Tag Archives: Reserves

Library Reserve personal copies

Please see the email I sent yesterday to faculty who had personal copies on reserve. The personal copies are on carts in my workspace (LIB250L) and are arranged in alphabetical order by faculty last name.

“All items have been removed from Library Reserves, and your personal copies of books and media are ready for pick up at the Davis Family Library Circulation Desk. Please stop by to retrieve your personal copies (or have someone pick them up on your behalf) as soon as possible, but no later than Fri 5/28. You can find the Library’s hours here: https://mediawiki.middlebury.edu/wiki/LIS/Library_hours

If you have a large number of items to pick up, we’re happy to bring them to the rear of the building and help you load them into your car.”

Personal copies on Reserve

Faculty members who have placed personal copies of books and media on reserve will be coming to collect them over the next few weeks. We can easily and quickly remove an item from reserve — please refer these requests to Kellam, Nancy, or Dan.

Circ supervisors, if you would like a quick tutorial on how to do this, please let me know. Thanks, Kellam

Can’t find a reserve item?

The first thing you should do if you can’t find a reserve item is tell a supervisor about it immediately. It’s critical that we know that something is missing as soon as possible so we can do a thorough search for it. The sooner we know, the sooner we can take steps to replace an item if it’s truly missing. Please help us maintain an organized and complete reserves collection by letting a supervisor know ASAP if something can’t be found. Thanks for your help with this.

Please be careful with returns!

We’ve had a slew of returned items this week that haven’t been properly checked in, including a batch of five (yes, 5!) media items all returned by a faculty member that were reshelved without being checked in first. There have also been a number of Reserve items that haven’t been checked in properly. This causes a good amount of added stress and work for both the borrower and Circ staff.

Please check in all returns immediately at the check-in station and reshelve promptly. This is the best way to prevent confusion and missed check-ins.

As always, please alert a supervisor if you have any questions about a returned item. Thank you!

Keys on reserve

A quick reminder about keys on reserves. These keys are found in the cash drawer and should have a list of who may borrow them attached. When loaning out make sure the patrons name is on the list. Lastly before checking out the key remove the list and leave it in the drawer. Thanks.

Reminder re: media needed for screenings

This is a reminder that on the day of a scheduled screening, films may not be borrowed prior to the screening. Students may borrow films immediately after a screening, or on any day prior to the day of the scheduled screening, and regular reserve loan guidelines apply.

This policy is in place so we can guarantee that the media needed for a screening is accounted for, clean, and ready to go for a screening.

This policy has been in place for over a year, so students and faculty should already be aware of this policy and the need to plan accordingly. Please refer any questions to a supervisor — we’re happy to help explain our policies to our borrowers.

Reserve Reminders

reserves Books and media on Reserve need a little extra attention to ensure that they are available when needed for class reading/viewing.

At check-out:
Tell the borrower the time and date due back
Tell the borrower that hourly Reserves are library-use-only
Never let the item leave the Circ Desk without being checked out
Always check reserve materials out to yourself if you need to borrow reserve materials for your classes – even if you are reading them while working

At check-in:
Look for the green dot or yellow reserve sticker on the spine (replace if missing or falling off)
Look for the “on reserve” message
Re-shelve immediately in the correct spot on the Reserve shelves behind the Circ Desk

Alert a Circ supervisor immediately if:
The item is missing, not where you think it should be, or is overdue
Requests for the book/media go unfilled – for peak activity times, we can actually shorten the due time to ensure access to more students
If demand consistently exceeds supply, we may need to consider adding another copy

Many thanks for the help!

Reserve Courses templates

I have updated both the macircsu and mmcircsu logins with default templates for adding a new course to reserves. It does away with the dates, plugs in the location automatically, and prompts for Professor, Course name, and Course note.

Daily Bookings – reserve media and equipment

BOOKING MAINTENANCE – MILL CIRC
Daily Bookings – a reminder that reserve media and equipment are both bookable. They can be sorted by location to make it easier to view booking lists for the day ahead.
* View daily bookings – sort by location – equipment (mmce); media on reserves(mmcs)
* Main is the default location; start date is today; click DISPLAY, highlight all notices, print slips to view daily report (printing is optional)
* Check equipment closets for booking slips and availability of equipment
* Print slips as needed
* Attach individual slips to requested equipment, and set aside in designated areas
* Follow up as needed with overdues to insure availability of equipment and media; right-click to view item details and status