Shelf-Reading...

Is back up to par and in full swing again. An updated list of Shelf-Reading Assignments is posted on the USF Tampa Library Stacks Management LibGuide.

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The new Shelf-Reading Assignments are now posted for the USF Tampa Library Stacks Management Student Assistants on the Stacks homepage.

Miniture Shifting in a Macro-Library...

New areas of Circulating material that need to be shifted have been identified and will be dealt with over the coming weeks as this small project wraps-up the gargantuan work done over the summer. Again, great thanks to Jay Scholz for his continued effort in this necessary upkeep.

Turning Shelving on Its Side...

Looking around the Circulating Collection recently, one might notice a good deal of items "spine-up." The purpose of this is to identify which pieces of material have been recently shelved and which books are remaining stationary on the shelves. This method allows Shelf-Readers to be able to focus on material that circulates more frequently and has a greater chance of being located in the wrong area on the shelf while requiring less time scanning over correctly placed material that does not move a great deal. Of course the ever-present issue of material simply being picked-up and misplaced without being checked out will still be paid attention to while the horizontal books are then placed vertically by the Shelf-Readers once the items are confirmed to be in the correct place.

Fall Descends...

Appropriate to the name of the current semester, the ALEPH Circulation System for the State University Libraries of Florida went down for approximately 72 hours, however it appears to be up and running correctly leaving a good deal of physical material in its wake to be back-dated and checked in. Kudos to all of the USF Tampa Library Staff and Student Assistants who worked the Circulation Desk during this period for their incredible patience and effort.

The new shelf-reading assignments for the USF Tampa Library will be posted by the end of the week on the LibGuide Stacks page once all new employees are trained and working by Friday the 4th.

A new policy in the Bookroom goes back to the previous transport schedule of semesters past in that all material will be brought up to the appropriate floors each day. Analysis showed that material was staying within the Bookroom for too long a period of time on the Summer schedule to meet the increased demands of the Fall. More material will be available for patron browsing in the Sorting Areas starting this week than for the first week of Fall.

Also, Circulation Student Assistants finding themselves with down time will be doing work within the Bookroom sorting and loading carts for transports to better utilize available labor and smooth the flow of the Circulating material's return to the shelves.