GIUNTA MIDDLE SCHOOL MEDIA CENTER

MEDIA SPECIALIST:SUNDI PIERCE

WEBSITE

TOUR DATE: OCTOBER 20, 2010

Technical Services TourBy Gina Giordano

Are technical services handled on site?

Mostly not…

Most library books and materials are ordered from Follet

Follet ordered books come with labels and barcodes already assembled

Procedures Fast Facts

1. Call supervisor’s office for a label request

2. Staff retrieves label information

3. Label with call number and barcode are made and sent over to school.

Any creation of MARC record is done there

It only takes 1 hour to have labels made

$12 buys 60 labels Paid from internal

accounts

What if materials arrive without labels?

Staff Requirements

Just the Media Specialist

Acquisition functions: order, receipt, workflow

Supervisor’s office handles ordering and receipts

Follet is the preferred companyOrder with Lawson number (School District

Employee number)Complete checklist when materials are

delivered Send completed checklist to the supervisor Company gets paid

Subject headings

Are not not used in this media center but select books are arranged by category:

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction

Young AdultRomanceSportsPlayaways Libros en

Espanol

Classification System

✪ Dewey Decimal

Physical Environment

BINDING COMES FROM OUTSOURCED MATERIALS

STICKERS, SUCH AS TATTLE STRIPS & BARCODES COME WITH OUTSOURCED MATERIALS

MEDIA SPECIALIST MAKES HER OWN GENRE STICKERS AND USES SPECIAL TAPE FOR

ADHESIVE

PAPERBACK BOOKS ARE RARELY ORDERED BECAUSE THEY DO NOT LAST

Binding and Physical Processing

BINDING TAPE IS USED AS NEEDED

SPECIAL TAPE USED TO RESTORE BOOKS & MATERIALS THAT ARE FALLING APART

BOOKS THAT ARE HORRIBLY COMING APART ARE WEEDED OUT AND REPLACED

Preservation

Serial Control

Media Specialist orders in the Spring for the next year

Freedom to order any subscriptionCheck off list when they issues arriveCall company if they are missingCensorOut of print issuesMishaps

Xbox Live J-14

American Girl

Teen Link

Reader’s Digest

Nintendo

BMX Plus

Kids Discovery

Aquarium Fish

People

Dig

Periodicals

Shelved on rotating rack

Shelves are labeled by periodical name and by interest

Not for checkout

Retention policy: stored in back office for teachers to take as they wish

Periodicals over 5 years are discarded

The End