As Prophesied...

The new Shelf-Reading Assignments are now listed on the USF Tampa Library Stacks Management Homepage.

Shelf Reading...

The new shelf-reading assignments will be coming out shortly to augment the work currently being done.

Wednesday's Information...

The shifting update for this week has been posted the the USF Tampa Library Stacks Management Homepage.

That Time of the Week Again...

The Shifting schedule for the USF Tampa Library has again been updated, so please feel free to take a look at upcoming areas and also to see sections of the collection currently completed to gauge the difference that this project is having.

Seek and Ye Shall Receive...

It may look like there are more signs around the library today, and it is because there are. About 240 to be more exact. New signs have been put up around the USF Tampa Library stacks directing patrons who cannot find the books they want to the Sorting Areas on each floor. Often, if a book is unable to be located initially, it is because it is within the reshelving process and on a sorting table awaiting placement on a cart. These areas are open to the public allowing individuals another area in which to find that oh-so-sought-after item. Also within the sorting areas are three signs directing patrons to the Book Search form in the event that the Sorting Areas yield no results. After filling out this form, Stacks Management employees will continue the search and contact the individual with the results.

Come Get What You Need...

For those in need of an extra bit of help locating that certain special book in the USF Tampa Library, there are directional signs being placed on the ends of many of the rows of book ranges instructing patrons to check the sorting areas located on the east side of the building on each floor. Also, once within the sorting area, if the item remains elusive, there are signs directing individuals to the process of placing a Book Search online and letting the library staff continue the search.

Shifting Update...

The current shifting project occurring within the USF Tampa Library has been updated on the USF Tampa Library Stacks Management Homepage. An area worthy of note is the dreaded "KZD" section on the 3rd floor, having long been a problem area and well within sight of the Sorting Area.

Return of the Periodicals...

After a GREAT deal of wonderful work by everyone that could spare the time, the Periodicals have now begun to make their way back onto the shelves on the Second Floor. There is no word yet as to exactly when the east half of the Second Floor will be fully reopened, but thanks to Jessi Hurd's organizational efforts progress is being made more and more each day.

Feel Shifted?

There has been an update of the shifting progress that is going on within the Circulating Collection at the USF Tampa Library. The update can be found on the USF Tampa Library Stacks Management Homepage.

Get Classified Instruction

The USF Tampa Library Stacks Management Homepage has now posted links to websites showing how to use the Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal Classification Systems. Please feel free to try them out to get more acquainted with the organizational systems used in both public and academic libraries. A Thank You to Jared Hoppenfeld for the input.

F.Y.I....the USF Tampa Library uses both systems!

New Shelf-Reading Assignments...

New Shelf-Reading assignments have been made and posted on the USF Tampa Library Stacks Management webpage. Student Assistants, (SAs), have been given ranges of book stacks which must be viewed and corrected on an assigned basis hinged on need, time available, and staff availability. Each evening the Assistant Stacks Supervisor makes rounds of the library assessing where the most needed areas are for sorting/shelving. This will be modified to also now include areas in the greatest need of shelf-reading and the appropriate individuals will be instructed the following day via the standard in-office schedule to attend to their areas. This is to be an on-going project throughout the Summer 2009 semester(s) to be carried out in compilation with the Shifting Project, the time-frames, collections, and individuals of which are also posted on the Stacks management homepage.