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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting this week, we’re going to have you shelf reading up in the stacks. This will entail making sure that sections of the stacks are tidy and in call number order as well as correcting any issues you may find.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can find a full explanation of the procedures involved on the </span><a
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<p><font size="-1">Best,<br>
Sam</font><br>
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<font size="1"><i>Sam Sharp (she/her)<br>
Access Services Associate: Evening Supervisor<br>
Harold F. Johnson Library<br>
Hampshire College<br>
893 West Street<br>
Amherst, MA 01002<br>
413-559-5475</i></font></p>
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