Dear Arlis-link members
HOW DO YOU COPE WITH LARGE NUMBER OF SLIDES BORROWED BY TEACHING STAFF?
I should be very grateful for any information, advice or thoughts fellow
slide librarians may have on the subject of issuing slides to members of
academic staff.
At the University of Brighton we are finding the system we use is no longer
practical because it is too open to malpractice/mistakes.
* Teaching staff are issued with a set of cards with their name on it.
They are expected to insert one of these cards for every slide they remove.
When they have made their selection they are expected to inform a member of
the library staff at the Issue Desk how many slides they have borrowed.
* Staff can borrow within reason as many slides as they need (i.e. up
to 300 slides)
* We experience difficulty in getting slides back from teaching
staff.They hang on to them for a year at a time (sometimes even longer).
I should be very interested to hear what other Arlis members do.
* Do you have an automated system - if so which one?
* Do you record (or ask the teaching staff to record) all the slides
they borrow?
* Do you photocopy the slides teaching staff borrow?
* Do you allow access to the Slide Collection when it is unstaffed?
A bit of background
* The Collection is very large, around 159,000 images stored in
wallets in filing cabinets
* The Slide Collection is housed in Library . It is not staffed
throughout the day, but there is access to the Collection during the hours
the library is open.
* Student loans are not a problem. They can borrow up to 30 slides for
one week. We photocopy them for our records and we charge fines if they are
returned late.
* We operate a manual system
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I'm sorry to lumber you with this query at the start of the new Academic
Year, but I should be most grateful for any thoughts or ideas
Regards
Monica
Monica Brewis
Course Resources Officer and Slide Librarian
St. Peter's House Library
16-18 Richmond Place
Brighton, BN2 2NA
Tel. (01273) 643220. (direct) 643943
Fax. (01273) 607532
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