cataloging
 Cataloging
 Table  
 REPAIR and CATALOG CHANGE items;
 IN PROCESS requests
  Circulation and others
 Processing
 
 RUSH, NOTIFY, and RESERVE items
  Cataloging
  • Deliver materials only to the designated locations listed above
  • Every item delivered to the Circulation Table must have at least one flag attached
  • For unusual situations, attach a written note and deliver to the Circulation Librarian's mailbox
  • Retrieve flags from the tray on the Circulation Table and return to Processing
  • Check the Catalog Table regularly and transfer materials

Every item sent to Circulation must have one of the following STATUS codes:

  • LIB USE ONLY [u]
  • NEW BK TRANSIT [h]
  • IN LIBRARY [-]

Rush, Notify and Reserve Items

Immediately catalog, process and deliver all of these materials.

Cataloging

STATUS:   
 IN PROCESS   
Flag(s):   
 RUSH , NOTIFY or RESERVE  
Also attach:   
 Printed order record (highlighted)   
Deliver to:   
 Processing staff
(if none available, process yourself)   
When:   
 Immediately

Processing

STATUS:  NEW BK TRANSIT
Flag(s):  NEW BK TRANSIT
Also attach:  Printed order record (provided by cataloger)
Deliver to:  Circulation Table
When:  Immediately