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<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>A few important things to keep in mind when you go to place a
return on a reshelving cart:</p>
<p>1) If a book has colored paper tape on the spine that says
Reserves (yellow), Open Reserves (green) or Personal (orange),
this book <u>*does not* belong on a reshelving cart</u>.</p>
<p>Instead, return it to the 4-hour reserves shelf behind the
InfoBar if it says "Reserves" or "Personal", and if it says "Open
Reserves", place it on the open reserves shelf beside the new book
display.</p>
<p>2) If the text on a book's barcode sticker says "Hampshire
College", this book belongs to us, and, provided it isn't a
reserve item, it should be okay to place it (in order) on a
reshelving cart. However, if the text on this sticker indicates
the book belongs to any other 5C library, it doesn't belong on a
reshelving cart. <br>
</p>
<p>Check the book in again to see if it is on hold for one of our
patrons, and if it is not, place it in the appropriate blue bin to
send it back to its home library.<br>
</p>
<p>3) Please be mindful of the fact that the call number range for a
cart (ex: A-HN) starts in the top left corner of one side of the
cart and ends in the bottom right corner of the other side. While
generally part of the range falls on one side and the other part
falls on the other, sometimes one side fills ups faster than the
other, pushing the ending or beginning of one side into the other
side. <br>
</p>
<p>This means that <u>you may frequently need to check both sides
of the cart to make sure you're placing the book in the right
spot</u>. This has been a big issue with the last few carts I've
seen, so if you need more explanation, please let me know.</p>
<p>4) This applies to the reshelving carts but also just in general:
If you see a call number on a Hampshire College book that isn't
currently in use where at least one of the the characters of the
call number is unreadable, please bring me the book so I can fix
it.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!<br>
Sam<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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