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
To add the Kyocera printer to my acq computer, we had to turn Jeevan's computer on before we could add the printer. Printer name: \\LIB-PRESER1\Kyocera Mita DP-1800
SIRSI Connection IP: 192.107.39.201
u100 is the username
account: JG for now
password: buckram NEED CAPSLOCK ON
lot number creation: B(buckram)020310A 02 is mo, 03 is day 10 is year and A is the unique lot designation
Processing Periodicals
We receive groups of periodicals from Dorothy, divided up by rubber bands
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, u100 and STD 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
When creating a new record:
Fmt: S serial, B for ?(rebind damaged?)
Cover: choose whatever for serials, or better yet, try to match original cover
Use level chart to create lines
Right click in entry box to add variables, accents
To add serials with an ID: Title: text , then search by first two letters to try and find it
\ = next line when making a new record in ABLE
Rebind damaged:
Re-barcode, because the original barcode might get lost in the rebinding process
affix the new barcode to the clear plastic sheets JEevan saves, and tape that to a slip that has the call number on it
Instructions field: Retain and Reinforce
Other notes from Cataloging
Bookplates: type these out on your typewriter, the preservation one has little ribbon left, and no correction tape.