It’s been a busy and exciting month for collection maintenance. First off we completed the inventory in Stacks-3, Oversize-3 and Ref-1. The total number of items scanned on 3 came to 21,379. We found 496 problem items (wrong location, bad call number, etc.) and we were left with an item difference (Alma versus what was scanned) of 1,051 items. For Ref-1 we scanned 213 items. We found a total of 2 problem items and were left with an item difference of 153 items. A big shout out to Gloria and everyone on staff who helped with this. This project has really helped to clean up our physical holdings and reconcile what’s in the catalog with what’s actually on the shelf. Now it’s on to weeding!
In other collection maintenance news, we’ve moved all of the GT’s (costumes, dress, fashion) from the second floor and 3rd floor to the 4th floor stacks and oversize. These collections have been split for some time between the various floors which has led to a lot of items being miss-shelved (as evident in our most recent inventory of the 3rd floor) so it’s wonderful to have them all together in one place. Plus I think it makes browsing the subject area that much easier. In addition to the GTs we will also be working to reunite the TRs (photography) currently shelved on 3 with the ones on 4.
To celebrate spooky season, Anne N. and Lauren C. with input from our student employees, curated a display of books and media (physical and online). The display is located on the Hunt Library Circulation Desk so be sure to check it out before it’s gone!
Looking ahead, we have the Access Services Conference happening November 20th and the 21st which most of us will be attending virtually. I am super excited to learn what’s new and upcoming in Access Services!
Lastly, November 18th is “High Five a Librarian” day so don’t be surprised if I come at you with a high five that day for all of the great work you do!
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