Damaged Book Processing
Books come in from all parts of the library to be marked, bound, or repaired
Repair candidates can be sent to three "locations"
- In-house repair: Tighten Hinge, Repair/Bind (lengthy, and may not be feasible due to staffing)
- To Bindery: Paperback bind or Buckram Bind.
- Replacement: These are rare (Pages missing, or pages heavily marked in a book that is readily available or perhaps there is second copy on the shelf)
When looking at Damaged books, check the following
- Age: Most 19th century books should go in boxes to protect them. Early 20th century books are more of a judgment call.
- Paper quality: To see if paper is brittle, bend the corner back and forth. If the paper breaks or doesn't bend back, call it brittle, and box it (Right?)
- Also consider how much this book will circulate in the future.
Other tasks:
We'll also get paperback books back from Cataloging. Most of these should get a paperback bind.
Change status in SIRSI from Stack to Repair or Bindery, and then back again.
marking: Creating labels for all kinds of books. With Methodist books it doesn't matter
ABLE training 01 27 2010
u100 is the username
password: buckram
lot number creation: B(buckram)020310A 02 is mo, 03 is day 10 is year and A is the unique lot designation
Dorothy's template cards, use number in upper right as Title ID
Look at history to see whats been done before
Pay particular attention to first and last issue in front of you
click label check before printing
curently boxing is in flux: must keep boxes under 40 lbs; shipments are no longer regular
Add item(?) Print it out. Make sure you don't do this twice
We label boxes with lot number and SER or whatever (see Bridgeports(?) form)
Guiding principle: make sure materials are available for users. Avoid boxing something up only to have to remove it
SPring binders: CAT asks that we no longer send these to the bindery. We are discussing whether to send theses in folders or sandwiched between cardboard tied together with red ribbon