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Technical Services Manual

Manual for Technical Services student employees

Updating the New Books Shelves

Updating the New Books Shelves

The new book shelves are a temporary location for newly cataloged books & videos. The shelves are in three sections plus an area for videos. They have these locations in Alma:

  • New Books Section A 1st Floor  (hvna1)
  • New Books Section B 1st Floor  (hvnb1)
  • New Books Section C 1st Floor  (hvnc1)
  • New DVDs (hvdvd)
  1. Remove books from the New Books Section indicated on the flag on the cart. Put the new date label on the sign for the section.
  2. Take this cart and bring to the Circulation desk and add a “Shelve” flag.
  3. Log in to Alma and make sure the desk is set to Van Wylen Library – Main Desk.
  4. Go to Fulfillment > Resource Requests: Scan in Items
  5. Click on the Change Item Information tab and make sure Change Type is Temporary and Check Requests is unchecked.
  6. In the Location drop down menu choose the appropriate location as indicated by the flag on the cart.
  7. Scan In Items

  8. Scan the item barcode of each book one at a time.
  9. Bring this cart to Circulation with the instruction flag to Remove Items from the Technical Services Work Order.