Original post:
>From Channa Cajero<ccajero_at_lalawlibrary.org>
Archiving selectors' comments?
Does your library archive comments from selectors as to why an item was
selected, not selected, cancelled, etc.?
If your library records this type of info, I'd like to know how: In print? In
your ILS? MS Access? Some other application?
Thanks very much!
~ Channa
Channa Cajero
Reference Librarian
LA Law Library
ccajero_at_lalawlibrary.org
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Response #1
RE: Archiving selectors' comments?
From:
Mara Egherman <eghermanm_at_central.edu>
We only keep the name of the selector, in our ILS. I keep a paper file only when I receive a list of book requests from a professor about, for example, a course they are developing. Sometimes this comes in paper, and when its via email, this is one rare time I print the email. I've only been in my position a bit over a year, however, so I'm not sure how many years' worth of data I'll keep this way! I'm at a small liberal arts college, so my file is not yet cumbersome.
Mara Egherman
Mara M J Egherman, MA, MLIS I Collection Management Librarian I Geisler Library I Central College I Box 6500 I 812 University I Pella IA 50219 I (641)628-5221 Ieghermanm_at_central.edu
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Response #2
From: John Abbott <abbottjp_at_appstate.edu)
The selector name on the order record if item is firm ordered. For continuing resources (dbs and journals) the cancelled date and maybe which selector initiated the cancellation are entered in the ILS order record. Rarely, notes may be added for cancelled continuing resources if the selector thinks some decision history may later be important to remember. Overall, too busy to track beyond this level of detail when it will rarely be needed later.
John Abbott
Coordinator, Collection Management
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
Received on Fri Nov 16 2012 - 03:24:32 EST