Thanks to everyone who replied to my enquiry about closed access material.
A couple of people said they run a system similar to ours with one or two "stack runs" a day, at set times.
A couple of people said they have dedicated staff, who among other things, are responsible for obtaining this material.
A couple of libraries fetch the requested material more or less at once - depending on how busy the enquiry desk is.
One person said their library has an open access system using swipe cards.
One person said their store is at a remote site so couriers obtain the material once a day.
We are going to make the "stack run" the responsibility of our Information Services Team, (rather than all the Library Assistants
taking it in turns) and therefore will need to limit the run to once a day. We will see how it goes and review it depending on the
response from library staff and users.
Thanks again.
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Diana Snow
Assistant Librarian
University of the West of England
Bolland Library
Frenchay Campus
Bristol
BS16 1QY
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: 0117 965 6261 (ext 2405)
Fax: 0117 9763846
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