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Library Student Workers: How to's

How to do various library tasks.

Checking out board games

Board games are located in our leisure reading area.They should also include a laminated instructional card in the game. If not, request a copy from the supervisor's office.

Checking out a board game:

  1. Board games will circulate and should have a barcode on the top corner.
  2. Let patrons know that these can be checked out for 10 days with no renewal
  3. A note will pop up in WMS alerting you to ensure all the pieces are available

Checking in a board game

  1. Check in board game in WMS
  2. An alert will pop up to make sure all the original pieces are still in the board game
  3. After checking in, place the game back no the game shelf.

New Book Processing

Books to be placed in the new book shelf

  1. Scan the barcode of the new book in "Discover Items."
  2. Check that the "Temporary Location is set to "New Book Shelf"
  3. Check that there is a staff note (NOT public) that reads: !New Book Shelf."
  4. Stamp the TOP  of each book ONCE with the current date (If the book is a juvenile book and it's too thin to stamp, don't stamp it.

Removing books from the new book shelf: **ACCURACY IS IMPORTANT HERE**

  1. Remove books from the new book shelf after 2 months or so, or as the shelf becomes too full
  2. Go to circulation and then "discover items"
  3. Scan the item's barcode
  4. Click "edit item"
  5. Click the "X" in "temporary location field nex to "new book shelf" to remove the item from that location
  6. Make sure the "Permanent" location is correct
  7. Delete the "staff" note at the bottom of the screen that reads "INew Book Shelf"
  8. Click Save Items
  9. Place books in the appropriate area to be reshelved

Answering the Phone

Greetings

"Hello, Anderson University Nicholson Library, how may I assist you today?"

Transfers

If a patron or staff requests to talk to someone in another department:

  1. Press the top left button labeled "transfer"
  2. Input the 4-digit extension
  3. Press transfer again and hang up

Holds: The hold button can be pressed while searching for information to a patron