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)
- 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.
- Take this cart and bring to the Circulation desk and add a “Shelve” flag.
- Log in to Alma and make sure the desk is set to Van Wylen Library – Main Desk.
- Go to Fulfillment > Resource Requests: Scan in Items
- Click on the Change Item Information tab and make sure Change Type is Temporary and Check Requests is unchecked.
- In the Location drop down menu choose the appropriate location as indicated by the flag on the cart.
- Scan In Items


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